Alastair Chisholm @alastairchisholm.bsky.social
@al_chisholm
Director of Policy at @CIWEM. Passionate about managing land + water better for people + nature. Views totally my own.
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With sewage in the news, here's recommendations made by a combo of experts/ public on how next govt should deliver A Fresh Water Future. Over three quarters of the public polled believed water reform should be a priority, or the main priority for the next government.🧵
“Nothing I have seen or heard gives me comfort that Rachel Reeves understands the importance of nature to economic and social wellbeing, nothing,” This is from the CEO of one of those typically reserved and objective professional institutes.
New piece with @sandralaville : Developers met ministers dozens of times over planning bill while ecologists were shut out theguardian.com/politics/2025/…
Water companies, government and scientists are all hoping for significant rainfall so we aren't screwed next summer. My weekend read here: theguardian.com/environment/20…
BAD NEWS💔if the vote had taken place earlier we would have won-Tories (majority) whipped YES but by the time of the vote, support had gone home just like 2 years ago. It is an AGONISING reality. Tell [email protected] what you think. GUTTED. Labour: what a betrayal 😡
He’s right. It shouldn’t be for water companies to have to clean up PFAS. Polluter should pay and in this instance, water companies are not the polluters. Stop their use and get the chemical companies to foot the treatment bill.
"There is no need to use them." Water UK's David Henderson says so-called forever chemicals used in products for their water and stain-resistant properties should be banned, after water companies were ordered to tackle potentially harmful levels. #R4Today
Sources for the drinking water of 6 million people in England so contaminated with PFAS forever chemicals, the Drinking Water Inspectorate has ordered water companies to act. Our story featured on @BBCr4today this morning + here on BBC Online: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Those who defend nature are not ‘traitors’ ‘It is alarming to see the government weaponise official departmental social media accounts to sneer at those who care about nature and the environmental safeguards that protect it.’ theguardian.com/environment/20…
Green and blue spaces are needed in all new developments to make them climate resilient. It’s not just for nature and wellbeing, but for flood protection, heat island mitigation, pollution treatment etc too. It’s not a blocker theguardian.com/money/2025/oct…
Today we launched Sponge Cities UK. Simple aim: Build an irrefutable evidence base for taking forward sponge cities principles in new & existing UK devt. Sponge baby sponge @SteveReedMP. Briefing: ciwem.org/assets/pdf/Pol…
If you would like to save swifts with a brick with hole in it after a 50 million year old existence then let me know. theguardian.com/environment/20…
Building out housing targets whilst ensuring new homes are flood resilient when the flood budget isn't limitless means "build baby build" @SteveReedMP should embrace sponge city principles. Sponge baby sponge, Steve. Come on - you said you like change. theguardian.com/environment/20…
"Think like a king, act like a farmer". thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/…
Property flood resilience measures are the last line of defence and recovery from flooding where defences are absent or can't hold things back. They need to be well-installed, and supported by govt / insurers to be installed far more widely. theguardian.com/environment/20…
These kinds of headlines are going to become all the more common unless government embraces landscape scale upland management, sponge cities principles, more proactive property flood resilience schemes and timely major infrastructure upgrades. theguardian.com/environment/20…
The latest chapter in the great Thames Water saga is the “plan” submitted by the consortium of the leading A-class bondholders. Will it be any different from the previous turnaround plans? Read my latest paper here: bit.ly/43dcc6T
Still very dry out there and we’re entering the time of year you’d be expecting recharge of reservoirs. Not good news. bbc.com/news/articles/…
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