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The Environment Agency has opened a consultation on a permit variation application from Rathlin Energy (UK) Limited in East Yorkshire.
Hunt for criminals behind vast waste site continues
Charges relate to illegal discharges and breach of environmental permit. Case adjourned for sentencing at a later date.
The Environment Agency is working with partners to secure the future of the internationally important population in the River Wansbeck.
A 63-year-old woman who repeatedly ignored Environment Agency warnings about an illegal operation has been sentenced
The Environment Agency is appealing for information on a series of incidents involving the dumping of trailers packed with shredded or baled waste.
A sewage pumping station failure killed over 2,000 fish in Melksham, with sewage from a burst rising main also killing fish near Weston-super-Mare.
Environment Agency seeks views on proposals to introduce new and update existing waste charges
Flood defence test: The Environment Agency's £7m Northwich Flood Risk Management Scheme will be put to the test in exercise next week.
The Colwick Fish Pass has been officially opened by Alan Lovell, Chair of the Environment Agency.
Nearly 500 inspections of water company assets have happened in South West. Inspection teams continue to grow, focused on checks, enforcement, and regulation.
The Environment Agency & partners are encouraging people to visit public exhibitions sharing draft proposals for the coastline between Hurst Spit and Lymington.
Thanks to our investigation, the money will go to the Westcountry Rivers Trust to improve migratory fish habitats.
The Environment Agency has prosecuted a Midlands company for failing to complete safety works on a Lancashire reservoir.
On 1 November 2024 the Environment Agency re-opened the initial consultation into an environmental permit application for an incinerator near Swadlincote.
It would have been cheaper for an angler to have bought a rod licence after he was caught and fined.
Burning household waste can cause pollution, harm people, wildlife and the environment and could lead to a fine of up to £50,000.
November is the 200th anniversary of the Great Gale of 1824. It killed nearly 100 people and destroyed villages along the south coast of England.
The companies have been ordered to pay fines and costs in excess of £90,000 for causing trade effluent to pollute 3 kilometres of a Worcestershire brook.
Clear warning to unregistered boat owners on the Thames as owners failed to register their boats despite warnings. More to face court in coming months
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