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Surfers Against Sewage is joining the #ShowTheLove campaign to make sure the ocean is front and centre of the climate action – and that’s where you come in. We want to mobilise as many people as possible to show their...

  New bathing waters classifications in England show progress to clean up our coastlines is stalling. The new figures show that 71% of bathing waters have received excellent bathing water status compared to 72% of bathing waters when last classified...

  In January last year, the Government declared 2021 would be a Marine Super Year, highlighting ‘unprecedented alignment of international and domestic marine agendas’. So we joined forces with 11 other marine conservation organisations to produce a Marine Scorecard setting...

Today, the Environmental Audit Committee (a cross party group of MPs responsible for scrutinising the government on all things environment) has released its report on water quality on rivers. And surprise, surprise its yet more damning proof of water companies’...

[caption id="attachment_95117" align="alignnone" width="660"] Photo from @BellaBunce[/caption] Wow. What a year. The last twelve months have been some of the most ambitious and impactful in SAS's history, with our increasing Ocean Activism aligning with a time that ocean and environmental...

[caption id="attachment_94913" align="alignnone" width="521"] Friends open water swimming at dawn.[/caption] This year marks the start of the Ocean Decade and, with many of us being deprived of Vitamin Sea over the last two years, we have been reminded just how...

Today, we reveal yet further shocking evidence of the sewage pollution crisis plaguing the UK’s seas and rivers through our 2021 Water Quality Report. Our findings categorically show that water companies are increasing the discharge of harmful amounts of sewage...

  After three long years of campaigning by Ocean Activists and NGOs, the Environment Bill finally received royal assent last week and has been made into law. We now have the Environment Act 2021. The Environment Act is a key...

"The #SewageScandal has shown just how much public anger there is about water companies making huge profits whilst dumping vast amounts of sewage into our rivers and ocean. This MUST change - MPs must take strong action tomorrow to #EndSewagePollution"...