Severn Trent Plc faces an environment class action lawsuit in London over allegations it abused its dominant position in the utilities market and underreported instances where it pumped sewage into open water. Law firm Leigh Day filed England’s first ever …
Polluters like water or energy companies that befoul UK rivers and seas or spill waste will face unlimited penalties and tougher sanctions, according to expanded government legislation announced on Wednesday. The government plans to scrap the current £250,000 limit on …
Water companies will incur unlimited fines for polluting rivers and the sea under new UK legislation to protect the environment, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Therese Coffrey, the environment secretary, will announce plans [this week] …
Water companies illegally dumped raw sewage into the UK’s rivers at least 146 times this year, a campaign group called Surfers Against Sewage said. A report by the group argued that most of these discharges, known as “dry spills” because …
Raw sewage has been spilling into seawater in some parts of England and Wales over the past week after heavy rains overwhelmed sewer systems. The contaminated flows triggered new pollution risk warnings and advice against bathing from the Environment Agency …
