Join us outside the High Court! Stand with the Wye & Usk Defenders. 🪧
📍 Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
⏰ 08:30 assemble | 09:00 media | 10:00 hearing
📧 drew@riveractonuk.com
And don’t forget - wear blue! 💙🩵
Find our more & register attendance: bit.ly/42eY6ky
#RescueOurRivers
2/2. ..triggering algal blooms that suffocate these fragile ecosystems.
The Govt promised change. But the proposals don’t go far enough. They MUST go further.
Join us. Email your MP today to demand #CleanWaterNow.
action.friendsoftheearth.uk/target/clean...
🚨 Hampshire’s chalk stream salmon and trout are being driven to extinction by chemical pollution.
England holds 85% of the world’s chalk streams, once fed by crystal-clear waters
But last year, 💩 was pumped into the Itchen & Test for thousands of hours.. 1/2 🧵
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04....
Because farmers have been on the receiving end of this for years - with sludge spread on land, seeping into rivers, impacting soil, food, wildlife…
Now they’re keeping it simple:
“No thanks, mate - back it goes.” 👋
➡️ Too good to be true? Read the full report: riveractionuk.com/news/farmers...
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🚨BREAKING: Farmers across England are returning toxic sewage sludge straight back to water companies’ doorsteps.
Return to sender. Done.
Why?...
Justice for Lough Neagh: The First Hearing 👇
This week, River Action took part in the first hearing of a legal case which asks the court to decide whether the Northern Ireland government is doing enough to tackle the water pollution crisis in Lough Neagh... riveractionuk.com/news/justice...
2/2. Water companies continue to cash in, while rivers, coasts and wetlands pay the price.
We need real investment, real accountability, and public money spent on clean water, NOT lining investor pockets.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#EndSewagePollution #RescueOurRivers
🚨 NEWS: Sewage spills still choking UK waters..
New Environment Agency data shows a drop in storm overflow spills in 2025. But don’t be fooled.
This isn’t real progress. it’s the result of one of the driest years on record. Less rain = fewer spills. It’s that simple. 1/2. 🧵
And here's the full Isle of Sh*te picture. Total sewage spills last year. Check out the interactive map here:
watershedinvestigations.com/find-out-wha...
“Lough Neagh is dying and it is dying in plain sight.
“It is a sad indictment of the state of our environmental protection regime that it has taken a local fisherman to challenge government inaction through the Courts to protect the Lough....
#justiceforloughneagh
3/3. By intervening in this case alongside @friendsoftheearthni, River Action will support the Court in assessing whether @daera.ni is complying with its legal duties to protect Lough Neagh and its internationally important habitats.
riveractionuk.com/news/fisherm...
2/3. But Lough Neagh is in crisis. Pollution continues year after year, and the damage is becoming impossible to ignore. His case asks a simple but urgent question: are environmental laws truly being enforced to protect it?
River Action UK is stepping in to help answer that. 🧵
"A fisherman shouldn’t have to go to court to protect the UK’s largest lake.”
Declan Conlon is a third-generation eel fisherman on Lough Neagh. For him, this isn’t just a job - it’s a way of life built on generations of knowledge, heritage, and care for the lough.. 1/3. 🧵
“This isn’t just about my livelihood – it’s about justice for the lough before there’s nothing left for the next generation.”
The slow murder of Lough Neagh—the largest lake on the island of Ireland & across the British Isles—is a tragedy and a travesty.
Go go Declan Conlon.
3/3. Drawing on major legal cases on nutrient pollution in England, our message is clear: strong, enforceable action is needed now to cut pollution and restore the health of Lough Neagh.
Because this vital ecosystem cannot wait any longer.
riveractionuk.com/news/fisherm...
#Lough Neagh
Lough Neagh - the largest lake in the UK and Ireland - is in serious decline. Years of toxic algal blooms and ecological damage are now so severe they can be seen from space.
River Action UK is intervening in this case to help assess whether environmental laws are being properly enforced.. 2/3
🚨 NEWS! A High Court challenge has been launched against @daera-ni.gov.uk over the Lough Neagh pollution crisis.
River Action will join fishermen and clean water campaigners outside the Royal Courts of Justice in Belfast this morning, calling for urgent action. 📢🪧 .. 1/3
Standing in solidarity with communities and grassroots groups such as @saveloughneagh.com We are committed to seeking justice for Lough Neagh, whether that be inside our Courts or outside. #JusticeforLoughNeagh
Credits: Thought Boxes & @stephenjreid.bsky.social
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TONIGHT - free online @riveractionuk.bsky.social River Rescue Kit session: Remember to Remember, a film about Wye Ceremonial Team’s work responding to ecological crisis through creativity, love, and collective action. Plus Q&A.
www.eventbrite.com/e/film-scree...
Have you taken action yet? 📧 👀
Right now sewage & chemicals are choking our rivers, lakes & seas. 💩 🤮
The Govt promised change. But the proposals aren’t enough. The plans MUST go further.
We've joined #CleanWaterNow to demand urgent action.
Join us. Email your MP today! bit.ly/CleanWaterBSky
2/2. .. and engaging local schools and volunteers.
Their work shows how powerful community-led river conservation can be. 🙌
Read the full story in our latest blog: kit.riveractionuk.com/the-orri-vig...
#SaveOurSalmon #RescueOurRivers
🐟 Atlantic salmon are now Endangered in the UK - but communities are stepping up to protect them.
The River Cree Hatchery & Habitat Trust has become the first Scottish recipient of the Orri Vigfusson Award, recognising their incredible work restoring habitat, supporting wild salmon... 1/2🧵
Superbugs resistant to antibiotics are rising fast. I tested water at Lough Neagh (40% of Northern Ireland’s drinking water) & found high levels of antibiotic-resistant genes from human & livestock poo. If we treat waterways like sewers, this is what we get. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
(2/2) & come after the same company was fined £2.15m in 2023 for 13 similar offences.
And here we are again. Still swimming in sewage while polluters continue to profit.
Pls sign @sascampaigns.bsky.social petition & tell Starmer to END the #sewagescandal.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
Well colour us surprised… 🙃
South West Water has admitted 18 pollution offences across Devon and Cornwall after years of illegal sewage spills polluted rivers, beaches and protected wildlife habitats.
The charges relate to incidents between 2015 - 2021... 🧵 (1/2.)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
2/2. Customers should not pay twice for the same environmental improvements while rivers continue to suffer.
We’ll keep pushing for the regulatory reform needed to ensure real oversight and enforcement - so water companies are properly held to account and sewage pollution is stopped for good.
Today the Court delivered its ruling on River Action’s legal challenge against Ofwat.
The Court did not find Ofwat’s approach unlawful. However, our case has shone a light on serious regulatory mistakes and gaps and highlighted the urgent need for reform… 1/2 🧵
riveractionuk.com/news/campaig...
❌ PFAS—"forever chemicals"—are polluting our waterways and posing risks to public health.
💧 Read our latest blog to find out why the Government’s PFAS plan falls short—and why stronger, faster action is needed to protect the safety of our water.
👉 www.zerohour.uk/governmentsp...
📢 It’s International Women’s Day, & we’re celebrating the incredible women standing up for our rivers. ✊💙
From swimmers to scientists, campaigners to citizen scientists, lawyers to storytellers - women across the UK are leading the charge clean up our rivers, lakes & seas.
#InternationalWomensDay
9. Dates for your Diary!
The Gathering: www.riverhope.org.uk/the-gathering/
The Big Plastic Count: www.instagram.com/thebigplasti...
Friends of the Medway: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-scree...
Friends of the Dart: www.instagram.com/p/DUlynGljqWX/
Film Screening: www.eventbrite.com/e/film-scree...
