The Retained EU Law Bill threatens to revoke the majority of EU law in this country by the end of 2023.

One such piece of legislation that could disappear is the Environment Information Regulations (EIR) 2004. This, in conjunction with a landmark legal case won by independent charity group WildFish in 2015, ensures that we, the public, have a right to environmental information from privately owned water companies.

If the Retained EU Law Bill passes and the government does not preserve this right, by next year we could be in the unfathomable situation where water companies are able to withhold data on sewage spills, which obviously would be a huge blow for water quality campaigners trying to hold them to account.

Whilst I am reluctant to ask you to sign yet another petition while we're still campaigning for this one, this does feel very important.

There is a petition live on this issue on the official government petition website which desperately needs signatures. You can access it by clicking here and we would be very grateful if you would.

Best regards,

Ed Acteson