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Environment Agency warns poor crop-management could increase region's flooding and pollution
2,000 fish die as double pump failure diverts sewage across fields into watercourse.
Nottingham Crown Court told how liquid escaped from ruptured tank on lorry into nearby ponds killing fish.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Local wildlife trusts to receive a £20,000+ windfall.
The stream was polluted after a farm inspection by the Environment Agency recommended improvements should be made to prevent possible pollution.
Environment Agency officers blocked by operator
Letter from Minister of State for Housing, Planning and Building Safety, to local planning authorities affected by nutrient neutrality.
Highlighting the International Partners Group’s contribution to South Africa’s Just Energy Transition in the areas prioritised in the 2021 Political Declaration.
Barclay: Unlimited financial penalties for environmental offences will mean ‘polluters always pay’.
The first phase of 2 innovative projects to reduce metal pollution from abandoned lead and zinc mines near Middleton-in-Teesdale has recently been completed.
Yorkshire Water has paid a record £1million to charities after polluting a Harrogate watercourse, following an investigation by the Environment Agency.
Brothers’ prison terms and director bans for multiple illegal waste sites
Alvis Brothers Ltd ordered to pay fines and costs of over £23,700 for causing pollution
A consultation on banning wet wipes containing plastic across the UK has been launched today under plans to tackle plastic pollution and clean up waterways.
Next steps for the nutrient mitigation scheme confirmed, adding to the 50,000 new homes nationwide already with mitigation agreed.
Government expands plan to tackle storm overflows, including all coastal and estuary sites .
Work to build a £9 million mine water treatment scheme that will reduce harmful metal pollution in rivers in the North East and Cumbria is nearing completion.
A housing construction company and its contracted engineers will donate a total of £135,000 to the Aire Rivers Trust after polluting Pitty Beck multiple times while building a new housing estate near Bradford.
Government announces plan that will unblock housebuilding to deliver homes for local communities while protecting the environment.
A project to reduce the amount of metal waste from former lead mines near Garrigill in Cumbria from polluting Garrigill Burn is complete.
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