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Save The Wye Coalition
@savethewye.bsky.social
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#SaveTheWye campaigns for a better future for our river. It is made up of local groups from across the catchment fighting to save the Wye. https://linktr.ee/savethewye
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Save The Wye Coalition @savethewye.bsky.social · Nov 11
MANIFESTO FOR THE RIVER WYE
We call on the Governments of the UK and Wales to establish a single, cross-border approach to tackling the pollution crisis across the Wye catchment.
www.wyemanifesto.org
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 16h
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 · 16h
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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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 1d
The biggest environmental pollution legal action brought in the UK will be filed in the High Court on Wednesday over alleged degradation of the River Wye. Story 👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Biggest UK pollution case to be filed over River Wye
Thousands of people are seeking substantial damages and for the waterway to be cleaned of a ‘mountain of chicken manure’
www.thetimes.com
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 21h
Thousands take legal action over ‘widespread pollution’ of Rivers Wye, Lugg and Usk - alleging that Welsh Water & two corporate chicken producers are responsible:

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thousands take legal action over ‘widespread pollution’ of three UK rivers
Environmental group seeks damages from Welsh Water and two chicken producers, alleging responsibility for pollution in Wye, Lugg and Usk
www.theguardian.com
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Save The Wye Coalition @savethewye.bsky.social · 1d
“This is the largest legal action concerning environmental pollution ever brought in the UK. In a context where government and regulators have failed to prevent degradation of our rivers the court has become last avenue for justice”
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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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River Action @riveractionuk.bsky.social · 8d
THIS IS SHOCKING! 😳

See those white and blue pieces? That’s plastic.... In sewage sludge that is being spread on our farmland and often ending up in our rivers. 💩😱

🛑 THIS NEEDS TO STOP 🛑 Add your name to the petition - act.gp/4nHfsAc

📸 Credit: Fighting Dirty
#SewageSludge #ToxicSludge
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Steve Ormerod @steveormerod.bsky.social · 11d
#WorldRiversDay - protect the life beneath

www.cardiff.ac.uk/llyn-brianne...
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River Action @riveractionuk.bsky.social · 14d
🚨 BREAKING NEWS! Shocking new evidence suggests Environment Agency failed to attend many serious pollution incidents, relying on water companies’ word instead.

Internal EA rules say staff should attend all serious incidents, yet in 2024 they missed nearly a third of them. 🫣

🔗 - bit.ly/4nnmqtC
Environment Agency failed to visit serious pollution incidents, leaked files show
Data from inside England's environment watchdog show an agency struggling to monitor serious pollution.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Nicola Cutcher @nicolacutcher.bsky.social · 15d
Delighted to be interviewing the actor and activist James Murray about the state of our rivers. Join us on Saturday 29 November at 2.30pm in Hay Castle!
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Hay Festival @hayfestival.bsky.social · 15d
Let’s go!!!

Your Hay Festival Winter Weekend 2025 programme is here. Members enjoy priority booking until Friday.

Join us! www.hayfestival.com/winter-weeke...
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Save The Wye Coalition @savethewye.bsky.social · 19d
Excellent video here:
A story of one British river - The River Wye youtu.be/i45B-NfPr-4?...
A story of one British river - The River Wye
YouTube video by This is the River Wye
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 23d
Revealed: Sewage overflows twice as bad inside national parks

Exclusive: @campaign4parks.bsky.social attack ‘outrageous’ situation, saying waters in protected areas should be cleanest

Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: sewage overflow in English and Welsh national parks twice outside rate
Exclusive: Campaigners attack ‘outrageous’ situation, saying waters in protected areas should be cleanest
www.theguardian.com
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River Action @riveractionuk.bsky.social · 23d
Huge thank you to @savethewye.bsky.social, Friends of the Wye and @peoplevsprofiteers.bsky.social for their vital work in the Nandos campaign. 🐔💩

From creating unique content to community testing and amplifying the voices of communities along the Wye. Thank you for holding polluters to account. 💙
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River Action @riveractionuk.bsky.social · 26d
🏆 We did it! Our Nandos campaign won the ‘Best Use of Social Media’ at the Third Sector Awards 2025.

This award belongs to everyone who made the campaign such a success, from those who signed our open letter to everyone who helped spread the message loud and clear: "stop killing our rivers." 🐓💩
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Friends of the River Wye @friendsriverwye.bsky.social · 24d
Our citizen scientist testing at Eaton Bishop on the Cage Brook yesterday found and reported his highest phosphate readings in 4 years - 2.27.

The EA has been alerted and we look forward to hearing what they find.

We’re looking for more volunteers to test between Clehonger and Eaton Bishop!
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 27d
Liquid oozing from landfill + industrial waste + sewage - treated for pathogens then split, the solid part spread on farmland, the liquid part released into rivers - what could go wrong?

Our latest article out now:

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms
Exclusive: Leachate is tankered to treatment works where it mixes with sewage and industrial effluent
www.theguardian.com
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River Action @riveractionuk.bsky.social · 29d
We were delighted to present the Rivers & Seas Award to @elliechowns.bsky.social tonight. 🎉

She has been an inspiring advocate for change through her efforts to protect the River Wye from factory farming pollution and co-chairing the Water Pollution APPG.

Thank you, Ellie, for all your hard work 🙌
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Anne Cottringer @cantilupe.bsky.social · Sep 7
Spike in phosphate level to 0.97 at our FOUW site 029 on Eign/Yazor brook. Brook has taken a beating - 2.5 weeks of no water flow. We are in Hereford city & usually notimmediately affected by agricultural run off from rain which pushes up levels. @savethewye.bsky.social @herefordshirewt.bsky.social
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Friends of the River Wye @friendsriverwye.bsky.social · Sep 6
Our weekly test for E. coli at the Warren in Hay yesterday was an appalling 2644 - nearly 3 times over the threshold for “poor” quality, so advise against bathing. Thanks to @riveractionuk.bsky.social for the kit!

You can see all our test results here:
friendsoftheriverwye.org.uk/hay-clean-ri...
Hay Clean River Campaign — Friends of the River Wye
friendsoftheriverwye.org.uk
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Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · Sep 4
The #Wyescapes project in my constituency is a testament to the dedication of farmers battling agricultural pollution and protecting our farmlands—but they can’t do it alone.

Farmers need much more govt support to scale up these vital measures and invest in #RiverFriendlyFarming.
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Anne Cottringer @cantilupe.bsky.social · Aug 31
Lots of activities for children and adults alike - discover some of the creatures that lurk beneath the surface of the river Wye and see coracles in action. @riverflies.bsky.social @riveractionuk.bsky.social @yourherefordshire.co.uk @hfdsgreennetwork.bsky.social
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · Aug 30
The biggest lake in the UK is being steadily poisoned

The rescue plan demanded by residents & fishermen, whose lives are being blighted, is being blocked by a powerful farming lobby

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK’s largest lake faces environmental crisis as rescue plans stall
Toxic algae cases in Northern Ireland’s Lough Neagh have tripled since last year, as local fishers’ incomes plummet
www.theguardian.com
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Save The Wye Coalition @savethewye.bsky.social · Aug 29
Avara/Cargill are well able to pay to clean up the mess they’ve made of the Wye. It’s time that the government and regulators took serious action to control an agricultural system that is killing the Wye before our eyes.
#SavetheWye
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Save The Wye Coalition @savethewye.bsky.social · Aug 29
This year alone Avara’s parent company Cargill paid its billionaire family owners a staggering $1.5billion dividend.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Cargill Pays Billionaire Owners a Record $1.5 Billion Dividend
Cargill Inc. paid a record dividend to the billionaire families who control the world’s biggest agricultural commodities trader after profits surged 44% in its most recent financial year.
www.bloomberg.com
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Save The Wye Coalition @savethewye.bsky.social · Aug 29
This report highlights once again the disastrous impact of unchecked intensive chicken farming on the Wye. With 80 chickens for every person in the catchment, the Wye is at the sharp end of this appalling story of pollution for profit. www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/huge-im...
Huge impacts of UK pig and poultry farming revealed for first time | The Wildlife Trusts
New report shows sector’s pollution harms rivers and wider countryside
www.wildlifetrusts.org
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Anne Cottringer @cantilupe.bsky.social · Aug 28
Lots of activities for children and adults alike - discover some of the creatures that lurk beneath the surface of the river Wye and see coracles in action.
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