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2,000 fish die as double pump failure diverts sewage across fields into watercourse.
How businesses and organisations can avoid causing pollution from oil and chemical storage, car washing, construction and other activities.
The stream was polluted after a farm inspection by the Environment Agency recommended improvements should be made to prevent possible pollution.
What your business must do to prevent air pollution - local emissions controls, Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs), eliminating dark smoke, permits for boilers
COMEAP statement on the evidence for differential health effects of particulate matter according to source or components.
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution in the United Kingdom was created under Royal Warrant in 1970 to advise the Queen, Government, Parliament and the public on environmental issues.
A resource focusing on air pollution: sources, impacts and actions.
This document sets out what air pollution is, where it comes from, what we’re doing to reduce it, and what you can do.
Who's responsible for cleaning up contaminated land and how you know if your business is on a contaminated site
Judge - Thames Water "deliberately misled" the Environment Agency in and around pollution of rivers in Sussex and Surrey in which several thousand fish died.
Advises on how to consider light within the planning system.
A tool to help local authorities estimate the burden of air pollution on the health care system.
Process guidance notes (PG notes) on emission controls ('Part B' activities).
Guidance to help health and care staff to work with patients, families and communities to take action on the health effects of air pollution.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
A report by the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP) on the effects of particulate air pollution on mortality in the UK.
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