Environmental News from United Kingdom

EarthWire UK provides a daily overview of the environment in the UK as reported in the media. The web site is updated every day by a team of editors that reviews media sources for environmental news stories.

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Water Pollution

Letters: Nuclear threats
Guardian Unlimited | 15 Nov 2010
Am I alone in noting that UK civil nuclear infrastructures are uniquely implicated in all four "tier one" threats identified in the recent defence white paper (Report, 19 October)? Objectively, this point is as obvious to nuclear proponents as sceptics. First, few "terrorism targets" are more...

Camelford poisoning: 'water authority insisted supplies were safe'
Guardian Unlimited | 01 Nov 2010
Inquest hears how water authority said there was no health risk after aluminium sulphate was dumped in wrong tank. A water authority instructed its communications centre to tell people their tap water was safe even as one customer reported that his hair was sticking together and others said the...

England | Freshwater | Pollution | Pollution Impacts | Water Pollution

Marine ecosystems at risk from pollution
Guardian Unlimited | 20 Oct 2010
Marine ecosystems around the world are at risk of substantial deterioration in coming decades as oceans face growing threats from pollution, over-fishing and climate change

Biodiversity | Marine Life | Water Pollution

River of money flows to Thames as it wins global conservation prize
Guardian Unlimited | 12 Oct 2010
London's mighty river was declared a dead zone 50 years ago - but now it is full of life and has been rewarded for its resurgence. In the 1950s it was declared biologically dead – a heavily polluted river that was a far cry from the days when it was admired by William Wordsworth, Claude Monet and the Three Men in a Boat of Jerome K Jerome's book.

Rise in UK beaches with recommended water quality
The Independent | 28 May 2010
More than half the UK's beaches are recommended for having excellent water quality in the latest Good Beach Guide - a slight rise on last year, the Marine Conservation Society said today. The number of sites failing the MCS's latest bathing water tests, which are based on European standards, fell...

United Kingdom | Coastal Development and Tourism | Water Pollution

Dispersant 'may make Deepwater Horizon oil spill more toxic'
Guardian Unlimited | 05 May 2010
Scientists fear chemicals used in oil clean-up can cause genetic mutations and cancer, and threaten sea turtles and tuna.

Accidents and Spills | Coastal and Marine Issues | Disasters | Water Pollution

Eco-warrior turns green on his voyage across the Pacific
The Independent | 29 Mar 2010
David de Rothschild is young, enviably good-looking and heir to one of the world's great blue-blooded banking fortunes. However, Neptune is a great leveller who cares little for your wealth or indeed whether you are on a highly publicised mission to clean up his polluted oceans.

United Kingdom | Water Pollution

How Arctic Food Webs Affect Mercury in Polar Bears - Science Daily
ScienceDaily.com | 09 Dec 2009
New research led by biogeochemists Travis Horton of the University of Canterbury and Joel Blum of the University of Michigan lays the groundwork for assessing current and future effects of mercury deposition and climate change on polar bears. The ...

Climate Change

Ted Hughes was a prophet of climate change
The Times | 03 Dec 2009
A generation of writers is just coming to terms with the biggest issue of our age. We should honour the man who foresaw it

Water Pollution

Thames Water warns of funds gap
BBC | 30 Nov 2009
Thames Water warns of a potential funding gap as the recession poses "significant challenges" for essential investment.

Water Pollution

More swimming spots pass quality tests
Environment Data Interactive Exchange | 24 Nov 2009
Swimming spots in England and Wales are getting cleaner according to latest test results published this month.

Freshwater | Water Pollution

Dead fish mystery still unsolved
BBC | 24 Nov 2009
Tests fail to discover what caused the death of 10,000 fish in the Thames Farmoor Reservoir intake in Oxfordshire.

Water Pollution

Energy company handed £20,000 fine for diesel spill
Environment Data Interactive Exchange | 24 Nov 2009
A power company has been fined £20,000 for a diesel spill that polluted a Scottish loch resulting in a "devastating" impact on the environment.

Water Pollution

Chemical plants slash emissions
Yahoo! News | 17 Nov 2009
Harmful emissions from chemical plants plummeted almost two-thirds over the last 12 years even though production soared, it has emerged.

Water Pollution

Rivers being restocked with fish
BBC | 10 Nov 2009
Staffordshire rivers badly affected by recent pollution incidents are being restocked with thousands of baby fish.

Water Pollution

Wilson explores bowels of Belfast
BBC | 26 Oct 2009
Finance Minister Sammy Wilson follows in the footsteps of Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson by being lowered into the biggest hole in Ireland.

Water Pollution

Warmer Climate Not The Cause Of Oxygen Deficiency In The Baltic Sea
ScienceDaily.com | 13 Oct 2009
Oxygen deficiency in the Baltic Sea has never been greater than it is now. But it is not an effect of climate change but rather of increased inputs of nutrients and fertilizers.

Climate Change

Retreat on carbon crackdown
The Times | 10 Oct 2009
The government has caved in to business on a key aspect of its latest scheme for cutting pollution after an intense lobbying campaign by executives.

Waste Management | Water Pollution

UK faces court for allowing sewage to enter Thames
Guardian Unlimited | 10 Oct 2009
Action taken over breach of 1991 directive demanding water treatment before discharge: The government is being taken to the European court of justice for failing to stop thousands of tonnes of raw sewage pouring into the Thames.

Water Pollution

Waste firm ban over river pollution
Yahoo! News | 08 Oct 2009
A waste management company has been banned from putting industrial waste into the sewage system after one of the country's major rivers was polluted with cyanide.

Waste Management | Water Pollution

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