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The Environment Agency is taking action as parts of the region experience periods of prolonged dry weather.
Colin Barnes given 6 month prison sentence and hit with a Criminal Behaviour Order for storing scrap cars and parts without a permit.
Environment Secretary George Eustice has confirmed Alan Lovell DL as the new Chair of the Environment Agency
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Yorkshire Water has been fined £1,600,750 for polluting a Bradford watercourse in a prosecution brought by the Environment Agency. It was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £170 and £22,112.79 in costs.
Environment Agency officers are on the ground protecting fisheries across England as temperatures soar.
Lessons learned from historic flooding are to be shared with the current generation to urge them to act now and protect their own loved ones and property.
The Environment Agency has launched a consultation on the way radioactive waste will be stored at Hinkley Point C nuclear power station near Bridgwater.
Public Consultation is now open
A Newcastle based supplier and Haulier of quarried and recycled aggregates has agreed to pay £9,872 to Northumberland Wildlife Trust after it was found to have illegally deposited waste soils and clays at an old quarry on fa…
PJC Sweepers stung with £6,000 fine plus £14,000 in costs and compensation after Sam Dowell hired its trucks to dump earth without permit.
Yorkshire Water has agreed to donate a total of £400,000 to Yorkshire Wildlife Trust after polluting two watercourses in separate incidents, following investigations by the Environment Agency.
Plymouth’s lock gates need repairs to continue protecting hundreds of homes and businesses from flooding, and providing access to the marina and fish quays,
Latest annual Environmental Performance Assessment shows environmental performance of England’s nine water and sewerage companies has declined.
People warned that hazards around bridges and locks, dangerous flows and unexpectedly cold water can catch bathers off guard.
Emma Howard Boyd's final speech as Chair of the Environment Agency.
EA Chief Executive warns of a ‘silent spring’ for wildlife if warnings are ignored and urges action ahead of the UN Convention of Biological Diversity.
Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive, Environment Agency
Scheme will better protect 127 properties by reducing the risk of flooding from the River Test and surface water.
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