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Environment Agency urges action as Met Office warns of above average likelihood of a wet winter
Thames Water has now accrued £32.4m in fines since 2017 for 11 cases of water pollution.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The Environment Agency held a training day for the Cumbria Police Rural Task Force to help reduce fisheries offences in Cumbria
Major investigation announced by the Environment Agency and Ofwat into sewage treatment works
Vulnerable fish populations given shelter from extreme weather, including flooding.
Essential maintenance to reduce the risk of flooding from the River Skerne through Darlington town centre in the North East has started this week.
The Environment Agency has been trialling a new piece of equipment in Essex to help reduce flood risk to homes and businesses.
The flood warning sirens have sounded as part of a test to ensure they are working effectively and to help communities be prepared for flooding this winter.
Speaking at an event hosted by the Association of Foreign Banks, Sir James Bevan warned that banks which failed to divest from coal and oil would be left behind.
Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, to the Association of Foreign Banks, 16 November 2021
Cleaning chemicals spilled into a brook on the Suffolk/Cambridgeshire border after a Haverhill business failed to take reasonable care of its operations.
Peter Outlaw, 36, has been banned from dealing in most forms of waste and ordered to pay more than £5,000 for illegally storing and burning mixed waste.
The Environment Agency has completed work on the Leominster flood risk management scheme which will help to protect hundreds of homes from the devastating impact of flooding.
The Environment Agency was joined by East Devon District Council and local volunteers to test the procedure for closing the flood gates.
Rickman brothers failed to remove end of life vehicles from scrap yard operating without a permit.
Medmerry managed realignment project successfully pilots the IUCN's new Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions
Legislation will improve air and water quality, tackle waste, increase recycling, halt the decline of species, and improve our natural environment.
New upgraded flood maps for all reservoirs in England provide a more accurate picture of flood risk
Stoke St Gregory farmer Ben Hembrow has been ordered to pay £11,000 for polluting a watercourse with slurry in 3 separate incidents for the second time in 5 years.
A Dereham garage proprietor has received a suspended prison sentence for storing waste illegally, despite repeated warnings from the Environment Agency.
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