Water Briefing... please read and share (below)
Water's a hot mess - bonuses, profits & polluted nature yet the Government seem set against renationalisation.
MP Watch's campaign lead Jessica Townsend maps what's going on ahead of the Water (special measures) bill on Tuesday.
🔴The Real BBC ‘Impartiality Crisis’ Is Its Constant Platforming of Hard Right Tufton Street Think Tanks
The broadcaster provides an oversized platform for representatives from opaquely-funded libertarian lobby groups, argues Julian Petley
https://t.co/1nSEw8ZMFI
Meanwhile @thameswater has spent the first 6 weeks of 2025 dumping 1,000 hours of sewage into the River Ver, a chalk stream, one of the rarest rivers on earth.
IS THERE ANYONE IN CHARGE???!!!
https://t.co/Uy1naSRdYg
I've written to my MP to demand that the Government adopts a #naturefriendly approach to planning and development. Will you take action too? Help ensure that nature is at the heart of government's #planningreforms https://t.co/TprcqsYkNn
We are causing #globalwarming 100 times faster than past natural changes
We are taking Earth’s 🌎 climate beyond natural limits, with CO2 & temps levels not seen for 3 million years @COP29_AZ
No time to wait. #ActOnClimate#climate#energy
As #StormÉowyn moved into the Republic of Ireland earlier, a wind gust of 114mph was recorded at Mace Head in Galway - a new all time wind record for the country.
After this record wind gust the station stopped reporting due to damage to the recording equipment.
We are now around 1.5C above pre-industrial temperatures. Governments plan to double that in the life of kids today - or more. Scientists say that would be catastrophic and, as David Attenborough says, risks ‘the collapse
Of civilisation’ #StormEowyn
The Native community would like to know when exactly Trump and his friends will be leaving, given the plans for mass deportation of illegal immigrants?
Global corporate credit rating agency @moodysratings has today slashed @thameswater's credit rating even further to Caa3.
In plan English TW's debt is now "judged to be of poor standing and are subject to very high credit risk".
You have been warned.
https://t.co/Co3brzrwv0
It's the big vote on the Climate & Nature Bill for science-led action this morning. #CANBill
Is your MP planning to vote for it?
Full list here: https://t.co/Uc9SxqaTdn
If not, they may be wavering. It's not too late to tag them and urge them to vote for our future.