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Environment Agency is working to reduce impact of flooding across parts of northern England following heavy persistent rain.
Household and commercial waste dumped in field.
Defendant stored waste inappropriately and failed to keep required documentation
The Duchess of Northumberland, in her role as Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland, was given a guided tour of a vital flood alleviation scheme in the heart of Morpeth.
A Milton Keynes farmer who repeatedly polluted a stream in a Northamptonshire Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) has been ordered to pay £8,760.
The third year of work to raise the banks of the Ouse Washes Flood Storage Reservoir has been completed by the Environment Agency.
Environment Agency staff have been making good use of waterproof action cameras as they inspect hard-to-reach culverts and flood gates across East Anglia.
Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency and UK Commissioner to the Global Commission on Adaptation. RSA President’s Lecture 2019
The new online scheme for anglers collects information on fish species and health, and creates a picture of water quality and habitat condition.
Make sure what you burn is both legal and safe and spare a thought for wildlife.
A new natural flood management scheme at an Essex country park is being delivered with the help of a 4-legged friend, Roy, a Suffolk Punch.
Migratory fish including sea trout could soon reach previously inaccessible stretches of the River Stour in Dorset.
Natural Flood Management measures introduced to slow and store water at Narborough Bogs Nature Reserve in Leicestershire.
Application to vary the existing permit to allow drilling of Horse Hill well numbers 3, 4, 5 and 6.
The extent of littering was evident when an Environment Agency officer undertook some essential clearance of a fish pass this week.
The Environment Agency's report includes a review of business compliance, greenhouse gas emissions, serious pollution incidents and illegal waste activity.
Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency. Royal Holloway University, London, 24 October 2019
A project to help reinvigorate one of the biggest chalk streams in the country is another step closer to being completed
Safeguarding our water environment: Environment Agency launches consultation on future of rivers
Two UK companies awarded share of the government's £20 million GovTech Catalyst fund.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
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