5 Easy Ways to Revive Your River: You can’t ignore invasives 11.08.21 Emily Cooper Find out all about invasive species and the threats they pose to freshwater ecosystems. Learn more
5 easy ways to revive your river: plastic-free power 04.08.21 Rebecca Duncan Over the next five weeks, we’re going to help you out by sharing our Five Easy Ways to Revive Your River as part of our River Revival campaign and Take 5 challenge. These are simple, low or zero cost actions you can take at home, in the garden, or at work, to benefit river environments. It’s easy to feel hopeless in the face of the climate and nature crises, but small changes like this can add up to make a big difference. For our first blog in the series we’ll focus on an issue most people are aware of – plastics. Learn more
Green Recovery Challenge Fund: rivers are winners 29.07.21 Rebecca Duncan The Rivers Trust Movement is celebrating eight successful applications to the Green Recovery Challenge Fund. Learn more
River connections to be documented in new photography series 27.07.21 Rebecca Duncan Throughout July and August, we’re partnering with London-based photographer Will Templeton as he traverses five of England’s iconic rivers, photographing the people who live near them and love them. Learn more
From the frontlines: Fighting River Pollution on the Wye and Usk 23.07.21 Rebecca Duncan In our CEOs’ newsletter this month we hear from Simon Evans, CEO of Wye and Usk Foundation. The Wye was in the spotlight this month with the Rivercide documentary highlighting the cumulative impact of poorly regulated farming. Learn more
Mark Lloyd pledges to ride 500 miles to revive rivers 23.07.21 Rebecca Duncan Mark Lloyd, CEO of The Rivers Trust, will cycle 500 miles in 5 days in September as part of our River Revival campaign. Learn more
The Rivers Trust welcomes 50 new Environment Agency staff to enforce pollution laws 21.07.21 Rebecca Duncan The Rivers Trust welcomes the announcement from the Environment Agency that it is recruiting 50 new staff to undertake regulatory inspections of farms in England to ensure that there is compliance with pollution legislation. Learn more
The Rivers Trust enters new era with refreshed brand 21.07.21 Rebecca Duncan The Rivers Trust has signalled a new era with a refreshed brand identity, created by their pro-bono partner Emperor. Learn more
Nearly half of Irish Rivers are polluted by nitrogen — EPA 15.07.21 Rebecca Duncan Almost half of Ireland’s rivers have unsatisfactory water quality levels and there was a decline in water quality in 230 rivers recorded in 2020. Nitrogen and phosphorus from agriculture and urban wastewater discharges continue to be the most significant pressures on surface and groundwaters in Ireland, causing a decline in water quality. Learn more
Water and Sewerage Company Environmental Performance Report: Winning slowly is the same as losing 13.07.21 Rebecca Duncan The Environment Agency published its Environmental Performance Report for water and sewerage companies today, assessing nine water companies’ progress against a set of environmental targets from 2016 to 2020. This report shows that the water sector has been moving generally in the right direction over the last 5 years — we see for the first time 5 out of 9 of the Water Companies receiving 4 stars for environmental performance — but progress overall is still too slow and persistent laggards are not responding to public and regulatory pressure. Learn more
