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Today the government has published its 25 Year Environment Plan.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Burning waste was a 'routine occurrence' despite warnings to stop from the Environment Agency.
The owner of a former Cornish waste company has become the first person in the south west to be sent to prison for failing to comply with a court order.
Hucknall man fined £880 plus £1,989 in costs after driver found to be transporting waste without a licence
Professor Laurence Williams has stood down as Chair of CoRWM.
A nuclear leader from Sellafield Ltd has been awarded an OBE by the Duke of Cambridge.
Experts at the Sellafield site have cut the sixth and final hole in the Pile Fuel Cladding Silo (PFCS), a locked vault that was never designed to be opened.
Two company directors have pleaded guilty to running an illegal waste operation in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.
A UK company has won a multi-million pound deal to supply glove boxes to support nuclear clean-up at Sellafield.
This video shows the huge strides made in the clean-up mission during 2017.
The government has published a new plan to reform abstraction management - to protect the environment while improving access to water where it is needed most.
Matlock’s Boxing Day Raft Race spectators urged to spare a thought for the environment
A north east man has been fined for waste offences following an investigation by the Environment Agency.
Speech by Energy Minister Richard Harrington at the Nuclear Industry Association’s annual conference.
Environmental detective work leads to £21,000 fines and £12,000 costs.
Work is now under way to overcome a 20-year conundrum that has hampered decommissioning of the Dounreay Fast Reactor in Scotland.
Environment Agency pollution and hazardous waste experts were out in force yesterday, advising businesses how to safely store hazardous materials and waste.
New rules will be introduced which will save farmers money whilst also better protecting the water environment.
More than 200 stakeholders from across the UK and overseas gathered in Cumbria for a 2-day summit organised by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).
As part of their fight against waste crime the Environment Agency is tackling the highest risk illegal waste sites in a series of focussed days of action.
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