Shocking.

After the Lib Dems pushed this to a vote in Parliament today, both Conservative and Labour MPs backed plans to weaken Ofwat.

This will help get water firms off the hook.
theguardian.com/environment/20…

Labour has voted with the Tories to weaken Ofwat's ability to fine water companies for sewage pollution - theguardian.com/environment/20…

Three years after Brexit and Tim Doggett, boss of Chemical Business Association Chemical Business Association warns progress on UK REACH is “frustrating and painfully slow” — that’s the voice of the actual SME supply chain speaking. 🤯😖😡

Scoop:

KPMG cancels foreign graduate job offers after UK tightens visa rules ft.com/content/b0fc44… via @ft

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Brilliant interview by Simon Hattenstone highlighting the cruelty of these sentences. And the disgraceful fact both Labour and the Tories will do nothing about it theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

Mike Tomlinson gives a masterclass in how not to do a media interview

Rude, patronising and out of his depth, Minister Mikey ticks all the boxes | John Crace theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

NEW ANALYSIS

⛰️🔥Fossil fuels fell to a record-low 2.4% share of British electricity, for 1hr, earlier this month
📉Until 2022, it'd never been below 5%
📊Record 75 half hrs below 5% in 2024ytd
🎯Grid manager NGESO says its on track for 0% next yr

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The dawn chorus in #Cambridge is strikingly quieter this year. How is it where you are? I share some thoughts on what might be going on in this piece for The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/20…

EU green deal at ‘very high’ risk of being killed off, says Greens co-leader theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Evan's appeal has been rejected again. He will remain in the high-security Lefortovo prison till at least June 30. Evan has now spent almost 400 days in a tiny cell. insufferable

To be clear: this was not a question about domestic politics - it was about our long-term defence commitment.

If, as polls suggest, the Tories lose next election then all their future plans go with them.

Anybody who cares about our security will want to know what comes next

I have some sympathy for this argument, but the problem with it is whatever formulation you use for climate action, climate sceptics and vested interests will attack it just as hard. The only answer is to win the argument and prove them wrong. theguardian.com/environment/20…

‘I felt this was an abuse of power’: the climate activist who took on the law and won theguardian.com/environment/20…

Great interview with Chris Stark, outgoing chair of the climate change committee, by Fiona Harvey theguardian.com/environment/20…

Would love those who think fracking would be a more significant source of energy than onshore wind to show their working.

Proponents of unchecked global warming seem unable to grasp that the UK's net gas imports would have been 20% higher in 2023 without onshore wind (and 50% higher without wind power overall)

Rishi's Rwanda press conference.

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Precipitation in Europe was 7% above average during 2023.

A third of European rivers experienced high flood levels, 16% severe floods.

From the excellent Copernicus EU 2023 State of Climate report climate.copernicus.eu/sites/default/…

Ah, it’s earth day. And if you’re an environment journalist, it’s “reporting emails as spam” day