> The so-called ‘Council for Sustainable Business’, which advises the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) on water, waste, and biodiversity, is chaired by Liv Garfield, the chief exec of Severn Trent Water.
> But in 2021, while she chaired Defra’s sustainability council, her firm was hit with a £1.5m fine for illegally discharging 360,000 litres of raw sewage from four sewage treatment plants in Worcestershire…and was fined a further £500,000 in 2019 for flooding a park in Birmingham with human waste.
> In the 10 months before the 2021 Environment Act was signed into law, official documents show her council met ministers at least 10 times, including for an “update and discussion” with the bill’s two sponsors – environment secretary George Eustice and Zac Goldsmith.
> Campaigners subsequently criticised the act for weakening targets on sewage dumping.
They don’t even attempt to veil their naked self-interest. Shameful. Sadly they feel no shame.
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> The so-called ‘Council for Sustainable Business’, which advises the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) on water, waste, and biodiversity, is chaired by Liv Garfield, the chief exec of Severn Trent Water.
> But in 2021, while she chaired Defra’s sustainability council, her firm was hit with a £1.5m fine for illegally discharging 360,000 litres of raw sewage from four sewage treatment plants in Worcestershire…and was fined a further £500,000 in 2019 for flooding a park in Birmingham with human waste.
> In the 10 months before the 2021 Environment Act was signed into law, official documents show her council met ministers at least 10 times, including for an “update and discussion” with the bill’s two sponsors – environment secretary George Eustice and Zac Goldsmith.
> Campaigners subsequently criticised the act for weakening targets on sewage dumping.
They don’t even attempt to veil their naked self-interest. Shameful. Sadly they feel no shame.
What is the definition of politics?
Poly meaning many.
And ticks meaning blood sucking parasites.