Jane Harbison

Absolutely outrageous.

Cunliffe’s Water Commission highlights need for regulation to tackle chemical contamination and plastic pollution - Fidra Independent Water Commission’s Review recommends regulation to tackle chemical and plastic pollution from polluting products and sewage sludge

NEW BLOG: The Cunliffe Review exposes major gaps in UK water policy💧

We need modern sludge rules, better monitoring of pollutants & upstream action.

We explain why source control must be a top priority:
🔗 www.fidra.org.uk/news/water-r...

#PFAS #chemicals #pollution #water

Fascists ? Where’s the democracy in Texas?

Republicans complain about Texas Democrats “fleeing”—yet just days ago, they themselves fled D.C. to avoid voting on the Epstein files.

Why? To protect a convicted felon sitting in the Oval Office.

One side dodges accountability.
The other fights for democracy.

Repost @djmelodie

@jamestalarico.bsky.social: "As a state rep, I get paid about $600 a month. That's not much to live off of. Many of my colleagues, including myself, we have day jobs that help us pay the bills. And by breaking quorum, we are leaving those day jobs behind... So this decision was not made lightly."

Here’s a 🔥🔥exchange between me and Mick Mulvaney during @mehdirhasan.bsky.social's brilliant interview of Mulvaney on Al Jazeera's Head to Head. The whole episode is worth a watch, and you can find it on @aljazeera.com's YouTube channel.

Ofwat examines £1.3m paid to Yorkshire Water boss via offshore parent company Sums awarded to Nicola Shaw being assessed to ensure they comply with rules banning bonuses to chief executives The water regulator is scrutinising payments worth £1.3m made to the boss of Yorkshire Water via an offshore parent company, after the Guardian revealed the existence of the extra money. A government spokesperson said that Ofwat, the watchdog for England and Wales, would “assess” the payments to the utility’s chief executive, Nicola Shaw, to ensure they complied with rules banning bonuses for water company bosses. Continue reading...

Ofwat examines £1.3m paid to Yorkshire Water boss via offshore parent company

Weaker laws on chemical safety, anyone? No? Can't tempt you?

The government's fetish for slashing red tape continues.

On today's menu:
1. More biocides in rivers
2. More secrecy around decision making

Off the menu:
adopting the EU's new ban on hormone disrupting chemicals in children's toys

JB Pritzker praising Texas Democrats as he welcomes them to Illinois:

“Courage is Contagious”

We’re now at the stage when blue states must offer refuge to red state legislators who want nothing more than to preserve election integrity for their citizens.

If you can help, visit: poweredxpeople.org

£100 standard fine for littering

£1.3 million extra pay for discharging untreated sewage into waterways for 232,054 hours in 2022

Applebaum on Autocracy Anne Applebaum warns that Sudan’s descent into chaos shows what happens when institutions fail—and why a free press is essential to prevent America from following the same path.

Anne Applebaum: "If American media can’t convey how dangerous this behavior is—for our prosperity, for our health, for our democracy—then American media will eventually cease to exist."

More from our convo in @status.news: www.status.news/p/anne-apple...

Talarico and Texas Dems break quorum to Halt Gerrymandering Vote.

It is most definitely in our interest to know how our taxes are being spent. Is it because they were paid a fortune?

Land of the free?

More of this, please.

Revealed: Yorkshire Water boss was paid extra £1.3m via offshore parent firm Company says extra payments relating to work for Kelda Holdings were covered by shareholders not billpayers

‘This behaviour makes the case why water should return to public ownership & those at the top held accountable for every penny spent & every benefit taken.’ Yes. & in all public services. So find the balls to *do* something about this, massive majority Labour government, & stop whining about it.

Revealed: Yorkshire Water boss was paid extra £1.3m via offshore parent firm Company says extra payments relating to work for Kelda Holdings were covered by shareholders not billpayers

“The fact that this salary is hidden and not transparent just further undermines the reputation of water companies. This sort of behaviour has got to end.”

The water companies have no reputation left

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Office of Special Counsel launches investigation into ex-Trump prosecutor Jack Smith The investigation comes after GOP Sen. Tom Cotton requested that Smith be investigated for “unprecedented interference in the 2024 election.”

Breaking: As a new attempt at distraction from the Epstein Files, MAGA is going after Jack Smith for interfering in the 2024 election by prosecuting Trump for his crimes.

There is NOT A SINGLE DAY this administration isn't a total embarrassment! #FuckMaga
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

No I was just highlighting a previous silly comment. The Civil Service needs to change its procedures and processes-so many able people being held back

Yorkshire’s inglorious moors and the lies of the land Yorkshire’s uplands are ecological deserts, drained and burned by big landowners – it’s time to demand restoration over destruction

✍️ Yorkshire’s inglorious moors and the lies of the land

Yorkshire’s uplands are ecological deserts, drained and burned by big landowners – it’s time to demand restoration over destruction

By David Robson

@davidotley.bsky.social

How does the present bias survive?

And if you are not a confident arrogant interviewee?

How do they demonstrate they have reached the standard ? The interview system in the Civil Service is not fit for purpose

CNN points out that June turned out to be the weakest month of jobs growth since December 2020 -- the last full month of Trump's first term

It is not hate at all. Why do you say it is? Woman do not want to undress or share intimate spaces with men who think they are women. That is not hate

BREAKING: The White House just quietly revised their boastful May and June job numbers – they overstated employment by 258 THOUSAND JOBS. Complete disaster. Trump is ordering everyone to keep it quiet.

TODD BLANCHE: "This is what we are willing to do, Ghislaine. If you publicly exonerate Mr. Trump, you'll get a pardon when he leaves office. In the meantime, we'll get you out of this hellhole and into one of country club prisons. Deal?"

Then why make such rude comments?
It isn’t hate to want single sex spaces and sports for women

It certainly should be more than PAs receive. Why is their salary so high ?
It’s disgraceful.