Huge hat tip to our friends at @riveractionuk.bsky.social and Hugh for illustrating the issues here so clearly. If you're not already following @riveractionuk.bsky.social do now - they're campaign on #sewagesludge is taking our concerns on the subject to the heart of government!

Inaction isn't an option 👇 “Every day of inaction locks in decades of pollution and environmental harm … we’re asking the UK government to turn off the tap of these persistent forever chemicals.” @fidrango.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UPDATE: The Environment Agency has told us that their review of their regulatory position for waste tyre exports (more on this here fightingdirty.org/major-victor...) will now be published on the 31st July - more than a month after they were originally aiming to. Watch this space.

We forced a govt investigation into illegal waste tyre export trade, and got ministers to finally pay attention to toxic sewage sludge entering our food. But we can't do this without YOU! Please share, subscribe, or buy us a virtual coffee so we can keep changing the law to make polluters pay! 🙏❤️🌏

Our Founding Director @georgiaes.bsky.social was on BBC News earlier this morning, talking about the scandal of sewage sludge being spread onto our farmland despite the testing of this sludge not being updated since 1989. Read more about our ask to government here bsky.app/profile/figh...

To recap: There are 10,000+ PFAS. Some are toxic. They're here forever. They pollute water, air, soils, animals and you. Some linked to diseases inc cancers. So when scientists warn against moves to redefine them, we'd better hope people are listening: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Some of you have very kindly voted for me here. If anyone else wants to do so, it's the last call - voting closes at midnight. Thank you! www.amnesty.org.uk/cast-your-vote

£ for £ nothing else can compete, a unit of energy not used is always cheaper - than even a unit of green energy made. We should be scaling this up, not scaling it back. The treasury need to see that insulation is infrastructure, investment in the future. Warm Homes matter - and payback very quickly

I hope Labour are not quietly watering down the Warm Homes plan – 5 million homes are at risk. But insulation is one of the smartest investments we can make – it slashes bills, emissions, and energy waste - and improves lives. buff.ly/X5QZlgC

How lovely to be included in this list of wonderful campaigners! Thank you, @endsreport.com

Unbiased judicial process is the backbone of democracy & the ultimate protection for human & environmental rights. Tyranny thrives when justice is denied - we must fight to defend fair trial or one day it'll be gone. @greenpeace.org @fightingdirty.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Absolutely absurd KKR is a private equity firm that inspired a book and film about corporate greed called Barbarians at the Gate NO we don't want them running Thames Water PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Terrible news! Between 2021 & 2024 the ban on hunting turtle doves allowed the population to increase 25% - an astronomical speed of recovery. Before that numbers had been plummeting. Turtle dove population in the UK shrank by 98% between 1994 & 2021.

Yesterday the UK's Clean Heat Market Mechanism launched. The UK is the first country in the world setting clean heat standards for heating appliance manufacturers. It is a policy that if implemented well could be the key to scaling clean heating solutions. www.installeronline.co.uk/green-energy...

How did two short-eared owls end up getting shot on a grouse moor in the Yorkshire Dales ? Thanks to @rspbinvestigations.bsky.social quick thinking Investigation teams , we know . . .

The Environment Agency will review its approach to waste tyre exports. This comes after @fightingdirty.bsky.social initiated legal proceedings after an investigation found that millions of tyres being exported from the UK are being sent to furnaces in India www.endsreport.com/article/1912...

At a time when the government is "cutting red tape", telling regulators they need to "do more with less", sometimes it's revealing to look at what happens when the same firms that operate in this country are freed from restrictions.

Veolia deliberately pumping hazardous landfill waste into protected wetlands. The same #Veolia that manages UK landfills & incinerators @veoliauk.bsky.social

"we wait with cautious optimism to find out more about the scope of their review. The government must stop turning a blind eye to the illegal and immoral activity of UK waste exporters." Our Director @georgiaes.bsky.social as reported by @pippaneill.bsky.social for @endsreport.com 👇

Unbelievable. So incredibly proud to have played a small role in this alongside @georgemonbiot.bsky.social & @georgiaes.bsky.social and of course the wonderful folk at @leighday.bsky.social and Matrix Chambers

🛑STOP PRESS 🛑 This is HUGE news 🎉🎉🎉 The Environment Agency has said it will review the legal framework around exporting car tyres in response to our threat of court proceedings. Thanks to everyone who backed our work. fightingdirty.org/major-victor...

@citizensarrestnet.bsky.social No more hiding behind the 'body corporate' - these senior execs are now under investigation for their personal roles. They know the science & the harms of their decisions but continue to pollute. 👏 Activists doing what the govt won't 👏 #citizensarrest

Brave women are carrying out citizens arrests on those seen as responsible for pollution & climate chaos. Today they had a surprise for the CFO of Enquest. Follow @citizensarrestnet.bsky.social for more. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @jksteinberger.bsky.social

"Environment Agency facing risk of legal action over tyre waste exports" www.businessgreen.com/news/4411328...

Our Founding Director @georgiaes.bsky.social was on BBC Radio 4's File on 4. UK car tyres are being exported to India to produce the dirtiest of industrial fuels. Help us in Fighting Dirty as we crowdfund our legal action to stop this. stop-uk-tyre-exports.raiselysite.com

We've just broken the first £1,000 mark. Thank you.

Today, @fightingdirty.bsky.social launches our legal case to stop the export of millions of UK tyres to unregulated Indian pyrolysis plants, causing massive pollution & suffering. Help us stop it by supporting our campaign stop-uk-tyre-exports.raiselysite.com Thank you 🙏❤️🌍

Our gorgeous new website, created by @matttutt.me and Dario of @restlessstories.bsky.social, is live! Learn about the legal challenges we're working on, sign up for our newsletters, or even buy us a coffee!

This is it ... Behind the scenes, some amazing people have been volunteering their time to update our website. We would love you to have a look. Learn more about our work. Sign up to our mailing list. And most importantly, join us in Fighting Dirty. fightingdirty.org

Today, my @fightingdirty.bsky.social co-director, George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social writes about how flawed regulation & water company greed puts industrial waste on our plates. Please help us change the law by supporting our work 🙏🌍❤️ fightingdirty.org www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Watch the full interview on YouTube here: youtu.be/bOzsZYWMaXE @wildjustice.bsky.social

Good morning, from the back page of Private Eye magazine!

An intriguing, powerful new tactic on the frontline against polluters - citizen's arrest. This well-considered action, based on sound legal principles, requires police to review factual dossiers with evidence of wrongdoing. Activists doing what politicians should ✊️👏💚 #citizensarrest #thameswater

When I took the UK govt to court in 2021, demanding incinerators be taxed on emissions, this Danish plant was held up as 'renewable'. Now, EfW must pay for emissions & the truth is revealed - they're CO2 & 'forever chemical' manufacturing plants! #foreverchemicals #EfW #WtE #incineration

There's a lot of data on UK water pollution - but it's not always laid out so it's easy for people to find. We wanted people to be able to investigate what's polluting their local area, & the Felt platform enabled us to build the Watershed Pollution Map: watershedinvestigations.com/landfill-sit...

Looks like a huge pollution event could be building here Yes one more reason to leave fossil fuels in the ground www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...

A great podcast (by great, I mean fascinating and shocking). @fightingdirty.bsky.social are busy working on a case to hold government & regulators to account, trying to stop this ever happening again. Follow us for announcements. #PFAS #foreverchemicals #pollution #pollutionprevention

There's lots of talk about the US giving huge sums of money to Ukraine, but as a % of GDP the picture looks very different. Context is important. #ukraine #aid

"Ultimately, it is all that counts." Share if you agree.

Huge 👏👏 to Haltbakk Bunkers who will stop fueling U.S. military & ships in Norway, calling the Zelenskeyy attack "the biggest shitshow ever presented” in “a backstabbing TV show” that “made us sick.” May others follow 🙏 ukdefencejournal.org.uk/norwegian-fu... #ethicalbusiness #ESG #SDG16 #UNSDGs