Pete Devery
@petedevery.bsky.social
Environment Communications Officer at The Angling Trust. Secretary Tidmarsh Fly Fishing Syndicate, river Pang.
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Warming, shrunken rivers - oxygen low, pollution concentrated, bacteria multiply, fish struggle - as @petedevery.bsky.social of @anglingtrust.bsky.social tells BBC Berkshire, pumping too much water, pollution, tearing out shade-giving plants weakens rivers. Then climate change deals the final blow.
July 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Warming, shrunken rivers - oxygen low, pollution concentrated, bacteria multiply, fish struggle - as @petedevery.bsky.social of @anglingtrust.bsky.social tells BBC Berkshire, pumping too much water, pollution, tearing out shade-giving plants weakens rivers. Then climate change deals the final blow.
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"Depleted & polluted, rivers that were once abundant in fish, invertebrates, mammals & birds turn into a line of fetid pools”
River campaigners, furious at the failure of successive to prepare for water scarcity, speak to Watershed's @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
River campaigners, furious at the failure of successive to prepare for water scarcity, speak to Watershed's @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
England’s rivers ‘under threat’ as water extraction surges to record levels
Exclusive: Investigation finds 76% rise in water taken from rivers and lakes for industrial or public consumption in two decades
www.theguardian.com
June 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"Depleted & polluted, rivers that were once abundant in fish, invertebrates, mammals & birds turn into a line of fetid pools”
River campaigners, furious at the failure of successive to prepare for water scarcity, speak to Watershed's @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
River campaigners, furious at the failure of successive to prepare for water scarcity, speak to Watershed's @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Brilliant news 👏👏👏Sandeels, the basis of so many food chains, need to remain in the sea not be harvested out of existence to feed farmed fish & animals. A win for seabirds. A win for fish. And definitely a bonus for the sandeels themselves. Fabulous.
@petedevery.bsky.social @stuartsw.bsky.social
@petedevery.bsky.social @stuartsw.bsky.social
UK Sandeel commercial fishing ban remains!✊
The EU challenged the ban, claiming the move was "discriminatory and disproportionate" but a European court has now dismissed the challenge, confirming the ban was "based on the best available science." 🎣 ❌
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The EU challenged the ban, claiming the move was "discriminatory and disproportionate" but a European court has now dismissed the challenge, confirming the ban was "based on the best available science." 🎣 ❌
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sandeel fishing ban in North Sea to remain - EU court rules
Sandeels are a vital source of food for seabirds that live along the UK coastline.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Brilliant news 👏👏👏Sandeels, the basis of so many food chains, need to remain in the sea not be harvested out of existence to feed farmed fish & animals. A win for seabirds. A win for fish. And definitely a bonus for the sandeels themselves. Fabulous.
@petedevery.bsky.social @stuartsw.bsky.social
@petedevery.bsky.social @stuartsw.bsky.social
Just 55 years before #climate change makes up to 70% of #England’s rivers too hot for #trout to spawn 👀
@wildtrout.bsky.social @troutunlimited.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@wildtrout.bsky.social @troutunlimited.bsky.social
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Britain’s favourite fish at risk of wipeout within decades, predicts report
Brown trout unlikely to survive in most rivers at height of summer by 2080, says Environment Agency
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Just 55 years before #climate change makes up to 70% of #England’s rivers too hot for #trout to spawn 👀
@wildtrout.bsky.social @troutunlimited.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@wildtrout.bsky.social @troutunlimited.bsky.social
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Are Keir Starmer and Donald Trump singing from the same #nature destruction manual when it comes to fish conservation? Certainly sounds like it ⬇️ #AnglersAgainstPollution #angling #salmon #conservation
January 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Are Keir Starmer and Donald Trump singing from the same #nature destruction manual when it comes to fish conservation? Certainly sounds like it ⬇️ #AnglersAgainstPollution #angling #salmon #conservation
Are Keir Starmer and Donald Trump singing from the same #nature destruction manual when it comes to fish conservation? Certainly sounds like it ⬇️ #AnglersAgainstPollution #angling #salmon #conservation
January 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Are Keir Starmer and Donald Trump singing from the same #nature destruction manual when it comes to fish conservation? Certainly sounds like it ⬇️ #AnglersAgainstPollution #angling #salmon #conservation
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If HMTreasury drop this fundamental & hugely important approach, ensuring fines for polluting our rivers are invested in clearing up the mess, then it will be a huge act of betrayal. See my quote here. @anglingtrust.bsky.social @theriverstrust.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Appalling’: charities warn of UK government betrayal over river clean-up fund
Charities in England that bid for share of millions say idea that Treasury could keep money is ‘heartbreaking’
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
If HMTreasury drop this fundamental & hugely important approach, ensuring fines for polluting our rivers are invested in clearing up the mess, then it will be a huge act of betrayal. See my quote here. @anglingtrust.bsky.social @theriverstrust.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How I learned to fly-fish on the banks of the Thames
How I learned to fly-fish on the banks of the Thames
A fly-fishing session in London strips the pastime of its elite connotations and delivers an object lesson in mindfulness
Fishing has been one of those things, like pottery classes, or going on a yoga retreat in Ibiza, that I’ve never tried but envied…
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
How I learned to fly-fish on the banks of the Thames
Merry Christmas 🎄
December 25, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Merry Christmas 🎄
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Record sewage spills and financial mismanagement = whopping price rises.
December 19, 2024 at 8:25 AM
Record sewage spills and financial mismanagement = whopping price rises.
⬇️ And today the government has approved a 35% increase in your water bills to fund this fraudulent and criminally polluting Thames Water for another five years ⬇️ www.itv.com/news/meridia...
December 19, 2024 at 8:22 AM
⬇️ And today the government has approved a 35% increase in your water bills to fund this fraudulent and criminally polluting Thames Water for another five years ⬇️ www.itv.com/news/meridia...
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Water Co investment focuses too much on BIG rivers and improving large STWs. A top-down approach is needed: upgrade small sewage works, restore headwaters and add NFM upstream for clean water downstream. Start in top catchments for MAX impact on recovery! freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/positio...
Positioning statement on the impact of sewage pollution
freshwaterhabitats.org.uk
December 18, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Water Co investment focuses too much on BIG rivers and improving large STWs. A top-down approach is needed: upgrade small sewage works, restore headwaters and add NFM upstream for clean water downstream. Start in top catchments for MAX impact on recovery! freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/news/positio...
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All we ask is for water companies to follow the law and for regulators to enforce the law. Is that really too much to ask? It seems so. @petedevery.bsky.social @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Watchdog warns Defra and Ofwat they could face court over sewage dumping
Environment Agency also served notice after investigation found failures to comply with law
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2024 at 9:47 AM
All we ask is for water companies to follow the law and for regulators to enforce the law. Is that really too much to ask? It seems so. @petedevery.bsky.social @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Why should 6 million households in the Thames Water region be FORCED to pay £260 extra a year to keep this absurd company afloat for a little longer?
This is daylight robbery 🤑 don't let them get away with it
Sign the petition weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
metro.co.uk/2024/12/11/c...
This is daylight robbery 🤑 don't let them get away with it
Sign the petition weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
metro.co.uk/2024/12/11/c...
Water customers face huge bill this Christmas
'A higher water bill is the Christmas present nobody asked for.'
metro.co.uk
December 13, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Why should 6 million households in the Thames Water region be FORCED to pay £260 extra a year to keep this absurd company afloat for a little longer?
This is daylight robbery 🤑 don't let them get away with it
Sign the petition weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
metro.co.uk/2024/12/11/c...
This is daylight robbery 🤑 don't let them get away with it
Sign the petition weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
metro.co.uk/2024/12/11/c...
Special case? More like basket case. £51m on advisors & consultants in 6 months, no wonder Thames Water saw first-half loss of £189m. At that rate it will only take 10 years to burn through £3.5 billion they need to raise.
www.thetimes.com/article/a004...
www.thetimes.com/article/a004...
Thames Water reports first-half loss of £189m
Pollution penalties, payouts to external consultants and losses on inter-company loans deepened the struggling utility’s debt burden
www.thetimes.com
December 10, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Special case? More like basket case. £51m on advisors & consultants in 6 months, no wonder Thames Water saw first-half loss of £189m. At that rate it will only take 10 years to burn through £3.5 billion they need to raise.
www.thetimes.com/article/a004...
www.thetimes.com/article/a004...
Chasing down billion$ more debt to finance Britain’s biggest water company month by month, the deluded CEO describes it as getting on a “more stable financial footing”. Tick tock, timberrrr! www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Thames Water will run out of cash by March without £3bn emergency funding
Britain’s biggest water supplier reports 40% increase in pollution incidents, blaming a wet spring and summer
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Chasing down billion$ more debt to finance Britain’s biggest water company month by month, the deluded CEO describes it as getting on a “more stable financial footing”. Tick tock, timberrrr! www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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This plan is so ridiculous I can't believe I'm about to write these words - water companies want to build pipelines to divert sewage away from protected rivers to... other rivers & lakes with fewer legal protections...& they want to raise our bills to pay for it...
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Customers set to pay for new sewage pipelines - BBC News
Water companies are to spend billions of pounds of consumers' money building new pipelines.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2024 at 1:32 PM
This plan is so ridiculous I can't believe I'm about to write these words - water companies want to build pipelines to divert sewage away from protected rivers to... other rivers & lakes with fewer legal protections...& they want to raise our bills to pay for it...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dear #NigelSlater farmed salmon isn’t sophisticated. Take it #offthetable www.theguardian.com/food/2024/de...
December 4, 2024 at 9:06 AM
Dear #NigelSlater farmed salmon isn’t sophisticated. Take it #offthetable www.theguardian.com/food/2024/de...
Even 71% of Sunday Times readers think our water industry should be renationalised.
www.thetimes.com/article/1c1e...
www.thetimes.com/article/1c1e...
December 1, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Even 71% of Sunday Times readers think our water industry should be renationalised.
www.thetimes.com/article/1c1e...
www.thetimes.com/article/1c1e...
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“Enshittification” is a great word of the year for 2024. Inclusion in the Macquarie dictionary is the icing on the cherry on the turd. 💩 #endsewagepollution www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
‘What many of us feel’: why ‘enshittification’ is Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year
The committee’s honourable mentions went to ‘right to disconnect’ and ‘rawdogging’
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November 26, 2024 at 9:13 AM
“Enshittification” is a great word of the year for 2024. Inclusion in the Macquarie dictionary is the icing on the cherry on the turd. 💩 #endsewagepollution www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
“Enshittification” is a great word of the year for 2024. Inclusion in the Macquarie dictionary is the icing on the cherry on the turd. 💩 #endsewagepollution www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
‘What many of us feel’: why ‘enshittification’ is Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year
The committee’s honourable mentions went to ‘right to disconnect’ and ‘rawdogging’
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 9:13 AM
“Enshittification” is a great word of the year for 2024. Inclusion in the Macquarie dictionary is the icing on the cherry on the turd. 💩 #endsewagepollution www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
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I'm in The Conversation discussing the new release of nationwide sewage spill data in the wider context of open data, open models and environmental transparency. 1/n #opendata 🧪
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Water companies now have to release live sewage spill data – here’s why more transparency is the key to cleaner rivers
A new law is forcing water companies to make pollution data readily accessible to the general public - but it doesn’t go far enough.
theconversation.com
November 22, 2024 at 3:18 PM
I'm in The Conversation discussing the new release of nationwide sewage spill data in the wider context of open data, open models and environmental transparency. 1/n #opendata 🧪
theconversation.com/water-compan...
theconversation.com/water-compan...
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