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A Lincolnshire waste business has been fined for putting the local community and the environment at risk.
The Environment Agency, Leeds City Council and the White Rose Forest partnership are calling for landowners to introduce natural flood management measures on their land to help mitigate climate change and reduce the risk of …
A Northumberland man has been jailed for dumping and burning waste illegally on rural land following an investigation by the Environment Agency.
Almost 50 projects have been completed across the North East over the past year as part of a £1.3m programme of work to improve the environment.
The Environment Agency has worked together with partners to invest £5.59m in environmental improvements across Yorkshire in 2020/21.
Farmers will be given additional advice and support to help them access a range of solutions to reduce pollution
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Household waste left unsorted in second conviction.
The Environment Agency has launched a campaign calling on people to try out fishing this National Fishing Month (24th July - 30 August 2021)
The Environment Agency is urging anglers to report sightings of pink salmon
Work has started on a natural flood management pilot project in Swaton, Lincolnshire. The project aims to reduce the frequency of flooding in the community.
Homes and businesses in the South East will be better protected from flooding and coastal erosion under plans published today by the Government and Environment Agency.
The North Devon company that caused a pollution incident leading to a devastating fish kill on the River Mole near South Molton has been fined £2,000 and ordered to pay £9,836 in costs.
Over £860m to be invested in flood alleviation schemes this year with further action including improvements to flood insurance
90 projects awarded grants to accelerate action to support 2,500 jobs, plant almost a million trees and boost nature recovery across the country
Work on the pioneering Lower Otter Restoration Project, which will see the river estuary adapted and enhanced in the face of a rapidly changing climate, has begun
Two high profile waste offences, committed in Yorkshire in 2017 have been taken into account on sentencing at a court hearing in Preston
The Environment Agency has prosecuted John Leslie Allison, 75, of Southfield Lane, Colne, Burnley for undertaking illegal waste activities at two sites in Lancashire without a permit.
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