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Plans approved for a new ‘aquagreen’ that will reduce flood damage in east Hull

Plans approved for a new ‘aquagreen’ that will reduce flood damage in east Hull

Monday, 14 February 2022

An Environment Agency project to create a large ‘aquagreen’ that will reduce flood risk to over 870 properties and key infrastructure in east Hull has...

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Solent plastic pollution hub launched for Hampshire litter pickers

Solent plastic pollution hub launched for Hampshire litter pickers

Thursday, 10 February 2022

An online initiative calling on Hampshire’s coastal and river communities to collect and record litter found across the Solent is now live....

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Environment Agency raises its ‘plastic pollution’ game for the Winter Olympics

Environment Agency raises its ‘plastic pollution’ game for the Winter Olympics

Tuesday, 08 February 2022

The traditional board game of snakes and ladders has been given a digital makeover by the Environment Agency for the 2022 Winter Olympics (4-20 Februa...

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Environment Agency welcomes new solar farm at former landfill site

Environment Agency welcomes new solar farm at former landfill site

Tuesday, 08 February 2022

Solar farm to be built on closed landfill site in Wednesfield, West Midlands...

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Increasing flood resilience in the River Great Ouse

Increasing flood resilience in the River Great Ouse

Monday, 07 February 2022

How the Environment Agency works to protect properties from flooding....

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Regulators finish design assessment of new nuclear power station

Regulators finish design assessment of new nuclear power station

Monday, 07 February 2022

The Office for Nuclear Regulation and the Environment Agency have confirmed the UKHPR1000 nuclear reactor is suitable for use in the UK....

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Take Back Control: Two Futures (or how to beat the climate emergency)

Take Back Control: Two Futures (or how to beat the climate emergency)

Thursday, 03 February 2022

Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive, Environment Agency Wolfson College, University of Oxford, 3 February 2022...

2 boat owners pay for failing to register their vessels

2 boat owners pay for failing to register their vessels

Wednesday, 02 February 2022

2 boaters have been ordered to pay a combined total of more than £2,600 for not registering their vessels....

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Natural Flood Management work underway in Northumberland village

Natural Flood Management work underway in Northumberland village

Tuesday, 01 February 2022

Work to install natural features to better protect residents in Acomb, Northumberland from flooding is underway. ...

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East Midlands builder put environment at risk

East Midlands builder put environment at risk

Tuesday, 01 February 2022

£5,000 penalty for company and director....

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Discharge of raw sewage lands firm in hot water

Discharge of raw sewage lands firm in hot water

Friday, 28 January 2022

Yorkshire Water has been fined £233,000 and ordered to pay £18,766.06 costs and £170 Victim Surcharge after it admitted to being responsible for a sew...

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North East charities benefit as stinky landfill operator pays £75,000 to make amends for Ryton blight

North East charities benefit as stinky landfill operator pays £75,000 to make amends for Ryton blight

Thursday, 27 January 2022

The operator of the former Path Head Quarry landfill near Ryton has agreed to pay £75,000 to local charitable causes after nuisance odours from its si...

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South West fisheries get a New Year boost

South West fisheries get a New Year boost

Tuesday, 25 January 2022

Thousands of fish have found new homes in Cornwall and around the Plymouth area thanks to the Environment Agency’s annual restocking programme....

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Southwold bathing waters classified as excellent and good

Southwold bathing waters classified as excellent and good

Friday, 21 January 2022

99% of bathing waters in England have passed water quality standards following testing at over 400 designated sites carried out by the Environment Age...

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Work starts to prepare the Salisbury River Park site

Work starts to prepare the Salisbury River Park site

Friday, 21 January 2022

Initial work on the site of the Salisbury River Park project is due to start at the end of this month (January 2022)....

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Kingston boater fined for illegal moorings

Kingston boater fined for illegal moorings

Thursday, 20 January 2022

Barges 'posed danger' blocking river....

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Devon project showcases the future of our coasts

Devon project showcases the future of our coasts

Wednesday, 19 January 2022

Lower Otter Restoration Project (LORP) showcases schemes to adapt to climate change....

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2022: The Year of Climate Adaptation

2022: The Year of Climate Adaptation

Wednesday, 19 January 2022

Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency to the Coastal Futures conference...

How to regulate better after Brexit: Think differently, speak softly and carry a bigger stick

How to regulate better after Brexit: Think differently, speak softly and carry a bigger stick

Tuesday, 18 January 2022

Environment Agency Chief Executive Sir James Bevan's speech at a Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum conference on future environmental ...

Multi million pound Teesside flood scheme is complete

Multi million pound Teesside flood scheme is complete

Thursday, 13 January 2022

A £4.8million Middlesbrough flood scheme that better protects around 500 homes and businesses is complete. ...

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£6.5 million flood defence scheme to protect properties in Stoke on Trent

£6.5 million flood defence scheme to protect properties in Stoke on Trent

Thursday, 13 January 2022

In March, the Environment Agency is starting work on a £6.5 million flood risk management scheme to reduce the risk of flooding for 350 homes and busi...

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Environment Agency Completes Emergency Flood Works in Cockermouth

Environment Agency Completes Emergency Flood Works in Cockermouth

Wednesday, 12 January 2022

Emergency flood works in Cockermouth are now complete...

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Environment Agency delivers major fisheries improvements funded by rod licence income

Environment Agency delivers major fisheries improvements funded by rod licence income

Wednesday, 12 January 2022

The Environment Agency has published its Annual Fisheries Report revealing that over 1 million licence sales in 2020/21 funded improvements to the env...

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The Environment Agency successfully prosecute director of Skip Company for handling waste illegally

The Environment Agency successfully prosecute director of Skip Company for handling waste illegally

Friday, 07 January 2022

The Environment Agency have prosecuted Mr Evran Connell, 54, of Kiln Lane, Healds Green, Chadderton, Oldham for failing to operate within an environme...

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Second consultation on Alton environmental permit variation

Second consultation on Alton environmental permit variation

Friday, 07 January 2022

Opportunity to comment on plans for an incinerator in Hampshire...

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New Year resolution to safeguard the future of native crayfish

New Year resolution to safeguard the future of native crayfish

Friday, 31 December 2021

Partners have joined forces to help safeguard the future of the native white-clawed crayfish to ensure 2022 isn’t their final year in Northumberland's...

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Spectators at Matlock’s raft event urged to spare a thought for the environment

Spectators at Matlock’s raft event urged to spare a thought for the environment

Wednesday, 22 December 2021

This year’s Matlock Bath Boxing Day raft event is looking likely to go ahead, dependent on government guidelines....

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Fishing without a licence costs two Staffordshire men over £1,200

Fishing without a licence costs two Staffordshire men over £1,200

Tuesday, 21 December 2021

Day’s fishing trip results in penalty of £1,238 for angling duo....

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Devon and Cornwall fisheries to get a Christmas and New Year boost

Devon and Cornwall fisheries to get a Christmas and New Year boost

Tuesday, 21 December 2021

Thousands of fish have found new homes just in time for Christmas thanks to the Environment Agency’s annual restocking programme....

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Restored floodplain habitat helps rare/endangered species thrive

Restored floodplain habitat helps rare/endangered species thrive

Monday, 20 December 2021

New life will be breathed into rare, lost floodplain habitats near Grantham....

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