Environment

"You told me this morning when I was in here... that you would drink this water," he says to the commission. "So, would you drink it?"

It comes as Green campaigners have reacted angrily to the appointment of Jacob Rees-Mogg as Business Secretary where he will be in charge of the energy and climate brief.

“Unless action is taken – and quickly – many hard-working people across the country risk being priced out of the electric revolution."

The EU is now worried that UK's decision to dump raw sewage into the Channel could end up 'harming fish' and 'polluting seafood'.

Ahsan Iqbal said Pakistan was feeling the effects of climate change caused by richer nations and their "irresponsible development".

Sir James Bevan says that reprocessing water from sewage treatment to make it drinkable must form part of conservation efforts.

"This is probably the greatest act of violence against the environment I've ever witnessed... "

It comes after dozens of pollution warnings were issued for beaches and swimming spots in England and Wales last week following heavy rain that overwhelmed the sewage system.

Western countries continue to focus on the wrong priorities, the billionaire CEO of Tesla Elon Musk appears to claim.