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WDHT doesn't deserve the climate love for this, the UKEA does

Southern Water has just been fined ÂŁ90M for dumping sewage into the sea off the southeast coast of England in a prosecution brought by the UK Environment Agency. The Guardian article by Sandra Laville, linked below, states "Between 2010 and 2015 there were 8,400 illegal discharges of raw sewage. The case focused on 6,971 illegal spills which amounted to 61,704 hours of releases, or a duration of seven years.", so more years than the calendar would allow. That ÂŁ90M can be set against the water company's operating profits for 2019 of ÂŁ213M but, currently, water companies in the UK are under no obligation to mitigate against the damage they've done or to offer reparations to the industries impacted (notably local fisheries and tourism) so all this is a tap on the wrist - albeit quite a hard one - for the water company. The title of the climate love refers to the fact that there's no way to add a new organism to the climate love roster, something that has been the case since the start of the app. https://is.gd/Ql0mOM

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  • Ingmar Rentzhog

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    Hi Ben, If you want to add a new recipient, you can always mail us at info@wedonthavetime.org We are working on a new feature to suggest new recipients in the app. But our team.is small so please be patience.

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    • Ben Vost

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      Should I mail you the whole climate love and you just put it up for me?

      • Ingmar Rentzhog

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        @BeeVee no just the organization name you want to send love to. You need to do the post from your account.

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      • Ben Vost

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        Yep, that's it. The CEO seems complicit to the hilt. Southern Water has been fined repeatedly, this is only noteworthy because it's the biggest

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        • Carbonfixers

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          And why they have not yet built sewage treatment plants and other technologies despite of all the schemes they publish.

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          • Paul Morse

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            But sadly no criminal prosecution. The Chief Executive simply cries crocodile tears, customers ultimately pay the fine (the price of 10 houses in central London) and the fine becomes a new "cost of doing business".

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