Thursday, December 22, 2022

"Targets to clean up the majority of England’s rivers, lakes and coastal waters suffering from a cocktail of agricultural and sewage pollution have been pushed back from 2027 to 2063"

Guardian:

Until Brexit the UK government was signed up to the water framework directive, which required countries to make sure all their waters achieved “good” chemical and ecological status by 2027 at the latest. 

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Not one English waterway, including rivers, lakes, estuaries and coastal waters is in good ecological and chemical health at present