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Falling water levels linked to weather system are expected to limit number of slots to transit shipping laneBusiness live – latest updatesCommercial ships travelling through the Panama canal are facing a rise in costs amid disruption triggered by the Iran war and falling water levels linked to this year’s intense El Niño weather system.Highlighting the fragility of global trade, a container ship reportedly paid about $4m (£3m) to jump a queue of vessels waiting to pass through the vita

Plans for hyperscale datacenter in Palm Beach county prompt concerns over water and electricity demandsAbout 16 miles (26km) south-west of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Largo estate, near the northern edge of the Florida Everglades, developers have proposed a hyperscale datacenter on a 202-acre (82-hectare) parcel of land surrounded by water. Local environmentalists warn that the proposed 600MW datacenter in western Palm Beach county could damage the wetlands, which the federal government and t

Exclusive: England ‘desperately unprepared’ for effects of crisis including water shortages and heatwavesUK heatwave live – latest updatesJust 20 staff are working on climate adaptation within a key government department tasked with protecting the environment and maintaining food security, a freedom of information request has revealed.The officials make up 0.3% of staff within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Continue reading...

Water boards in the south of England should have paid attention to scientific models and built reservoirs, writes Steve Lindsay, while Martin Gray suggests turning salt water into drinking water is the answerIn 1998, I travelled to London for the release of the Meteorological Office’s first forecasts of the impact of climate change on the UK. I was encouraged to see in the audience many representatives from water companies from the south of England. The Met Office modelling showed that

It doesn’t have to be this way. We know what needs to be doneDisturbing news about our water resources is now constant and unrelenting. In just the past few weeks, media have reported that Puerto Rico is suffering a deep water crisis as severe drought has cut water supplies to thousands. The Rhine and Po rivers in Europe are at record low levels. The seven states sharing the Colorado River in the US are fighting over unprecedented shortages, while its major reservoirs have shrunk to th

A porta foi deixada aberta para tal comportamento porque o regulador da Inglaterra e País de Gales pode apenas usar os poderes que lhe foram concedidos pelo parlamento. Pagamento de £1 milhão da Thames Water ao diretor financeiro é considerado 'inaceitável' pelo governo.

Grupo de campanha diz que empresa está 'zombando' ao pagar a taxa. Andy Burnham deveria nacionalizá-la, segundo críticos.

Parlamentares e prefeitos trabalhistas britânicos defendem modelo mutualizado que devolve o controle da água ao público sem ampliar a dívida do governo — proposta ganha força enquanto Thames Water enfrenta colapso financeiro.

Os salários totais dos chefes de empresas de água subiram no ano passado apesar da proibição governamental de bônus e indignação pública. Um diretor executivo da Anglian Water recebeu £1,9 milhão, incluindo um pagamento de "retenção" de £500 mil, apesar da proibição de bônus.

Ex-presidente executivo Matthew Wright está entre os nomeados em processo criminal pela Agência Ambiental. A Agência Ambiental Britânica abre um caso de fraude contra quatro ex-funcionários da Southern Water por alegadas manipulações em resultados de testes de águas residuais.

Detentores de títulos mostram flexibilidade repentina após 18 meses perdidos; investidores da Thames Water oferecem 'ação de ouro' na tentativa de evitar nacionalização de uma empresa em crise financeira.

O movimento daria ao governo poder de veto sobre grandes decisões e aquisições hostis, após demanda do Andy Burnham por maior controle público. Um consórcio de 100 investidores institucionais ofereceu a 'ação de ouro' ao governo.