27: Feargal Sharkey: Teenage Kicks, Bobby Sands, and saving our rivers
The Rest Is Politics: Leading
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The Amo Magna and the Environment Agency
In southern England it's unique there are about 225 chalk streams on the planet. They're a complete freak of geology and think 50 to 75 million years ago when London was sitting somewhere off the equator. There is more water and plentiful water going down that river than we've seen in decades. But as we have now discovered, this is an industry that has made off with 72 billion pounds worth of our money from our pockets. We spent 7.5 million hours over the last three years dumping sewage into our rivers,. decimating whole landscapes and ecologies and created a situation where believe it or not, I can't believe I'm saying it. London is now number nine on global
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