Excess nitrogen and phosphorous can cause a host of issues to waterways, including prompting damaging algae blooms which deplete oxygen levels, kill fish and block sunlight from reaching plant life.

The dispute centres on “nutrient neutrality” rules, which require developers to offset water pollution from new homes, costing the economy £27bn. Natural England’s methods typically involve ...

The algae blocks out sunlight and consumes oxygen ... Measures to deal with excess nutrients have led to so-called nutrient ...

According to trade association the Home Builders Federation (HBF), there are 160,000 homes being delayed by what are known as “nutrient neutrality” measures. These rules were a response to ...

The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, which had temporarily delayed the rules, said on Thursday it would temporarily block net neutrality rules and scheduled oral arguments for late October or ...