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Environment Agency teams help flooded communities recover

Environment Agency teams help flooded communities recover

Tuesday, 19 November 2019

Environment Agency teams continue to work around the clock to protect people and properties from flooding but, as the flood risk reduces, the focus is...

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Environment Agency warns communities  to remain vigilant to the risk of weekend flooding

Environment Agency warns communities to remain vigilant to the risk of weekend flooding

Saturday, 16 November 2019

The Environment Agency is urging communities in England to remain vigilant against the threat of flooding with 79 Flood Warnings – meaning flooding is...

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Environment Agency warns communities to remain vigilant to the risk of weekend flooding

Environment Agency warns communities to remain vigilant to the risk of weekend flooding

Friday, 15 November 2019

The Environment Agency is urging communities in England to remain vigilant against the threat of flooding with 107 Flood Warnings – meaning flooding i...

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Pumping operation continues to reduce flood water levels in Fishlake

Pumping operation continues to reduce flood water levels in Fishlake

Thursday, 14 November 2019

Environment Agency teams, assisted by the military and emergency services, continue to work 24/7 to reduce the water levels in flood-hit communities, ...

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Environment Agency warns flood hit communities to remain vigilant as more rain expected

Environment Agency warns flood hit communities to remain vigilant as more rain expected

Wednesday, 13 November 2019

Heavy rain expected on Thursday, Friday and into the weekend...

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Hundreds of Environment Agency staff work to reduce flood risk

Hundreds of Environment Agency staff work to reduce flood risk

Tuesday, 12 November 2019

Environment Agency teams continue to be deployed around the clock in incident rooms and on the ground to reduce flood risk and keep communities safe....

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Environment Agency helping to keep communities safe from flooding

Environment Agency helping to keep communities safe from flooding

Monday, 11 November 2019

Work continues around the clock in incident rooms and on the ground to reduce flood risk and keep communities safe....

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Environment Agency working day and night to reduce flood impact

Environment Agency working day and night to reduce flood impact

Friday, 08 November 2019

Environment Agency is working to reduce impact of flooding across parts of northern England following heavy persistent rain....

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Sunderland man charged over £12,000 for running illegal waste operation

Sunderland man charged over £12,000 for running illegal waste operation

Tuesday, 05 November 2019

Defendant stored waste inappropriately and failed to keep required documentation...

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The Duchess of Northumberland visits Mitford Dam

The Duchess of Northumberland visits Mitford Dam

Monday, 04 November 2019

The Duchess of Northumberland, in her role as Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland, was given a guided tour of a vital flood alleviation scheme in the he...

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Negligent farmer fined for fouling SSSI

Negligent farmer fined for fouling SSSI

Friday, 01 November 2019

A Milton Keynes farmer who repeatedly polluted a stream in a Northamptonshire Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) has been ordered to pay £8,76...

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Environment Agency completes third phase of vital Ouse Washes work

Environment Agency completes third phase of vital Ouse Washes work

Friday, 01 November 2019

The third year of work to raise the banks of the Ouse Washes Flood Storage Reservoir has been completed by the Environment Agency....

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Action cameras help teams to inspect hard to reach structures

Action cameras help teams to inspect hard to reach structures

Friday, 01 November 2019

Environment Agency staff have been making good use of waterproof action cameras as they inspect hard-to-reach culverts and flood gates across East Ang...

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The new normal: leadership in the climate crisis

The new normal: leadership in the climate crisis

Thursday, 31 October 2019

Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency and UK Commissioner to the Global Commission on Adaptation. RSA President’s Lecture 2019 ...

Partnership project urges anglers to help protect the River Stour

Partnership project urges anglers to help protect the River Stour

Thursday, 31 October 2019

The new online scheme for anglers collects information on fish species and health, and creates a picture of water quality and habitat condition....

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Remember remember bonfire night but make it legal and safe

Remember remember bonfire night but make it legal and safe

Wednesday, 30 October 2019

Make sure what you burn is both legal and safe and spare a thought for wildlife....

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Heavy horse helps deliver natural flood management scheme

Heavy horse helps deliver natural flood management scheme

Wednesday, 30 October 2019

A new natural flood management scheme at an Essex country park is being delivered with the help of a 4-legged friend, Roy, a Suffolk Punch....

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River Stour becomes more fish friendly

River Stour becomes more fish friendly

Wednesday, 30 October 2019

Migratory fish including sea trout could soon reach previously inaccessible stretches of the River Stour in Dorset....

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Innovative ecological scheme to reduce flooding in Leicestershire

Innovative ecological scheme to reduce flooding in Leicestershire

Wednesday, 30 October 2019

Natural Flood Management measures introduced to slow and store water at Narborough Bogs Nature Reserve in Leicestershire. ...

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Permit variation at Horse Hill oilfield: public consultation open

Permit variation at Horse Hill oilfield: public consultation open

Tuesday, 29 October 2019

Application to vary the existing permit to allow drilling of Horse Hill well numbers 3, 4, 5 and 6....

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Myriad of litter collected from fish pass

Myriad of litter collected from fish pass

Friday, 25 October 2019

The extent of littering was evident when an Environment Agency officer undertook some essential clearance of a fish pass this week....

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Regulator calls on businesses to do more to protect the environment

Regulator calls on businesses to do more to protect the environment

Friday, 25 October 2019

The Environment Agency's report includes a review of business compliance, greenhouse gas emissions, serious pollution incidents and illegal waste acti...

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The Climate Emergency: “....this year the answers are different.”

The Climate Emergency: “....this year the answers are different.”

Friday, 25 October 2019

Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency. Royal Holloway University, London, 24 October 2019...

Latest phase of work on major Norfolk chalk stream completed

Latest phase of work on major Norfolk chalk stream completed

Thursday, 24 October 2019

A project to help reinvigorate one of the biggest chalk streams in the country is another step closer to being completed...

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Environment Agency launches future of rivers consultation

Environment Agency launches future of rivers consultation

Thursday, 24 October 2019

Safeguarding our water environment: Environment Agency launches consultation on future of rivers...

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Burton flood defence project on target

Burton flood defence project on target

Tuesday, 22 October 2019

Work has started at Blackpool Street and at Paget High School, with work due to start at the library and leisure centre in coming weeks...

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National Drought Group – EA Chief Executive statement

National Drought Group – EA Chief Executive statement

Monday, 21 October 2019

The NDG met on Monday 21 October, chaired by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency....

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Work paused on the Carlisle flood risk management scheme for the winter

Work paused on the Carlisle flood risk management scheme for the winter

Monday, 21 October 2019

The Environment Agency has taken the decision to temporarily pause construction of phase 1 of the Carlisle flood risk management scheme during the win...

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Plant a tree seed and decorate a plant pot in Kendal with local artist

Plant a tree seed and decorate a plant pot in Kendal with local artist

Wednesday, 16 October 2019

The Environment Agency is inviting Kendal children, families and local residents to get involved in a family fun day during half term planting tree se...

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Godalming flood alleviation scheme is officially unveiled

Godalming flood alleviation scheme is officially unveiled

Friday, 11 October 2019

Some 90 properties to benefit from greater protection from flooding....

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