charles watson (@watsonchas) 's Twitter Profile
charles watson

@watsonchas

Founder & Chairman: River Action @riveractionuk Campaigning to Rescue our Rivers from the escalating crisis of agricultural, sewage and industrial pollution

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Save The Wye Coalition (@savethewye) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"An oil slick has been seen making its way down a Herefordshire river in a suspected pollution incident. The incident, in the River Lugg near Leominster, was found by two water testing volunteers from Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE)." herefordtimes.com/news/25036460.…

RiverActionUK (@riveractionuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨BREAKING NEWS!🚨 Annual data reveals extent of sewage spills in UK’s waters. The figures are shocking: the numbers are staggering. Sewage spills remain sky-high in 2024.. 😡👇 READ MORE: riveractionuk.com/broken-system-… #SewageScandal 💩

🚨BREAKING NEWS!🚨 Annual data reveals extent of sewage spills in UK’s waters.

The figures are shocking: the numbers are staggering. Sewage spills remain sky-high in 2024.. 😡👇

READ MORE: riveractionuk.com/broken-system-…

#SewageScandal 💩
charles watson (@watsonchas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The tide is turning against the growth of US-style livestock mega farms in the UK Planning for the horrendous Cranswick pig & poultry factory rejected Next up ⁦RiverActionUK⁩ ‘s 3O April court hearing against giant Shropshire intensive poultry unit bbc.com/news/articles/…

RiverActionUK (@riveractionuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

👩‍⚖️ Help us take legal action to rescue our rivers Tired of sewage spills, rising bills, and zero accountability? 🥊 We are. That’s why we need your help to fight polluters, government and regulators in the courts. 💸 Donate today and your donation will be doubled thanks to the

👩‍⚖️ Help us take legal action to rescue our rivers

Tired of sewage spills, rising bills, and zero accountability?

🥊 We are. That’s why we need your help to fight polluters, government and regulators in the courts.

💸 Donate today and your donation will be doubled thanks to the
RiverActionUK (@riveractionuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🕛🚨 The Water Commission's public consultation shuts tomorrow at midnight Most people... agree our rivers are dying. Most people... say polluters should pay. Most people... want radical reform to our water industry. Most people… won’t make these thoughts known to the Water

RiverActionUK (@riveractionuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📣 RIVER ACTION IN COURT TODAY📣 River Action takes Shropshire Council to court over chicken megafarm approval. 💪 Join us as we stand up against pollution, poor planning and a broken system that rewards pollution over protection. 📖Read the full story: riveractionuk.com/cluck-off-rive…

📣 RIVER ACTION IN COURT TODAY📣

River Action takes Shropshire Council to court over chicken megafarm approval.

💪 Join us as we stand up against pollution, poor planning and a broken system that rewards pollution over protection.

📖Read the full story: riveractionuk.com/cluck-off-rive…
Save The Wye Coalition (@savethewye) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This morning at Cardiff Civil Justice Centre 💪 To coincide with RiverActionUK hearing, campaigners gathered outside the court joined by the Goddess of the Wye and Lady Wye (Vey Straker) with water brought from the River Severn Afon Hafren. riveractionuk.com/cluck-off-rive…

RiverActionUK (@riveractionuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We’re delighted to welcome three exceptional new trustees to the River Action board! 🎭Jim Murray MBE, our new Vice Chair, is an actor, artist and lifelong river defender. You might recognise him from The Crown, or from standing waist-deep in rivers in a suit, taking on Nando’s.

We’re delighted to welcome three exceptional new trustees to the River Action board!

🎭<a href="/TheJimMurray/">Jim Murray MBE</a>, our new Vice Chair, is an actor, artist and lifelong river defender. You might recognise him from The Crown, or from standing waist-deep in rivers in a suit, taking on Nando’s.
RiverActionUK (@riveractionuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 Attention all river polluters! 🚨 👩‍⚖️ If you fail our rivers, we will take you to court. If you're a mismanaged water company, a regulator asleep at the wheel, or a council rubber-stamping pollution. This is your warning❗️ Do not fail our rivers. We are watching. 👀 Please

RiverActionUK (@riveractionuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

3 months into the job, the CEO of Thames Water, Chris Weston recieved a £195K bonus. 🤑 As our CEO @jaowallace72 stated 🗣️: “How can we have an industry that is so heavily indebted, ripping off customers, polluting the water and often criminally behaving and then giving a Chief

RiverActionUK (@riveractionuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🪦 This is what a dying river looks like. 🪦 "No, the river isn't green and bright, its brown and full of 💩" This crisis didn’t happen overnight. It’s the result of years of negligence, weak enforcement, and a broken planning system that’s allowed chicken megafarms to multiply

Friends of the River Wye (@friendsupperwye) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We’ve seen algal blooms up and down the Wye catchment in the last few weeks - here is just a sample of photos showing what citizen scientists are recording across some of our rivers and streams. See this thread and a link to our data map below 🧵👇 Here we have the Ithon…

We’ve seen algal blooms up and down the Wye catchment in the last few weeks - here is just a sample of photos showing what citizen scientists are recording across some of our rivers and streams.

See this thread and a link to our data map below 🧵👇

Here we have the Ithon…
RiverActionUK (@riveractionuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

River Action Chairman and founder, Charles Watson 🗣️ "We are fast approaching the most pivotal moment in the UK water industry’s history since privatisation over 30 years ago." Thames Water is on its last legs, and the government faces a pivotal decision: 1⃣ Grant Thames Water

River Action Chairman and founder, Charles Watson 🗣️ "We are fast approaching the most pivotal moment in the UK water industry’s history since privatisation over 30 years ago." 

Thames Water is on its last legs, and the government faces a pivotal decision:
1⃣ Grant Thames Water
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💥Massive legal win for RiverActionUK💥 Judge rules that livestock mega farms must take account of cumulative environmental impact Had this ruling been there 10 years ago the desecration of the River Wye by intensive 🐓production would never have happened shropshirestar.com/news/2025/06/1…

Ellie Chowns (@elliechowns) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Brilliant: High Court has ruled the cumulative impact of factory farms must be taken into account when considering planning applications. A huge victory for our rivers! Congrats to RiverActionUK, Alison Caffyn & all who supported this landmark case.👏 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

charles watson (@watsonchas) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I explain in the ⁦The Guardian⁩ why ⁦RiverActionUK⁩’s court victory to block a 🐓megafarm in Shropshire creates a critically important legal precedent for preventing the environmental crisis caused by the UK’s boom in livestock factory farming ⬇️ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Compassion in World Farming UK (@ciwf) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"...toxic megafarms produce vast quantities of animal waste, which is spread on local land with minimal consideration for the cumulative environmental destruction it can cause. This week, the high court called time on this practice." - charles watson This article is a must read. ⬇️

Ben Goldsmith (@bengoldsmith) 's Twitter Profile Photo

On hot days like this one, it becomes painfully obvious how vital it is that we restore Britain's lost wetlands. Our landscapes have been drained and engineered to get rid of water as fast as possible. But water *is life*, and we're running short! Cool, lush wetlands are vital

On hot days like this one, it becomes painfully obvious how vital it is that we restore Britain's lost wetlands. 

Our landscapes have been drained and engineered to get rid of water as fast as possible. But water *is life*, and we're running short!

Cool, lush wetlands are vital
Paul Powlesland (@paulpowlesland) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Is there anything marshes can’t do? The recent heatwaves have shown the cooling properties provided by urban wetlands. I live in a tidal marsh on the River Roding & on hot days the temperatures have been noticeably cooler, not just in the marsh itself but also in the built up

Is there anything marshes can’t do? 

The recent heatwaves have shown the cooling properties provided by urban wetlands. I live in a tidal marsh on the River Roding &amp; on hot days the temperatures have been noticeably cooler, not just in the marsh itself but also in the built up