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The UK's largest annual air pollution campaign culminated in a day of mass public engagement, enabling the public to improve air quality and their health.
Two environmental charities will receive donations after the Environment Agency accepted an Enforcement Undertaking following two pollution incidents in the River Nene in Northampton.
Environmental charities and projects will benefit from more than £2.2 million in payments thanks to enforcement undertakings agreed with the Environment Agency.
Wessex Water has offered to pay £975,000 to achieve equivalent environmental benefits following a series of sewage spills in Swanage Bay, Dorset.
Nottingham City Council's plans to improve air quality have been approved by government
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
The number of cars failing emissions tests has more than doubled since the new MOT introduced stricter emission rules on 20 May 2018.
A company has been ordered to pay £10,476 in fines and costs for illegally disposing of thousands of tonnes of waste on agricultural land near Exeter.
A Somerset company has been ordered to pay more than £13,000 in fines and costs for polluting a river with waste ink.
Leicester primary school marks Clean Air Day with a temporary traffic-free space for the whole community.
Voluntary fuel management and operational efficiency support programme to improve air quality.
Urban air quality can be improved with a combination of new bus procurements and exhaust retrofits.
The British Lung Foundation has released a new report mapping out levels of particulate matter around health centres across the UK highlighting potential risks.
£5 million competition invites ideas to reduce the cause of vehicle emissions, minimise the amount of particulates produced and improve air quality.
In celebration of Green Great Britain Week, leading retailers across the UK have pledged to encourage customers to buy cleaner fuels.
Ten areas to take forward new measures to improve air quality with government support.
Spreading and storing excessive amounts of vegetable washings on a farm in Outwell, Norfolk led to gross pollution of a watercourse a court heard yesterday.
A new team of experts officially start today, backed with £3 million of funding to help farmers reduce ammonia emissions from agriculture.
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) examiners will routinely check lorries they stop at the roadside for emissions cheat devices.
Ways to promote cleaner domestic burning and cut harmful pollution by stopping the sale of the most polluting fuels are set out in a consultation issued today.
Agriculture is responsible for 88% of UK emissions of ammonia gas and this voluntary guide will help farmers improve air quality.
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