RIVERCIDE

Who's polluting our rivers? Live doc by @georgemonbiot @frannyarmstrong+@charlottechurch singing. July 14th 7pm. Free to view, no login:

[RIVERCIDE @rivercide_live]

Fantastic in-depth article about the legendary "sewage sleuths" @watervole3 & @WindrushWasp today: https://t.co/OLzavC40Q8

And here they are telling their horrifying sewage tales in Rivercide, trying not to laugh as @GeorgeMonbiot crashes his canoe👇

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

The magnificent @frannyarmstrong has been hard at work editing the world's first live investigative documentary, #Rivercide, down to 60 crisp and compelling minutes. You can watch it any time for free at https://t.co/7voMKLhvNY Here's a glimpse, prangs, filth and all.

[Friends of the River Wye @FriendsUpperWye]

Whilst the scandal of sewage in our rivers gets all the headlines - here’s the hidden poo-nami that urgently needs tackling! 👇

[Nicola Cutcher @NicolaCutcher]

🚨NEW: A recent internal report from Natural Resources Wales reveals that 63% of farms they inspected were breaking environmental regulations.

Bad news for agricultural pollution in Wales.

Here’s the story, including a link to the full report:

https://t.co/MwwJMvyXG2

[RIVERCIDE @rivercide_live]

If you saw Rivercide, you’ll remember Emily’s powerful interview with @GeorgeMonbiot about discovering her beloved River Llynfi polluted - the fish gasping on the surface.

Now @owensheers has rendered this horrifying experience into a poem…

[Friends of the River Wye @FriendsUpperWye]

Listen from 31 mins 20 secs to hear @owensheers read his powerful poem about the pollution of the River Llynfi.

It’s in the voice of Emily who was the first to report the disastrous fish kill.

“It’s always a dog walker, isn’t it, who finds a body…”

https://t.co/VlFsTMttWg

[Nicola Cutcher @NicolaCutcher]

The masterful @owensheers has written a poem about the pollution of the Llynfi (a tributary of the Wye). It’s in the voice of Emily, who witnessed a major fish kill there in 2020 and featured on @rivercide_live. Listen to The Verb tonight, BBC R4, at 9pm. Recorded @hayfestival

[Friends of the River Wye @FriendsUpperWye]

📢BREAKING: River Wye gets its first bathing status!

Thanks to our challenge with the @GoodLawProject and @RiverActionUK, the @WelshGovernment has reversed their decision to deny bathing status to the Warren at Hay, a bathing place since at least the first OS map in 1888

[Friends of the River Wye @FriendsUpperWye]

Our citizen scientists monitor hundreds of sites throughout the Wye catchment.

For months, one site - Hollywell Dingle - has been topping our leaderboard of shame as the most polluted.

Has the @EnvAgency investigated the source of this pollution?

NO.

🧵 1/6

[RIVERCIDE @rivercide_live]

Exciting river protection project happening in Devon. Can anyone help them with the last £££?

[Franny Armstrong @FrannyArmstrong]

5 days to raise the final £££ to buy 12 keystone acres on the River Exe in Devon, England.

£136,255 raised so far, £18,745 to go.

Pls DM or email [email protected] if u can help - no donation too small 💰😇🙏

#WorldRewildingDay #naturerecovery #ecologicalcrisis

[Friends of the River Wye @FriendsUpperWye]

This was the extraordinary moment at our Restore the River event when Environment Agency Chair Alan Lovell was challenged by journalist ⁦@NicolaCutcher⁩ and a desperate audience on when the agency would enforce the law against polluters.

[Nicola Cutcher @NicolaCutcher]

It was pretty wild chairing this event.

Everyone is clamouring for the @EnvAgency & @NatResWales to enforce the law to protect the river!

Here’s my write-up:

https://t.co/tmrN9Um3lb

[Friends of the River Wye @FriendsUpperWye]

🚨We’ve applied for a stretch of the River Wye, near Hay, to become a designated bathing water.

The Welsh Gov is consulting on the proposal.

Please respond by 19 February to make your views known.

Consultation details: https://t.co/v6eChWqWC0

[RiverActionUK @RiverActionUK]

📻Here’s the full interview with @NicolaCutcher, whose investigations reveal that the @EnvAgency admits to conducting ZERO inspections of non-permitted free-range egg farms along the Wye.

Such complacency is disgraceful and we look forward to seeing the EA in court next month!👊

[Nicola Cutcher @NicolaCutcher]

DEFRA seems to be in denial about the Wye egg story in the Observer.

I have to call out this disingenuous statement from an anonymous @EnvAgency spokesperson:

‘permitted farms are subject to regular inspections’

There’s a catch. THREAD 🧵 1/8

https://t.co/2aGDeh52pQ

[Friends of the River Wye @FriendsUpperWye]

Bravo @RiverActionUK & @watsonchas for bringing this out into the light!

Major problems with pollution coming from free-range egg farms.

The @EnvAgency & @NatResWales have woefully neglected this. Total regulatory failure.

https://t.co/fMFAT6kG0r

[Friends of the River Wye @FriendsUpperWye]

🚨DISMAYING UPDATE

@NaturalEngland has informed us that they have merely issued a ‘warning’ in relation to this incident. No prosecution, no fine.

Laws are meaningless without enforcement.

The River Wye is officially ‘declining’: a story of regulatory failure.

[BENEATH BRITISH WATERS Our Freshwater Planet @UnderwaterMedia]

I am absolutely thrilled to receive the National Angling Awards unsung hero of the year. Huge thanks to the team at @angling_times and @DomGarnett
This is greatly appreciated.

[RIVERCIDE @rivercide_live]

We were honoured that @BZephaniah performed live on Rivercide and share in the devastation of his tragic early death

[Franny Armstrong @FrannyArmstrong]

Visionary: "thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom"

Me to Benjamin Zephaniah in 2021: could u write a poem about river pollution for mine & @GeorgeMonbiot's live doc @rivercide_live ?

BZ: I could perform River City Blues, which I wrote 25 years ago?

[Franny Armstrong @FrannyArmstrong]

Visionary: "thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom"

Me to Benjamin Zephaniah in 2021: could u write a poem about river pollution for mine & @GeorgeMonbiot's live doc @rivercide_live ?

BZ: I could perform River City Blues, which I wrote 25 years ago?

[Friends of the River Wye @FriendsUpperWye]

There is consensus here between supermarkets, farmers and environmental groups - we need ‘special measures’ for the Wye!

Why is govt asleep at the wheel? Where is the long-promised ‘Plan for the Wye’ from Secretary of State @theresecoffey ?

[Prospect @prospect_uk]

Inside national parks, nature is struggling.

How can it be restored?

Listen to our latest podcast episode with investigative journalist @NicolaCutcher

https://t.co/cTNNXxZPHz