The Vote with Mark Walker – Extinction Rebellion and The State of UK Waterways – Sarah Webb
Latest TV News Editor, Mark Walker, speaks to the Environmental Activist, Sarah Webb, from Extinction Rebellion about the state of the UK’s waterways. Sarah talks about how she has joined eco-activists, anglers and wild swimmers to protest against the dumping of raw sewage in UK waterways. The demonstrations aim to highlight the shocking levels of raw sewage dumped into rivers by water companies. In 2020, according to a report by the Environment Agency on raw sewage discharges into rivers by water companies, there were 400,000 more raw sewage releases into rivers, compared to 2019, with more than 3 million hours of discharges. Mark finds out more.