Michael Gove is planning to rip up water pollution rules that builders have blamed for exacerbating England’s housing crisis but which environmental groups say are essential for protecting the country’s rivers. The housing secretary, alongside Thérèse Coffey, the environment secretary, will announce the move on Tuesday, according to several people briefed on the plans, alongside…
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Rise in UK wood-burners likely to be creating ‘pollution hotspots’ in affluent areas | Air pollution | The Guardian
A sharp rise in wood burning in urban areas could be bringing harmful pollution to greater numbers of people, and shifting the pattern of pollution from poorer to more affluent areas, one of the UK’s leading air pollution experts has warned. Currently, air pollution monitoring focuses on busy roads, which have been the main hotspots…
Government to weaken water pollution goals in ‘attack on nature’ | Water | The Guardian
Water pollution goals are to be weakened by the government next week, the Guardian can reveal, as Environment Act targets will give farmers three extra years to reduce their waste dumping into waterways. River campaigners have said the news is proof the government has not dropped its “attack on nature”. Thérèse Coffey has been scrambling…
