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Revealed: Thames Water diverted ‘cash for clean-ups’ to help pay bonuses (www.theguardian.com)

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Thames Water intentionally diverted millions of pounds pledged for environmental clean-ups towards other costs including bonuses and dividends, the Guardian can reveal.

The company, which serves more than 16 million customers, cut the funds after senior managers assessed the potential risks of such a move.

Discussions – held in secret – considered the risk of a public and regulatory backlash if it emerged that cash set aside for work such as cutting river pollution had been spent elsewhere.

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[-] gramie@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

And in Quebec, I pay $0.06 (less than $0.05 US) per kilowatt hour for my electricity, which is generated by a dam just a few minutes away from me. In California, I believe that the rate is over $0.30/kWh.

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