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DoomsdaysCW<p>‘We want the mill to shut down,’ <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrassyNarrows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrassyNarrows</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNation</span></a> to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> </p><p>After nearly 60 years of industrial poisoning, the northwest <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> community continues to demand justice</p><p>September 17 2024 <br>by Jon Thompson</p><p>"When members of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Asubpeeschoseewagong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asubpeeschoseewagong</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Anishinabek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anishinabek</span></a> (Grassy Narrows First Nation) and their supporters arrive at Queen’s Park this week, they’ll be calling for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DrydenPulpAndPaper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrydenPulpAndPaper</span></a> mill that’s been poisoning their water with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/neurotoxins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurotoxins</span></a> for nearly 60 years to permanently close. </p><p>"'We want everybody to be compensated, we want the mill to shut down, and we don’t want no <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/logging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logging</span></a> in our territory. We just want it all to stop,' says <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChrissyIsaacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChrissyIsaacs</span></a>, lead organizer of the caravan.</p><p>"Isaacs has been a staple of the annual <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RiverRun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiverRun</span></a> demonstrations since they began in 2010. She was a leader among Grassy Narrows youths who blockaded <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LoggingTrucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoggingTrucks</span></a> from entering the nearby <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiskeyJackForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiskeyJackForest</span></a> in 2002 and is currently travelling 1,900 kilometres to Toronto from her community near Ontario’s western border to protest the downriver effects of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/methylmercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>methylmercury</span></a> poisoning.</p><p>"Staff at the upstream <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReedPaperMill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReedPaperMill</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DrydenOntario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrydenOntario</span></a>, about 150 kilometres east of Grassy Narrows, dumped nearly 10 metric tonnes of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mercury</span></a> into the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnglishWabigoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishWabigoon</span></a> River system in the 1960s and early 1970s. Mercury poisoned the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a> that the people of Grassy Narrows, and neighbouring <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabaseemoong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wabaseemoong</span></a> Independent Nation, were consuming.</p><p>"A half-century later, medical experts are finding that varying nervous and neurological health effects affect up to 90 per cent of Grassy Narrows residents. </p><p>Members of Grassy Narrows First Nation stopped to demonstrate outside of the Dryden mill before heading to Toronto for the annual River Run demonstration at Queen’s Park. There, they will call on the Ontario government to compensate the community for generations of industrial poisoning and call for the mill, now owned by First Quality Enterprises, to be shut down.</p><p>"The Grassy Narrows road blockade to prevent clear-cut logging and mining from happening in their traditional territories has stood for 22 years, and in that time Isaacs’s children have had children of their own. She says the conversation has never been transformed as much as it has this year. </p><p>"In May, scientific researchers released the revelation that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sulphate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sulphate</span></a> and organic matter in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/effluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>effluent</span></a> that the mill is still releasing into the river is making methylmercury in the river system even worse, as opposed to diminishing over time as they were told."</p><p><a href="https://ricochet.media/indigenous/we-want-the-mill-to-shut-down-grassy-narrows-first-nation-to-ontario/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ricochet.media/indigenous/we-w</span><span class="invisible">ant-the-mill-to-shut-down-grassy-narrows-first-nation-to-ontario/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MercuryPoisoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MercuryPoisoning</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DirectAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectAction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericanNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericanActivism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InformedConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InformedConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CanadaFirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanadaFirstNations</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>A proposed £1.2bn scheme to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/recycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recycle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/effluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>effluent</span></a> from the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sewage</span></a> system and turn it in to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DrinkingWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrinkingWater</span></a> has been criticised as a threat to the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> and a potential costly “white elephant”.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SouthernWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernWater</span></a> says it wants to protect rare <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChalkStreams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChalkStreams</span></a>, but campaigners say it could pollute the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Solent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solent</span></a><br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/13/12bn-plan-to-turn-sewage-waste-into-drinking-water-branded-a-dangerous-white-elephant" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/ar</span><span class="invisible">ticle/2024/jul/13/12bn-plan-to-turn-sewage-waste-into-drinking-water-branded-a-dangerous-white-elephant</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a></p>
Alaska Native News<p>AG Taylor Joins 21 States Challenging EPA’s New Effluent Limit on Steam Electric Power<br>[the_ad id="30587"]</p><p>Treg Taylor. Image-Internet screengrab</p><p>(Anchorage, AK)&nbsp;– Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor joined 21 other states, in filing a petition for review Tuesday with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, challenging the Environmental...<br><a href="https://alaska-native-news.com/ag-taylor-joins-21-states-challenging-epas-new-effluent-limit-on-steam-electric-power/74340/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">alaska-native-news.com/ag-tayl</span><span class="invisible">or-joins-21-states-challenging-epas-new-effluent-limit-on-steam-electric-power/74340/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/epa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>steam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electric</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/effluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>effluent</span></a></p>
💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rodhilton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rodhilton</span></a></span> <br>You know, where I am (not sure if in other countries) <a href="https://dotnet.social/tags/McDonalds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McDonalds</span></a> rolled out something similar, where they charged more in places where they could get away with it. Of course, this would be in <a href="https://dotnet.social/tags/poor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poor</span></a> areas - the <a href="https://dotnet.social/tags/affluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>affluent</span></a> (or as <a href="https://dotnet.social/tags/KathAndKim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KathAndKim</span></a> call them, <a href="https://dotnet.social/tags/effluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>effluent</span></a>😂) rarely have Macca's! I've boycotted them ever since - been nearly 20 years now (don't know if they still do it, but there's health reasons as well to just keep going with the boycott anyway - lost 40kg with various changes)</p>
💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>New Zealand Freshwater Study Sounds Alarm Over E Coli [and other] Pollution Levels [water quality]<br>--<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/30/new-zealand-water-study-e-coli-pollution-levels-high-our-land-and-water-report" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2023/nov</span><span class="invisible">/30/new-zealand-water-study-e-coli-pollution-levels-high-our-land-and-water-report</span></a> &lt;-- shared media article<br>--<br><a href="https://ourlandandwater.nz/outputs/research-brief-current-state-of-water-contaminants-compared-to-bottom-lines/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ourlandandwater.nz/outputs/res</span><span class="invisible">earch-brief-current-state-of-water-contaminants-compared-to-bottom-lines/</span></a> &lt;-- shared technical report<br>--<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/waterquality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterquality</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/watersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farming</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatialanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spatialanalysis</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/freshwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freshwater</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/waterresources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterresources</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/contaminants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contaminants</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/dairyfarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dairyfarming</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ecoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecoli</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sediment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sediment</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/TDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TDS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/nitrogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nitrogen</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/phosphorus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phosphorus</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/erosion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>erosion</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/urbanplanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urbanplanning</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/extremeweather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremeweather</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/waterways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterways</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/humanimpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanimpact</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fertiliser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fertiliser</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/stock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stock</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/manure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manure</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/urine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urine</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/animalwaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animalwaste</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/effluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>effluent</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cattle</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/landuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landuse</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>social</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/foodsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foodsecurity</span></a></p>
Stripymoggie<p>Our rivers are dying. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/biodiversityloss" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>biodiversityloss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>farming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/effluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>effluent</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-66542045" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ire</span><span class="invisible">land-66542045</span></a></p>
Stripymoggie<p>Our lakes are dying. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/biodiversityloss" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>biodiversityloss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>farming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/effluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>effluent</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/lough-neagh-pictures-show-swans-27541851?utm_source=linkCopy&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=sharebar" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">belfastlive.co.uk/news/norther</span><span class="invisible">n-ireland/lough-neagh-pictures-show-swans-27541851?utm_source=linkCopy&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=sharebar</span></a></p>
Stripymoggie<p>Our lakes are dying. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/biodiversityloss" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>biodiversityloss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>farming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/effluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>effluent</span></a></p><p>BBC News - Lough Neagh: Pollution putting livelihoods and lake at risk<br /><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-66475360" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ire</span><span class="invisible">land-66475360</span></a></p>
Stripymoggie<p>Our lakes are dying. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/biodiversityloss" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>biodiversityloss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>farming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/effluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>effluent</span></a></p><p>BBC News - Blue-green algae found in Lough Erne and Lough Neagh<br /><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-66462125" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ire</span><span class="invisible">land-66462125</span></a></p>
Jonathan Wright<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@windy389" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>windy389</span></a></span> </p><p>Terrible.</p><p>This was widespread at one point in city areas, but has since disappeared due to work to clean up the waterways.</p><p>Now it look as though it's going into decline again, thanks to a few water companies not doing their job properly.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Effluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Effluent</span></a></p>
Jonathan Wright<p>South West Water fined more than £2.1m over sewage pollution </p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-65403267" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devo</span><span class="invisible">n-65403267</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SouthWestWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthWestWater</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SWWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SWWater</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SWW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SWW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WaterCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterCompanies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sewage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Effluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Effluent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Fines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Devon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Devon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Cornwall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cornwall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a></p>
Jonathan Wright<p>Bonuses for Wessex Water bosses criticised over sewage</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-65347815" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-some</span><span class="invisible">rset-65347815</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Water</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sewage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Effluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Effluent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Discharge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discharge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/River" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>River</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ocean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BonusPayment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BonusPayment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Injustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WessexWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WessexWater</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Taunton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taunton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Somerset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Somerset</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Fauna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fauna</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Flora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flora</span></a></p>
Jonathan Wright<p>Ending sewage dumping will mean higher water bills</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65028971" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/science-environ</span><span class="invisible">ment-65028971</span></a></p><p>Call me cynical, but am I surprised?</p><p>We shouldn't back away to the cheaper option of maintaining the status quo, as has been the case for decades.</p><p>The work needs to be done. The UK is a disgrace continuing to dump raw sewage into the the sea.</p><p>Also some trains continue to to dump waste onto the tracks.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Water</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sewage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Effluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Effluent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Sea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Bills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bills</span></a></p>
Jonathan Wright<p>South West Water website to update on sewage spills</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-65016353" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devo</span><span class="invisible">n-65016353</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Water</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Seaside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seaside</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Bathing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bathing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WaterAuthorities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterAuthorities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WaterQuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterQuality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Sewage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sewage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Effluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Effluent</span></a></p>
Tony R. Walker<p>Coastal communities around the world contend with the toxic legacies of pulp and paper mills.<br> <a href="https://hakaimagazine.com/features/the-price-of-paper/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hakaimagazine.com/features/the</span><span class="invisible">-price-of-paper/</span></a> via @hakaimagazine@twitter.com </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AirPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirPollution</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/effluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>effluent</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/marinepollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marinepollution</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/contaminants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contaminants</span></a></p>