Indeed, and they are having the question asked.

Good bits on the regulatory mess for remediation of legacy contamination of PFAS in the Environmental Audit C'tee report published today.
committees.parliament.uk/publications...

Airlines demand UK relax noise rules and cut flight tax as fuel shortage looms Ministers also asked to alter compensation rights and suspend emissions trading scheme amid Middle East war

Or, how about tightening up environmental standards and putting VAT on jet fuel which would raise £6bn?

'Most concerning for the public living near airports or under flight paths, airlines are lobbying the UK government to relax environmental and noise rules.'
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

A "solution" that drives deforestation isn't really a solution at all. The aviation industry needs to be honest about what counts as genuinely low-carbon fuel - not just fuel that ticks a box. 2/5

Meanwhile

Ahead of May's elections we are asking all candidates their views on key #environmental issues. Q5: will you support Richmond Council in continuing to oppose the building of #ThamesWater's DRA and do everything you can to campaign on this issue? We'll let you know how they reply.

I sympathise. I've been scything a community orchard in a public park for 11 years. One day the guy who drives the parks motor mwver took it on himself to tidy the orchard. The red nettle and dead nettles that fed the bees went. New tracks made people go through the establishing yellow rattle patch!

A water recycling plant Elon Musk promised to build in Memphis to offset the huge amount of local drinking water Grok's data centre devours has been postponed indefinitely.

Apparently, Musk considers drinking water for local people less of a priority than increasing computing power for Grok👇🏾

Frankfurt Airport Extension - New Terminal 3 For Frankfurt Airport’s Terminal 3, CDM Smith is responsible for ground investigation, construction supervision and PFAS soil management.

At the military airbase in Frankfurt they seem to have been careful www.cdmsmith.com/en-150/proje...

PFAS is not mentioned or tested for in the recent (August 2024) Supplementary Contamination Report for the work to the Heyford Specialism Campus where the soil problem seems to have been linked to imported bark chippings. planningregister.cherwell.gov.uk/Document/Dow...

The statement is silent as to whether they have ever tested for any PFAS on their land.

This is the story we almost couldn't publish. In May 2024, I exposed that the small town of Bentham in North Yorkshire was contaminated with the highest levels of PFAS ever known to be recorded ... This is the story we almost couldn't publish. In May 2024, I exposed that the small town of Bentham in North Yorkshire was contaminated with the highest levels of PFAS ever known to be recorded in t...

“If you wanted to contaminate the environment with PFOA and PFOS, you could not have invented a better delivery device than firefighting foam” Gary Douglas, the lead trial-lawyer set to take the companies that made firefighting foam to court in the US www.linkedin.com/posts/pippan...

Fears over PFAS 'forever chemicals' at Oxfordshire development site Residents raise concerns about so-called

Fears over PFAS 'forever chemicals' at Heyford Park development site

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The mention of Bentwaters in the debate prompts me to wonder if that could be the explanation for Number 4 (which I called Rendlesham) in the survey rankings which put the stream close to Heyford at the top.

"The Environment Act and Planning Policy Guidance issued by the Department of the Environment, have emphasised the need for planning authorities and the Environment Agency to ensure that any harmful contamination in, on or under the land is removed as part of the redevelopment process. "

Great to see @ruthcadbury.bsky.social supporting HACAN's AGM last night. 2026 is likely to be a BIG year for the campaign against #Heathrow expansion so it was good to hear her thoughts on the political debate on aviation.

@cleanairlondon.bsky.social

Over-the-counter pet flea treatments could be banned under new UK rules Exclusive: ministers consider restricting pesticide-based treatments, which can get into waterways and harm wildlife

“One monthly flea treatment for a large dog contains enough imidacloprid to kill 25 million bees” - & whenever a treated dog has a dip it pollutes the river

So it’s great news for nature that the Govt is planning to ban over-the-counter flea treatments:

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It reminds me that the Henry Wood woodland creation for Heathrow carbon offsets (planted 2017 ) still doesn't appear to have had its 5 year verification (due April 2022 !) .
mer.markit.com/br-reg/publi...
Google imagery is dated 2026 but should I expect more trees visible after 9 years ?

There's a lot of it about !

@willjennings.bsky.social Was this your tweet ? Seems to be a trend in West London to swathe them now in black plastic. @london.gov.uk @carolinerussell.bsky.social

Good question. Almost every street I walk along has pavements that include uneven slabs that could easily trip anyone who is at all unsteady on their feet.

I hope they have thought better with the final EIA than this in the Ground Conditions PEIR. No testing of PFAS has been done and contaminants from the airfield not considered further !

“Kerosene shortage is not an issue
There is currently no kerosene shortage in the Netherlands that could potentially lead to flight cancellations, according to trade association BARIN, Schiphol, and KLM.

‘In the Netherlands…’
Reassuring, because fortunately, vacationers never have a return flight"

Airspace modernisation in NL : "The government is attempting to sell a complex, far-reaching reorganization as a neutral optimization, while internal documents show that the choices are political, strategic, and potentially harmful to local residents. "

Something tells me that Third Runway at Heathrow will never happen (part 94)

bsky.app/profile/dunc...

Any day now they'll make carbon capture, plastic recycling + biofuels work properly...

and any day now they'll crack the problem of methane emissions from oil drilling...

unless all of the above are just delay tactics designed to slow the move from fossil fuels...

Heathrow (again) pencils in £40m PFAS "compliance" capex in the initial proposals for the next 5 year period to tackle pollution of local West London rivers.

I thought I had seen these at the newish bit of Bank tube station (Walbrook entrance) in ?2018.

This is so important in the #UK - and not the same report on ecosystem collapse that was recently quietly released, after being equally quietly withdrawn last year. If like most of us, you don't subscribe to the @thetimes.com, the public-interest text is at rupertsreads.substack.com/p/our-nation...