Video: Stranded yacht leaking fuel in Maui nature reserve
A luxury motor yacht which grounded on rocks and reef in Maui on Monday (20 February 2023) has leaked...
Marine pollution
Airbnb co-founder donates $25m to The Ocean Cleanup
The Ocean Cleanup – an international non-profit project developing and scaling technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic...
Japan to release a million tonnes of radioactive water into the ocean
Japan has revealed plans to release more than a million tonnes of wastewater from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power...
‘Dirty secrets’: water companies are dumping sewage in dry weather, report reveals
Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) has released its 2022 Water Quality Report, which uncovers potential illegal sewage discharges, as well...
Oil terminal dumps toxic wastewater on rare Egyptian ‘super coral’
As world leaders gathered in Egypt for COP27 to discuss climate change, an oil terminal is reportedly dumping toxic...
VIDEO: Outrage as ‘raw sewage’ pumped into water at Cornish beach
Update: South West Water initially confirmed it had allowed a storm overflow to run into the water at St...
Half of UK’s litter can be traced to 10 brands, survey finds
More than half of all identifiable litter in the UK can be traced back to just 10 brands, according...
Sewage dumped into English waterways 372,000 times in 2021
New data released by the Environment Agency reveals that water companies dumped sewage into English rivers, lakes, estuaries and...
Discarded surgical masks are a ticking time bomb for ecosystems
Researchers from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) have found that the inappropriate disposal of surgical masks can cause...
Waiver for part-treated sewage to be dumped into England’s waters
Sewage that has not been properly cleaned may be allowed to be dumped into rivers and the sea due...
Water company fined £90m for sewage pollution
Southern Water have been fined £90 million for illegally dumping raw sewage into the sea across the south coast....
