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We are responsible for improving and protecting the environment. We aim to grow a green economy and sustain thriving rural communities. We also support our world-leading food, farming and fishing industries. Defra is a ministerial department, supported by 34 agencies...
An Environment Agency team in Barking and Dagenham are reducing their carbon emissions by swapping out their fossil-fuelled machinery for battery powered.
Directs that Northumberland County Council shall exercise regulatory functions for composite wood board activities.
Contact our media teams if you’re a journalist with a media enquiry or interview request.
View a list of environmental permitting applications that have been submitted to the Environment Agency.
Environment Agency launches consultation on updating charges for regulating notified international waste shipments
The Environment Agency's position on unacceptable behaviour by customers towards its staff.
Strong stream advice, river conditions, reach closures and restrictions affecting boaters on Anglian waterways.
What happens if a structure or feature on your land is designated as a flood or coastal erosion defence asset.
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is the UK’s main agency for funding and managing research, training and knowledge exchange in atmospheric, Earth, biological, terrestrial and aquatic sciences. NERC works with the UK Research and Innovation .
Environment Agency annual report and accounts for the financial year April 2021 to March 2022.
The results of a study of the current and likely developments in biotechnology with an assessment of the effects on Environment Agency activities.
Letter from the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the Environment Agency on environmental regulation and enforcement in relation to the water sector in England.
Check how coastal flood and erosion risks will be managed in your area.
EA2025 sets out the Environment Agency’s priorities from 2020 to 2025.
How to develop a management system and keep it up to date so that you can carry out activities under an environmental permit.
Find the 2022 update to the river basin management plans which describe the challenges that threaten the water environment and how these challenges can be managed.
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