News and communications

Ministerial direction relating to the clearance of illegally dumped waste from Hoads Wood in Kent.

• Updated: 23 May 2024

Ministers are receiving regular updates on a Boil Water Notice from South West Water, which remains for 2,500 properties.

• Updated: 23 May 2024

Adored Beast products stopped at East Midlands Airport.

• Updated: 23 May 2024

GIGI Vet supplements stopped at East Midlands Airport.

• Updated: 23 May 2024

Demand for heat pumps increases, as applications to the government's Boiler Upgrade Scheme doubles.

• Updated: 23 May 2024

A robotic bird of prey is being used to stop seagulls contaminating Teignmouth’s bathing water.

• Updated: 23 May 2024

A man from Culmhead has been fined £1,200 after he illegally stored waste at a site within the Blackdown Hills, Somerset.

• Updated: 23 May 2024

Plan developed in discussion with industry as government works to deploy vaccine for BTV-3

• Updated: 23 May 2024

The UK Emissions Trading Scheme Authority has published a package of consultations on expanding the UK Emissions Trading Scheme, to further limit carbon emissions.

• Updated: 23 May 2024

The British Ambassador visited a project in Sololá that is allowing indigenous communities in the Zunil-Atitlán-Balam Juyu' corridor to improve their economy through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.

• Updated: 22 May 2024

Signing of the UK-Taiwan Organics Equivalence MoU enables Taiwanese consumers to enjoy organic products from the UK.

• Updated: 22 May 2024

Published communications issued to stakeholders relating to regulation of environmental and decommissioning activity for UK offshore oil and gas operations.

• Updated: 22 May 2024

Cumbria’s globally rare temperate rainforest to be enhanced and celebrated

• Updated: 22 May 2024

Newly named Moccas Park and Gillian’s Wood National Nature Reserve is home to ancient oaks and sweet chestnut trees dating back many hundreds of years.

• Updated: 22 May 2024

Members were given an overview of the scale of the problem and challenges faced in the decommissioning of the site.

• Updated: 22 May 2024

Marine Management Organisation has prioritised six ecologically significant inshore marine protected areas (MPAs) for assessment and management over the next year.

• Updated: 22 May 2024

The Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS), administered by Marine Management Organisation (MMO) on behalf of Defra, delivers investments to safeguard the long-term sustainability, resilience and prosperity of the seafood secto…

• Updated: 21 May 2024

Some 6 defendants who repeatedly ignored Environment Agency advice about waste storage have been sentenced following an Agency investigation.

• Updated: 21 May 2024

Surplus from the UK’s third carbon budget will not be carried forward – proving the UK's pragmatic approach to net zero is compatible with its climate targets.

• Updated: 21 May 2024

Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer from July will give the sector a clear path forward and boost farm business resilience.

• Updated: 21 May 2024