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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.
Public consultation underway on plans for new nuclear power station in Suffolk
£1.5million of essential maintenance works on the reservoir in Kings Norton, Birmingham to ensure the highest standards of safety at the site.
Condoms and cans caught in Kent containers - company admits mistakes in port blunder.
Local school children in Egremont have planted roughly 200 trees to help increase biodiversity in the area and reduce anti- social behaviour.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted a Leicestershire farmer for illegally discharging silage effluent into a brook causing the death of around 80 fish.
Fisheries Enforcement Officers from the Environment Agency arrested one man on suspicion of poaching sea trout at Newbiggin by the Sea.
Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency and interim Chair of the Green Finance Institute | UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment Annual Forum at The Institution of Civil Engineers | 4 July 2022
Work starts on two new locations on multi-million-pound flood scheme
Event will provide an opportunity for locals to find out about work to restore flood protection, the construction programme and its impact on the town.
The sports sector is being invited to mark Plastic Free July (1 to 31 July) with a ‘kick plastic out of sport’ social media campaign.
Frome farmer Michael Aylesbury, a director of Cross Keys Farms Ltd, has been ordered to pay more than £25,000 for polluting the River Frome, Frome, Somerset.
The Environment Agency and Newcastle City Council have launched a pilot to give residents and visitors to Newcastle the chance to boost their flood resilience
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