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The Environment Agency has started a project to investigate the reasons behind poor water quality at Bridlington South beach, in East Yorkshire.
Construction company Costain Limited will donate £55,000 to Tyne Rivers Trust after polluting the River Don during a major upgrade to the A19 in South Tyneside.
Erith site closed by court order over fire and flood concerns
Volunteers cleared rubbish on England's waterways for Plasticblitz. Cigarette butts most common plastic item found in 2 weeks of litter-picking.
A York based farming business which produces frozen vegetables to some of the country’s biggest retailers and manufacturers has offered to pay £23,640 to the Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust after spreading waste sludge on land …
New round of Air Quality Grants for local authorities opens to benefit communities and reduce the impact of polluted air on people's health
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Yorkshire Water has agreed to donate £235,000 to Yorkshire Wildlife Trust after polluting a Harrogate watercourse, following an investigation by the Environment Agency.
New laws will scrap the cap on civil penalties and significantly broaden their scope to target a much wider range of environmental offences
Judge - Thames Water "deliberately misled" the Environment Agency in and around pollution of rivers in Sussex and Surrey in which several thousand fish died.
A County Durham company and its farm manager have been fined and ordered to pay costs totalling £24,000 in a prosecution brought by the Environment Agency.
On 29 June 2023, the government announced new investment and actions to improve lowland peat and reduce carbon emissions.
Anglian Water has paid a monetary penalty of £150,000 following an investigation by the Environment Agency after sewage was released into the River Til.
The Coal Authority has started work to restore a previously ancient woodland in County Durham as part of its nature recovery work.
Details of the new Pharmaceuticals in the Environment (PiE) cross-government group working to reduce the impacts of pharmaceuticals in the environment.
Environment Secretary asks producers to address concerns over 'flushable' labelling of wet wipes
UK signs Ministerial Statement calling for an ambitious global plastic pollution treaty to tackle plastic pollution and protect the marine environment.
Man’s 40 destinations of deception read like an A-Z, including several locations in the South East.
The UK and the Netherlands co-hosted a conference of nations, companies and organisations to raise funds for the UN operation to prevent an oil spill off the Yemen coast.
A man has been fined and ordered to pay costs and victim surcharge after ignoring repeated warnings at a site in Worksop.
Largest ever fine imposed for environmental offences in Devon and Cornwall as South West Water is told by court ‘incidents of pollution will no longer be tolerated’
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