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COP26 President Alok Sharma spoke at the opening ceremony of the UNFCCC's June Momentum for Climate Change
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Bourne Leisure Ltd, owners of country house hotels, Haven and Butlins, was fined £90,000 for polluting the River Meden and has to pay £44,518.96 in costs.
The ban will ensure that less single-use plastics enter the environment, whilst protecting those with medical requirements or disabilities.
Transformative Environment Bill moves a step closer with Second Reading.
Sales of house coal and wet wood in England will be phased out from next year to cut pollution.
The winning projects of the Newton Prize 2019 have been congratulated by the international research community.
Emma Howard Boyd speaks at a Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum on environmental standards and the Office for Environmental Protection.
Wessex Water has paid £35,000 towards environmental improvements at Stoborough Heath nature reserve in Dorset after a sewer main burst.
Landmark Bill will better protect our natural environment for generations to come.
Gloucester Gateway Ltd have donated money to Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust following an Environment Agency investigation.
Woman jailed for her part in illegal, family run waste storage and processing business.
International visitors learn from our experience of using reed beds to treat mine water.
Severn Trent Water Ltd has paid £226,000 to the Trent Rivers Trust following a sewage pollution which caused the death of over 2,000 fish.
Had the dust been left to decompose in the pit, it had the potential to have a negative impact on the localised groundwater
The British Embassy in Tunisia is delighted to announce a UK/Tunisia Sustainable Tourism Charter launched in Hammamet, Tunisia.
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 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.
Environment Bill passes second reading by MPs unopposed and will now progress to Committee stage.
The extent of littering was evident when an Environment Agency officer undertook some essential clearance of a fish pass this week.
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