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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.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
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.
The Boston Barrier is scheduled to close on 7 November in response to forecast high tides, the Environment Agency has announced.
Applications open for second round of the Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund
Successful first trial run of unique temporary flood barrier across Newhaven railway.
The Environment Agency worked with the Norwich Bat Group to install a wildlife receiver station at Benacre Pumping Station.
Three new environmental handbooks set out best practice for coastal restoration projects.
Environmental organisations have joined forces to investigate why thousands of dead crabs and lobsters have washed up along the North East coast.
The Calderdale Flood Action Plan is five years old this month and to acknowledge this important milestone, the Environment Agency, Calderdale Council and its partners are reflecting on key successes since 2016.
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