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The Environment Agency has launched a consultation into an environmental permit application from Fornax (North East) Ltd to operate an energy-from-waste plant.
A statement of ambition on upcoming plastic pollution treaty negotiations signed by leading businesses and financial institutions.
We, a group of leading businesses, financial institutions and trade…
Pig slurry overflowed from the store, got into surface water drains and then the stream.
Huge loss of soil from potato field costs farmer over £40,000 for polluting river, with potatoes and silt escaping into the road.
Royal Agricultural University to benefit from Defra funding to research the impacts of pollution on Ukraine’s arable soil due to the war with Russia.
Water companies will now have to publish plans to reduce pollution incidents and address the use of nature-based solutions when managing wastewater.
The Government will invest water company fines into local projects across the country to clean up our rivers, lakes and seas
Letter from the Environment Agency to Ofwat regarding Environment Performance Assessment Category 1 water pollution incidents.
Fancied a dip in the River Tone but unsure about its water quality? Come and ask your questions and share any concerns about the French Weir Park bathing water.
Yorkshire Water has been fined £350,000 after one of its sewage pumping stations polluted a York watercourse.
The next phase of Hull’s Dynamic Drains project gets underway – helping to transform the city’s urban watercourses.
Mussel samples are a yardstick for coastal water quality. But with mussel numbers in decline, scientists are inventing new ways to sample waters.
New crackdown is the largest criminal action against water companies in history.
Communities who campaigned to turn their favourite spots into official bathing waters asked to help the Environment Agency make them cleaner to swim in.
Environment Agency sampling of Devon and Cornwall's 155 monitored beaches has started and will run through until the end of September.Â
Environment Agency monitoring of the 56 designated bathing waters between Highcliffe and Hastings Pelham have started ahead of summer.
Quarry director let waste mountains pile up way beyond legal amount. Enough waste at one site to nearly fill the Royal Albert Hall 3 times
New laws in force today mark the toughest sentencing powers against law-breaking water executives in history.
Environment Agency launches consultation on cost recovery for water company enforcement activities.
Supporting the fishing industry in removing litter from the sea while promoting sustainable waste management practices.
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