What happened: In a move that favours corporations over consumers, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved price hikes for four water companies. This comes despite a cap set by Ofwat to protect consumers during the cost-of-living crisis.
Cross-source context: Inside Climate News highlights stacey Greer started filling and dating gallon-sized jugs with tap water last summer, when her village of Cadiz, Ohio, just over an hour west of Pittsburgh,... Mother Jones highlights recent attacks in the Middle East on desalination plants, facilities that remove salt from seawater, raise the potential for a humanitarian crisis if the region’s freshwater... The attacks also underscore the region’s heavy reliance on an energy-intensive method of producing drinking water that is...
What to watch next: movement around consumers, override.