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Nature based solutions at forefront of flood defences in Leeds as new planting season begins
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Firms have agreed civil sanctions with the Environment Agency
Why urgent action is needed to achieve net zero and address the challenge of climate change
Second phase of £21m Clifton Ings Flood Alleviation scheme to better protect 135 homes in York area from flooding is underway.
Since 1998 we have seen six of the ten wettest years on record.
Waste facility accepted responsibility for releasing contaminated liquid into groundwater.
The Environment Agency is offering free workshops throughout flood action week to prepare communities across Yorkshire for flooding this winter.
An operation to extinguish an ongoing fire at a green waste composting site in Bedlington, will commence today under close supervision by the Environment Agency.
Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, at the Whitehall and Industry Group, 1 November 2022
Fines totalling £105 million brought about by Environment Agency prosecutions in 2021
Craig Hutton of Skip It was convicted of operating the business without environmental permits.
The Environment Agency (EA) is enforcing the annual close season over the winter months to help protect salmon and sea trout from disturbance when spawning, allowing stocks to grow.
Ryan Sims from Castle Donington, Leicestershire, has been found guilty of fishing illegally.
A Rotherman man has been found guilty of fishing illegally in a case brought by the Environment Agency to Northampton Magistrates Court on Monday 24 October.
The company was found guilty despite denying charges that a banned chemical got into the Yealm estuary in Devon from its paint testing facility near Plymouth.
The Environment Agency has issued drought permits that will allow Yorkshire Water to conserve water in 12 reservoirs and secure public drinking water supplies.
Two men have been found guilty of fishing illegally on separate occasions earlier this year.
Guy Fawkes’ Night is a calendar highlight. But if you’re going to celebrate it, go to an organised event rather than risk being a “bonfire bandit”.
Environment Agency officers and Durham Constabulary have helped disrupt illegal poaching of fish in County Durham
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