by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Jul 8, 2024 | News
A recent prosecution brought by Natural Resources Wales raises questions about the regulation and enforcement of agriculture and the threat to rivers posed by old or poorly maintained slurry stores Monday 8th July, 2024 On 26th June Natural Resources Wales announced...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | May 17, 2024 | News
If the same assessment methods and reporting was used as England, it is likely that waterbody failure for chemicals in Wales would be significantly higher. A report commissioned by the Office for Environmental Protection shows why Welsh rivers cannot continue to be...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | May 14, 2024 | News
New Report Into Road Runoff Road runoff entering the River Taff in South Wales Wales has only half the length of road per square mile when compared to England and less than 7% of the number of miles driven per year, yet the extent to which road runoff is polluting...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Apr 10, 2024 | News
The latest storm overflow data has been published and it does not make for pleasant reading, on either side of the Wales/England border. Welsh Water have produced a new interactive map giving realtime information on their storm overflows. While this indicates when...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Mar 7, 2024 | News
SFS requires farms to come up to the target of 10% for tree cover and 10% wildlife habitat, not to take a further 20% of land out of food production. The only measure within SFS that might lead to cleaner rivers is extra tree cover, but only if the right tree is...
by Seth Johnson-Marshall | Jan 18, 2024 | News
There will be a great deal of interest in the work and effectiveness of the new Natural Resources Wales team. Thursday 18th January, 2024 Natural Resources Wales has announced the establishment of a new Welsh Government-funded team of officers to reduce...
