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How to report environmental incidents, including pollution, damage to the natural environment, flooding, illegal fishing or a collapsed river bank.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The scale and impact of chemicals in the water environment. How the challenges are addressed and future challenges and actions.
Action the government is taking to reduce the impact of nutrient pollution on protected sites and enable sustainable development.
Results of a rapid desk-based study of the environmental drivers of poverty, based on a review of peer-reviewed and grey literature for the last 10 years
Business and the environment reporting. Reporting on the performance of the businesses we regulate and the effectiveness of our regulatory approach.
The relationship between environmental quality and social deprivation was investigated since there was a lack of an evidence base for policy development.
Structured approach to assessing the risks to ecology from chemical contamination in soils.
Report by the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants describing how long-term exposure to ambient air pollution can lead to cardiovascular disease.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in April 2024.
The pollution inventory provides information about releases and transfers of substances from regulated industrial activities.
The offence response options documents set out the options available to every offence we regulate.
Seeking views on the 2017 updated UK implementation plan for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
What you must do to manage manure, fertiliser and soil to prevent runoff, erosion and leaching.
Published communications issued to stakeholders relating to regulation of environmental and decommissioning activity for UK offshore oil and gas operations.
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