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New wetlands project brings boost for people and nature

New wetlands project brings boost for people and nature

Tuesday, 17 September 2024

An £80,000 project to reduce flood risk and bring a boost to wildlife and habitat in West Yorkshire is complete. ...

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Alfreton man pays £13,511 for obstructing EA officers

Alfreton man pays £13,511 for obstructing EA officers

Monday, 16 September 2024

The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted a man for obstructing officers in the course of their duty at a site near Alfreton in Derbyshire....

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New flood risk management scheme for Worcester completed

New flood risk management scheme for Worcester completed

Monday, 16 September 2024

The new scheme for Toronto Close in Worcester has been welcomed by residents who were evacuated from their homes during devastating floods. ...

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Severn Trent pays £327,500 to wildlife trust after investigation

Severn Trent pays £327,500 to wildlife trust after investigation

Friday, 13 September 2024

A blocked sewer polluted 1.7km of a Gloucestershire brook. This Enforcement Undertaking means Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust can improve and restore t...

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Celebrating Salisbury’s new River Park

Celebrating Salisbury’s new River Park

Friday, 13 September 2024

The River Park has reduced flood risk, boosted biodiversity and improved amenity in Salisbury city centre, with better cycle routes and footpaths ...

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Padiham’s Flood Risk Management Scheme to go ahead

Padiham’s Flood Risk Management Scheme to go ahead

Friday, 13 September 2024

The Environment Agency and Burnley Borough Council are delighted to announce additional funds and associated planning permission has been secured....

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Cornwall angler caught fishing without rod licence

Cornwall angler caught fishing without rod licence

Friday, 13 September 2024

Fishing at Saltash without a rod licence has left a Bodmin man nearly £500 worse off.   ...

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Thornbury angler caught fishing without rod licence near Oxford

Thornbury angler caught fishing without rod licence near Oxford

Friday, 13 September 2024

Fishing near Oxford without a rod licence has left a Thornbury man over £300 poorer. ...

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Canford Magna incinerator permit sought by MVV Environment Ltd

Canford Magna incinerator permit sought by MVV Environment Ltd

Friday, 13 September 2024

This is our first consultation on plans for the proposed site. We will consider issues around any likely impact on human health and the environment...

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Planning permission granted for Kendal flood defence work

Planning permission granted for Kendal flood defence work

Thursday, 12 September 2024

The improvements to New Road flood defence work in Kendal were made following feedback from the community and through consultation. ...

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Kaug Refinery Services application for environmental permit

Kaug Refinery Services application for environmental permit

Wednesday, 11 September 2024

The Environment Agency has launched a consultation for an environmental permit application in Redditch, Worcestershire for a small-scale refinery faci...

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Illegal waste site in Surrey closed down by Environment Agency

Illegal waste site in Surrey closed down by Environment Agency

Sunday, 08 September 2024

Investigators obtain court order to block access to site blighted by waste as probe to find out who dumped it continues....

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2 prosecuted for running illegal waste tyre site

2 prosecuted for running illegal waste tyre site

Friday, 06 September 2024

2 people have been sentenced after pleading guilty to running an illegal waste tyre site in Daventry, Northamptonshire, following an investigation by ...

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Firm and Director guilty of illegal catalytic converter trading

Firm and Director guilty of illegal catalytic converter trading

Friday, 06 September 2024

Platinum Group Metals Recycling Ltd and its only director, Edvars Stancik, have been found guilty of illegally trading in catalytic convertors in Linc...

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Environment Agency prepares for winter at flood awareness event

Environment Agency prepares for winter at flood awareness event

Friday, 06 September 2024

The Environment Agency’s flood resilience team is hosting a drop-in event in Guildford to help raise awareness of local flood-risk. ...

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Birmingham company admits failing to clear 4,000 tonnes of waste

Birmingham company admits failing to clear 4,000 tonnes of waste

Thursday, 05 September 2024

Environment Agency prosecutes property company for failing to comply with order. Landlords left to clear up waste....

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Calstock flood risk cut and new habitat created

Calstock flood risk cut and new habitat created

Tuesday, 03 September 2024

The Cornish village is at less risk of flooding and now has 11 hectares of new intertidal habitat where wildlife is thriving, with new and returning s...

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Suspected Dorset waste crime site sparks multi agency operation

Suspected Dorset waste crime site sparks multi agency operation

Monday, 02 September 2024

The Environment Agency and others are looking into evidence of potential waste crime found at a site near Verwood, Wimborne....

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Completion of Lydd Ranges sea defence scheme

Completion of Lydd Ranges sea defence scheme

Thursday, 29 August 2024

Lydd and Romney Marsh better protected from flooding for the next 25 years. £40 million project on MoD firing range defences completed inside 4-years ...

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Environment Agency investigation sees three individuals convicted for dumping 26,000 tonnes of illegal waste

Environment Agency investigation sees three individuals convicted for dumping 26,000 tonnes of illegal waste

Wednesday, 28 August 2024

Three prosecuted for large-scale illegal waste dumps across country as part of Environment Agency-led Operation Cesium...

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Telford company makes £66,000 contribution to wildlife trust

Telford company makes £66,000 contribution to wildlife trust

Wednesday, 28 August 2024

Rosewood Pet Products has made a financial contribution of £66,149.57 to a local charity after failing to comply with packaging waste regulations....

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Pulfin Causeway Repair Project

Pulfin Causeway Repair Project

Friday, 23 August 2024

The Environment Agency is working with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust (YWT) to restore access to Pulfin Bog Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)....

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Environment Agency urges property and landowners to be vigilant in stopping waste criminals

Environment Agency urges property and landowners to be vigilant in stopping waste criminals

Wednesday, 21 August 2024

Environment Agency warns property and landowners to secure premises against criminals who dump illegally collected waste...

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West Midlands company gives £100,000 to Nature Recovery Project

West Midlands company gives £100,000 to Nature Recovery Project

Tuesday, 20 August 2024

The Environment Agency has accepted an Enforcement Undertaking from a West Midlands waste operator following a fire that occurred in September 2022....

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The Water Vole has made Hull Road Park its new home

The Water Vole has made Hull Road Park its new home

Tuesday, 20 August 2024

After 30 years of decline and no official recordings ever in Hull Road Park, the Water Vole has made the park in York its home. ...

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Tiverton company pays £24,000 for not complying with regulations

Tiverton company pays £24,000 for not complying with regulations

Tuesday, 20 August 2024

Tiverton security company, Kaba Ltd, is to pay more than £24,000 to an environmental charity for failing to comply with packaging waste regulations....

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Chearsley Wetland – a thriving new habitat
on River Thame

Chearsley Wetland – a thriving new habitat on River Thame

Tuesday, 20 August 2024

Partnership project transforms 17 hectares of floodplain grassland into complex wetland habitat at Manor Farm. Flourishing wildlife and flood manageme...

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Chemical spill in Walsall

Chemical spill in Walsall

Friday, 16 August 2024

The public have been asked to avoid an area of the Walsall canal in the West Midlands following a chemical spill ...

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£12 million Cockett Wick seawall improvement scheme completed

£12 million Cockett Wick seawall improvement scheme completed

Thursday, 15 August 2024

The Cockett Wick seawall improvement scheme has been completed, ensuring 3,000 homes and businesses in Jaywick are better protected from tidal floodin...

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Budweiser Budvar pays charity £414,000 for recycling failure

Budweiser Budvar pays charity £414,000 for recycling failure

Wednesday, 14 August 2024

Environment Agency investigation discovers beer importer had been an unregistered producer of packaging for 18 years....

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