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Thursday, 01 December 2022
More than 70,000 properties at risk. Training takes only 2 hours to complete. Be a vital link for your community and emergency responders. ...
Wednesday, 30 November 2022
This Christmas, the Environment Agency is sharing 24 simple steps that we can all take to make more sustainable choices. ...
Wednesday, 30 November 2022
The Environment Agency has recently informed abstractors in the Ant Valley about proposed changes to their licences....
Wednesday, 30 November 2022
For the second year running, our 148 monitored bathing beaches in Devon and Cornwall have broken records for water quality standards....
Wednesday, 30 November 2022
New statistics show the number of designated bathing waters meeting highest quality standard is the the most since 2015...
Wednesday, 30 November 2022
The Environment Agency’s project to restore flood protection from the River Derwent in Matlock, Derbyshire will reach its halfway stage this Christmas...
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
A project to improve the water environment in Dorset’s Stour catchment has successfully gained a sixth year of funding from the Environment Agency....
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
The latest National Drought Group meeting reiterates expectation that water companies start planning now to manage potentially significant impacts nex...
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Sir James Bevan outlines why adaptation must accompany mitigation to address the challenge of climate change ...
Friday, 25 November 2022
Approval for work from 2023. Properties better protected from flooding will increase to beyond 1,400. Basin will hold more than 7 million cubic metres...
Friday, 25 November 2022
The Environment Agency is to fund a new study to improve fish passage on the River Tarrant in Dorset....
Thursday, 24 November 2022
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted two Staffordshire anglers for fishing illegally during this last summer....
Thursday, 24 November 2022
A thriving population of native white-clawed crayfish has been rediscovered in a West Yorkshire watercourse providing a boost for the endangered speci...
Thursday, 24 November 2022
The community has been helping design a mural as part of a £30 million scheme being built by the Environment Agency to better protect homes and busine...
Wednesday, 23 November 2022
Cambridgeshire property and land retain flood protection....
Monday, 21 November 2022
Three people are needed to help make some of the most important decisions on tackling flooding in Bristol, south Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset and...
Monday, 21 November 2022
Whites Recycling Limited fined £36,000 for breaching environmental permit and unlawfully storing waste....
Thursday, 17 November 2022
A1 Supa Skips Ltd required to clear the site of all waste...
Wednesday, 16 November 2022
The scheme at Ormesby Beck will improve the area’s resilience to the changing climate and provide a richer environment for residents and nature. ...
Friday, 11 November 2022
Public consultation is now open...
Thursday, 10 November 2022
Nature based solutions at forefront of flood defences in Leeds as new planting season begins...
Tuesday, 08 November 2022
Why urgent action is needed to achieve net zero and address the challenge of climate change ...
Tuesday, 08 November 2022
Second phase of £21m Clifton Ings Flood Alleviation scheme to better protect 135 homes in York area from flooding is underway....
Monday, 07 November 2022
Since 1998 we have seen six of the ten wettest years on record....
Monday, 07 November 2022
Waste facility accepted responsibility for releasing contaminated liquid into groundwater....
Thursday, 03 November 2022
An operation to extinguish an ongoing fire at a green waste composting site in Bedlington, will commence today under close supervision by the Environm...
Tuesday, 01 November 2022
Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, at the Whitehall and Industry Group, 1 November 2022...
Tuesday, 01 November 2022
Fines totalling £105 million brought about by Environment Agency prosecutions in 2021...
Monday, 31 October 2022
Craig Hutton of Skip It was convicted of operating the business without environmental permits....
Friday, 28 October 2022
The Environment Agency (EA) is enforcing the annual close season over the winter months to help protect salmon and sea trout from disturbance when spa...