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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · Jul 18

Warming, shrunken rivers - oxygen low, pollution concentrated, bacteria multiply, fish struggle - as @petedevery.bsky.social of @anglingtrust.bsky.social tells BBC Berkshire, pumping too much water, pollution, tearing out shade-giving plants weakens rivers. Then climate change deals the final blow.

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · Jun 20

"Depleted & polluted, rivers that were once abundant in fish, invertebrates, mammals & birds turn into a line of fetid pools”

River campaigners, furious at the failure of successive to prepare for water scarcity, speak to Watershed's @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

England’s rivers ‘under threat’ as water extraction surges to record levels

Exclusive: Investigation finds 76% rise in water taken from rivers and lakes for industrial or public consumption in two decades

www.theguardian.com

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · May 2

Brilliant news 👏👏👏Sandeels, the basis of so many food chains, need to remain in the sea not be harvested out of existence to feed farmed fish & animals. A win for seabirds. A win for fish. And definitely a bonus for the sandeels themselves. Fabulous.

@petedevery.bsky.social @stuartsw.bsky.social

Blue Planet Society @blueplanetsociety.bsky.social · May 2

UK Sandeel commercial fishing ban remains!✊
The EU challenged the ban, claiming the move was "discriminatory and disproportionate" but a European court has now dismissed the challenge, confirming the ban was "based on the best available science." 🎣 ❌

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sandeel fishing ban in North Sea to remain - EU court rules

Sandeels are a vital source of food for seabirds that live along the UK coastline.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Pete Devery @petedevery.bsky.social · Jan 31

Just 55 years before #climate change makes up to 70% of #England’s rivers too hot for #trout to spawn 👀
@wildtrout.bsky.social @troutunlimited.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Britain’s favourite fish at risk of wipeout within decades, predicts report

Brown trout unlikely to survive in most rivers at height of summer by 2080, says Environment Agency

www.theguardian.com

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Pete Devery @petedevery.bsky.social · Jan 24

Are Keir Starmer and Donald Trump singing from the same #nature destruction manual when it comes to fish conservation? Certainly sounds like it ⬇️ #AnglersAgainstPollution #angling #salmon #conservation

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Pete Devery @petedevery.bsky.social · Jan 24

Are Keir Starmer and Donald Trump singing from the same #nature destruction manual when it comes to fish conservation? Certainly sounds like it ⬇️ #AnglersAgainstPollution #angling #salmon #conservation

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StuartSW @stuartsw.bsky.social · Jan 22

If HMTreasury drop this fundamental & hugely important approach, ensuring fines for polluting our rivers are invested in clearing up the mess, then it will be a huge act of betrayal. See my quote here. @anglingtrust.bsky.social @theriverstrust.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Appalling’: charities warn of UK government betrayal over river clean-up fund

Charities in England that bid for share of millions say idea that Treasury could keep money is ‘heartbreaking’

www.theguardian.com

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Pete Devery @petedevery.bsky.social · Jan 5

If you fancy learning how to waste your time gracefully, with a fly, lure or bait, lots more info on: anglingtrust.net #angling #fishing #trout #carp #bass

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jan 5

How I learned to fly-fish on the banks of the Thames

A fly-fishing session in London strips the pastime of its elite connotations and delivers an object lesson in mindfulness Fishing has been one of those things, like pottery classes, or going on a yoga retreat in Ibiza, that I’ve never tried but envied…

www.theguardian.com

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Pete Devery @petedevery.bsky.social · Dec 27

Labour shelves rescue plan for globally rare chalk streams

www.thetimes.com/article/6c5f...

Labour shelves rescue plan for globally rare chalk streams

Protection of habitat featured in David Attenborough’s Wild Isles had been promised under the Tories

www.thetimes.com

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Pete Devery @petedevery.bsky.social · Dec 25

Merry Christmas 🎄

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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · Dec 19

Record sewage spills and financial mismanagement = whopping price rises.

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Pete Devery @petedevery.bsky.social · Dec 19

⬇️ And today the government has approved a 35% increase in your water bills to fund this fraudulent and criminally polluting Thames Water for another five years ⬇️ www.itv.com/news/meridia...

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Simon Collins @sirgeogy.bsky.social · Dec 18

Water Co investment focuses too much on BIG rivers and improving large STWs. A top-down approach is needed: upgrade small sewage works, restore headwaters and add NFM upstream for clean water downstream. Start in top catchments for MAX impact on recovery! freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/positio...

Positioning statement on the impact of sewage pollution

freshwaterhabitats.org.uk

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StuartSW @stuartsw.bsky.social · Dec 17

All we ask is for water companies to follow the law and for regulators to enforce the law. Is that really too much to ask? It seems so. @petedevery.bsky.social @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Watchdog warns Defra and Ofwat they could face court over sewage dumping

Environment Agency also served notice after investigation found failures to comply with law

www.theguardian.com

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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · Dec 13

Why should 6 million households in the Thames Water region be FORCED to pay £260 extra a year to keep this absurd company afloat for a little longer?

This is daylight robbery 🤑 don't let them get away with it

Sign the petition weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...

metro.co.uk/2024/12/11/c...

Water customers face huge bill this Christmas

'A higher water bill is the Christmas present nobody asked for.'

metro.co.uk

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Pete Devery @petedevery.bsky.social · Dec 10

Special case? More like basket case. £51m on advisors & consultants in 6 months, no wonder Thames Water saw first-half loss of £189m. At that rate it will only take 10 years to burn through £3.5 billion they need to raise.
www.thetimes.com/article/a004...

Thames Water reports first-half loss of £189m

Pollution penalties, payouts to external consultants and losses on inter-company loans deepened the struggling utility’s debt burden

www.thetimes.com

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Pete Devery @petedevery.bsky.social · Dec 10

Chasing down billion$ more debt to finance Britain’s biggest water company month by month, the deluded CEO describes it as getting on a “more stable financial footing”. Tick tock, timberrrr! www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Thames Water will run out of cash by March without £3bn emergency funding

Britain’s biggest water supplier reports 40% increase in pollution incidents, blaming a wet spring and summer

www.theguardian.com

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · Dec 4

This plan is so ridiculous I can't believe I'm about to write these words - water companies want to build pipelines to divert sewage away from protected rivers to... other rivers & lakes with fewer legal protections...& they want to raise our bills to pay for it...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...