The full edition of February’s containment news is available here with all of the news, stories, and live links: *Containment News February 2016 PDF Version* ‘Pollution Fines Increase’ There has been a very significant increase recently in the size of fines being handed out in England to water companies for sewage pollution incidents. Thames Water was hit with a record…
The full edition of January’s containment news is available here with all of the news, stories, and live links: *Containment News January 2016 PDF Version* ‘Risking Environment Agency Cuts’ I’ve lost count of the number of times that I have heard a politician say ‘lessons will be learnt’, it’s normally followed by a barrage of finger-pointing and blame shifting…
The full edition of November’s containment news is available here with all of the news, stories, and live links: *Containment News November 2015 PDF Version* ‘Pollution Monitoring May to September Only’ Imagine what would happen if the UK Government announced that speed limits would remain in place, but speed cameras and Police patrols would only monitor motorists between the 15th May…
The full edition of October’s containment news is available here with all of the news, stories, and live links: *Containment News October 2015 PDF Version* ‘Nurdles’ As Editor of Containment News and Flood News since 2009 I often feel jaded by the Groundhog Day repetition of pollution incidents, feeble excuses and lenient fines. So it was embarrassing to discover that there…
The full edition of September’s containment news is available here with all of the news, stories, and live links: *Containment News September 2015 PDF Version* ‘PM Swims in Sewage’ I’ve commented before on the woeful lack of coverage of water related pollution and sewage incidents in the national media. Therefore it is left to the small local newspapers to…
The full edition of August’s containment news is available here with all of the news, stories, and live links: *Containment News August 2015 PDF Version* ‘Sewage in the Sand’ One of the depressing things about researching stories for Containment News is the way it changes your perception on things, for example, when I hear the word ‘beach buggy’ I no…
The full edition of July’s containment news is available here with all of the news, stories, and live links: *Containment News July 2015 PDF Version* ‘Pollution Prevention Guidlines’ When driving near a school in wet conditions anyone with double digit brain cells will not require flashing speed restriction signs to make them slow down, and the reason for caution will…
The full edition of June’s containment news is available here with all of the news, stories, and live links: *Containment News June 2015 PDF Version* ‘Bathing Water Directive’ Smoking on planes, platform heels, chest medallions and big hair, even with psychedelic rose tinted disco glasses there are very few things that were better back in the 1970’s. We’ve learnt…
‘Pollution Guardians’ I’ve recently returned from a short break to Turin and although I’ve visited Italy on numerous occasions the endemic disregard for rules never fails to astound me. It made me think about what happens when people either ignore the law or view the rules with the sole purpose of finding loopholes rather than consider the social and moral consequences…
‘Impact of Pollution’ Cuts have consequences: the ridiculous task of being told to do more with less is something which the Environment Agencies share with the UK’s Emergency Services as all have faced very hefty budget cuts. Successive governments have adopted the policy of looking at statistical improvements in crime rates and pollution levels as a clear indication that it’s therefore necessary and…
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