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Thursday, 20 July 2023
The majority of designated bathing waters across Devon and Cornwall have a good or excellent rating for water quality....
Thursday, 20 July 2023
An area bigger than Hertfordshire is to be dedicated to fast-tracking nature recovery, as new landscape-scale nature recovery projects are launched. ...
Thursday, 20 July 2023
A community project to find out how much coastal communities value where they live and how that is impacted by climate change, is being unveiled at an...
Thursday, 20 July 2023
National Drought Group reiterates the importance of continuing to work together to prepare for all weather eventualities and future droughts....
Wednesday, 19 July 2023
The Environment Agency in collaboration with British Canoeing, has designed 5 new information boards for river users and visitors to the River Wye....
Friday, 14 July 2023
A joint operation by the Environment Agency, Calderdale Council, Bradford Council and West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue targeting waste sites that might ...
Thursday, 13 July 2023
Six anglers in Yorkshire and the North East have been fined hundreds of pounds for fishing illegally on separate occasions this year....
Wednesday, 12 July 2023
Latest annual Environmental Performance Assessment shows some modest improvements in water companies’ performance. ...
Wednesday, 12 July 2023
Yorkshire Water has agreed to donate £235,000 to Yorkshire Wildlife Trust after polluting a Harrogate watercourse, following an investigation by the E...
Monday, 10 July 2023
A new flood defence scheme for Keighley and Stockbridge is gaining momentum with the launch of a website to keep the community updated on proposals to...
Thursday, 06 July 2023
A man has been fined and banned from being a company director for running an illegal waste site, following an investigation by the Environment Agency....
Wednesday, 05 July 2023
The Environment Agency's Newlyn Coastal Research & Development Project has been shortlisted in a competition of the South West’s best civil engineerin...
Wednesday, 05 July 2023
Environment Agency survey of informed stakeholders suggests 18% of all waste in England may be illegally managed...
Wednesday, 05 July 2023
Summer is here and the weather is warm, and with the school holidays coming up it’s great to get out and enjoy the outdoors....
Monday, 03 July 2023
A public drop-in event for members of the community to find out more about a new flood scheme for Stoke town centre, Staffordshire is being held on 13...
Monday, 03 July 2023
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted a Scunthorpe-based company and a director for operating an illegal waste facility....
Friday, 30 June 2023
An East Yorkshire man received a suspended sentence and was ordered to pay £2,000 in compensation and costs, after illegally storing hazardous waste i...
Thursday, 29 June 2023
A population of native white clawed crayfish in danger of being wiped out have been moved to a safe haven following a rescue by the Environment Agency...
Thursday, 29 June 2023
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 Ag...
Wednesday, 28 June 2023
Plans to maintain water supply resilience have been discussed by National Drought Group members amidst ongoing hot and dry weather....
Monday, 26 June 2023
Public urged to report sightings of invasive Pacific pink salmon in UK waters....
Friday, 23 June 2023
South East fisheries officers are responding to hundreds of fish in distress as warmer temperatures raise risk of fish dying and algal blooms in water...
Friday, 23 June 2023
Environmental permit public consultation now open for comments until 2 August 2023. ...
Monday, 19 June 2023
The Environment Agency is inviting residents of Bewdley, Worcestershire to find out more about plans for a permanent flood defence scheme at a drop-in...
Friday, 16 June 2023
The Environment Agency is announcing the start of the new fishing season, welcoming anglers back to rivers across England. ...
Thursday, 15 June 2023
An emergency convoy of lorries carrying donated flood equipment has left the UK for Ukraine, following the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam....
Wednesday, 14 June 2023
Thousands of homes and businesses will be better-protected from flooding by new seawall....
Tuesday, 13 June 2023
Full steam ahead for boaters in summer 2023 - Improvements scheduled at 20 sites and more projects coming down the river...
Tuesday, 13 June 2023
A faulty pipe leaked deadly fertiliser into River Witham, stretching 46km in ‘one of the largest environmental incidents ever recorded in Lincolnshire...
Tuesday, 13 June 2023
The Environment Agency is reminding anglers that no crayfish trapping is authorised in Yorkshire ...
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