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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 1d

Jobs working directly on the river - fishing guides, boating, watersports, but also, cafés, pubs, hotels, tourist attractions - many small + medium size businesses depend on a clean river. Their interests need to be considered as well as those of the companies who run intensive farms.

WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 1d

Jubb explains there's always been a balance between farming + river health, but the growing number of intensive chicken farms in the area has tipped that balance so that the river is losing out, fish are losing out, wildlife is losing out, businesses that rely on a thriving river are losing out:

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 1d

And, yes, wildlife, we need to stop washing nitrate + phosphate into a river where salmon are perilously close to becoming locally extinct.

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 1d

Campaigners + local businesses claim phosphates + nitrates from the collective poo of as many as 23million chickens packed into the Wye catchment from a growing number of intensive chicken farms are driving algal blooms, harming fish + wildlife.
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River Wye pollution prompts UK's largest environmental lawsuit

Livestock and water companies are accused of “extensive” pollution in the Wye, Lugg and Usk rivers.

www.bbc.co.uk

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 1d

We spoke to Nathan Jubb, a fly fishing guide who's fished the Wye for 45 years. He describes the change he's seen in the river + the impact on fish:

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 1d

Jubb describes the decline of the river really got going from 2016 onwards, when licenses for intensive chicken farms began to be granted in numbers not seen before - leading to a burden of phosphate + nitrate more than the river can process:

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 1d

Jubb explains there's always been a balance between farming + river health, but the growing number of intensive chicken farms in the area has tipped that balance so that the river is losing out, fish are losing out, wildlife is losing out, businesses that rely on a thriving river are losing out:

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 1d

The salmon population of the Wye is in collapse, and Atlantic salmon are now endangered in the UK. Those bringing the court case argue the needs of intensive farming cannot be permitted to outweigh the needs of fish, wildlife + river users.

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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 1h

Some Commonwealth countries won't exist in the future if we don't get to grips with climate change, says Theresa May
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czun...

Net Zero: The inside story of the UK’s climate target

YouTube video by Grantham Imperial

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Sharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social · 1d

NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it

www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 20h

Growing ‘Continuous Corn’ Drives Emissions of a Powerful Greenhouse Gas. It Doesn’t Have To....

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Growing ‘Continuous Corn’ Drives Emissions of a Powerful Greenhouse Gas. It Doesn’t Have To. - Inside Climate News

Corn monocropping emits higher levels of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas which traps heat in the atmosphere more than 300 times as effectively as carbon dioxide. Simple interventions could drastically...

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 20h

Marine heatwaves disrupt crucial carbon storage processes in the ocean, new study finds...

www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...

Marine heatwaves are disrupting ocean’s crucial biological processes

A new study looks at the impacts of marine heatwaves on the ocean’s food web and processes.

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Climate Change @euclimate.bsky.social · 22h

Patagonia CEO says climate denialists are delusional

https://www.europesays.com/2479027/

Good morning. Consider the challenge of leading Patagonia. Your founder transferred his ownership of the company to a…

Patagonia CEO says climate denialists are delusional - EUROPE SAYS

Good morning. Consider the challenge of leading Patagonia. Your founder transferred his ownership of the company to a trust and nonprofit three years ago,

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Mr and Mrs Trellis @thenorfolkcoast.bsky.social · 18h

Scottish govt delays start of muirburn licences (for the second time) after aggressive lobbying by grouse shooting industry....

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Scottish Government delays start of muirburn licences (for the second time) after aggressive lobbying by grouse shooting industry

The Scottish Government has, for the second time, delayed the implementation of muirburn licensing after caving in to pressure from aggressive lobbying by the grouse shooting industry. A quick re-c…

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Climate Change @euclimate.bsky.social · 18h

Fossil fuel companies control a mere 1.42% of renewable energy projects worldwide, study reveals

https://www.europesays.com/2479585/

Fossil fuel companies control a mere 1.42% of renewable energy projects worldwide, study reveals …

Fossil fuel companies control a mere 1.42% of renewable energy projects worldwide, study reveals - EUROPE SAYS

Fossil fuel companies control a mere 1.42% of renewable energy projects worldwide, study reveals

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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 1d

“Overfishing is not an unavoidable tragedy – it is a political choice. Ministers ignore the science [...] & our seas are paying the price. Five years after becoming an independent coastal state, the UK seems to have accepted a state of relentless decline.”
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"A political failure": Half of UK's critical fish stocks face depletion - Oceanographic

Oceana UK has accused UK government of abject failure when it comes to sustainably managing critical fish stocks, now facing collapse

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 20h

Britain’s electricity has been 100% clean for 87 hours this year – more than ever before.

The challenge now?

Stretching that record from 15 hours straight to 8,760 by 2030.

Dr Simon Evans reports

Great Britain has run on 100% clean power for record 87 hours in 2025 so far

Clean-energy sources have powered Great Britain entirely for a record 87 hours this year — a milestone toward 2030 targets

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 21h

That England has had its three worst harvests on record inside the past five years really should be being treated as a much bigger cause for concern than is currently the case. www.businessgreen.com/news/4520171...

'This is what farming with climate change looks like': England endures second worst harvest on record

New analysis confirms three of the five worst harvests on record have occurred in the past five years on the back of extreme heat, drought, and rainfall

www.businessgreen.com

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Oilfield Witness @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social · 18h

Midland Texas is at the center of the Texas oil and gas boom. They love the oil industry money there but also understand what that means. So....

Midland Texas also sued to try to stop oil wastewater from being injected near their water sources.

Midland fights disposal of oilfield wastewater near its drinking supply

As oil and gas companies struggle to dispose of their wastewater in the Permian Basin, the city of Midland is challenging applications for disposal wells near one of its drinking water sources.

www.texastribune.org

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Climate Change @euclimate.bsky.social · 21h

Canadian PM Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat

https://www.europesays.com/2479165/

Canadian PM Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat …

Canadian PM Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat - EUROPE SAYS

Canadian PM Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat

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