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Large scale illegal waste crime in Staffordshire leads to prison

Large scale illegal waste crime in Staffordshire leads to prison

Tuesday, 09 April 2024

Multiple people involved in a large-scale waste crime operation in Staffordshire are facing prison following a successful prosecution by the Environme...

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Somerset farmer fined after silage polluted Fivehead River

Somerset farmer fined after silage polluted Fivehead River

Monday, 08 April 2024

Farmer Daniel Macey has been fined and ordered to pay costs totalling nearly £5,000 after silage effluent polluted the Fivehead river close to his far...

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West Midlands anglers land combined penalties of £615

West Midlands anglers land combined penalties of £615

Sunday, 07 April 2024

The anglers were found by fisheries enforcement officers to be fishing without a licence in Yeovil, Somerset....

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New national research project highlights Lincolnshire saltmarshes

New national research project highlights Lincolnshire saltmarshes

Friday, 05 April 2024

The Environment Agency will be monitoring 2 Lincolnshire saltmarshes as part of a new UK-wide research project....

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New national research project to focus on Essex saltmarsh

New national research project to focus on Essex saltmarsh

Friday, 05 April 2024

The Environment Agency will be monitoring an Essex saltmarsh as part of a new UK-wide research project. ...

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Frome man fined for fishing without a rod licence

Frome man fined for fishing without a rod licence

Thursday, 04 April 2024

Angler caught and in court....

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Manchester company fined over £870,000 for illegal waste exports

Manchester company fined over £870,000 for illegal waste exports

Thursday, 04 April 2024

A director and his Manchester-based company have been hit with substantial fines following a significant breach of environmental regulations....

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Public information event for Guildford Flood Alleviation Scheme

Public information event for Guildford Flood Alleviation Scheme

Wednesday, 03 April 2024

People who live or work in Guildford town centre are invited to a drop-in event to find out more about the Guildford Flood Alleviation Scheme....

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Judge rules against boat owners flouting Thames mooring rules

Judge rules against boat owners flouting Thames mooring rules

Tuesday, 02 April 2024

Environment Agency took boaters to court over illegal occupation of riverbank for several years....

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Fairer charges scheme for regulating waste shipments comes into effect

Fairer charges scheme for regulating waste shipments comes into effect

Tuesday, 02 April 2024

Amended charges for international waste shipments come into force as of 1 April 2024...

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Wildlife friends bring new life to Hull’s urban dynamic drains

Wildlife friends bring new life to Hull’s urban dynamic drains

Thursday, 28 March 2024

Two new mascots are helping bring to life the history and wildlife of a city centre urban watercourse. ...

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Checks target waste crime in landfill day of action

Checks target waste crime in landfill day of action

Thursday, 28 March 2024

Officers from the Environment Agency and the Joint Unit for Waste Crime visited two landfill sites in the north of England in a day of action....

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Five years of beaver activity reduces impact of flooding

Five years of beaver activity reduces impact of flooding

Thursday, 28 March 2024

Second-largest rodent thriving in Essex...

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Environment Agency publishes guidance on production of green hydrogen

Environment Agency publishes guidance on production of green hydrogen

Thursday, 28 March 2024

New guidance published on production of hydrogen from water using electrolysis...

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Environment Agency raising flood risk awareness in Forest of Dean

Environment Agency raising flood risk awareness in Forest of Dean

Wednesday, 27 March 2024

Environment Agency officers will be talking to residents in Lydney and Cinderford about the steps they can take to prepare for flash flooding....

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Revitalising the Hamble Brook

Revitalising the Hamble Brook

Wednesday, 27 March 2024

A huge new wetland site has been created next to the Hamble Brook in Buckinghamshire....

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Environment Agency publishes storm overflow spill data for 2023

Environment Agency publishes storm overflow spill data for 2023

Wednesday, 27 March 2024

100% of storm overflows now fitted with monitoring devices required by the government. ...

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Construction of the country’s largest fish pass completed

Construction of the country’s largest fish pass completed

Tuesday, 26 March 2024

Nottingham’s Colwick Country Park is now home to the largest fish pass in the country thanks to the completion of the Environment Agency’s £12m projec...

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Whistleblowing portal launched in latest water company crackdown

Whistleblowing portal launched in latest water company crackdown

Tuesday, 26 March 2024

The Environment Agency's portal will allow water industry workers to report serious environmental wrongdoing by their organisations....

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Better flood protection planned for Isle of Wight

Better flood protection planned for Isle of Wight

Monday, 25 March 2024

More than 300 properties and businesses to be better protected from flooding and coastal erosion in Yaverland, Sandown and Shanklin on the Isle of Wig...

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Final consultation on permit for Hemerdon tungsten mine

Final consultation on permit for Hemerdon tungsten mine

Friday, 22 March 2024

Views sought on permit application for mineral processing facility....

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Thames 'mystery' boat owner faces costs of nearly £1,400

Thames 'mystery' boat owner faces costs of nearly £1,400

Friday, 22 March 2024

High fine sends warning message to those with unregistered boats. Patrols on Thames have already begun for summer 2024. ...

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Drop in sessions to be held on proposed Essex flood scheme

Drop in sessions to be held on proposed Essex flood scheme

Wednesday, 20 March 2024

People living in 3 Essex villages will have the chance to find out more about a proposed new Environment Agency flood scheme for the area. ...

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Going the extra mile: Environment Agency fleet awarded Earned Recognition status

Going the extra mile: Environment Agency fleet awarded Earned Recognition status

Friday, 15 March 2024

The Environment Agency is the first government agency recognised under the Earned Recognition scheme for high standards in safety and compliance acros...

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Anglers reminded of start of 2024 coarse fishing close season

Anglers reminded of start of 2024 coarse fishing close season

Friday, 15 March 2024

The Environment Agency is reminding anglers that the annual close season for coarse fishing is now in place. ...

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Project to reconnect River Otter to its floodplain complete

Project to reconnect River Otter to its floodplain complete

Friday, 15 March 2024

The landscape adaptation project will create 55 hectares of nationally rare wildlife habitat; compensating for regional habitat losses due to sea leve...

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Water company civil sanction sees money paid to charity

Water company civil sanction sees money paid to charity

Thursday, 14 March 2024

Northumbrian Water will pay £50,000 to Tyne Rivers Trust after a burst pipe polluted Monkton Burn in Jarrow, South Tyneside. ...

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Helping Kent communities become more flood resilient

Helping Kent communities become more flood resilient

Tuesday, 12 March 2024

Homes in East Peckham and Five Oak Green better protected from flooding, as property flood resilience measures installed in 424 properties...

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Environment Agency officers saved life of trainer

Environment Agency officers saved life of trainer

Tuesday, 12 March 2024

Two members of the Environment Agency have been recognised after their actions helped save the life of a trainer who had a cardiac arrest in their off...

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Penzance businessman ordered to pay £54,900 for waste crimes

Penzance businessman ordered to pay £54,900 for waste crimes

Monday, 11 March 2024

POCA hearing orders Michael William Leah to pay £54,900. Sum to be paid within three months. When he was convicted of six offences in 2011 he paid onl...

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