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£67.4 million Ipswich tidal flood barrier officially opened
The new flood scheme will protect 1,600 homes and 400 businesses in Ipswich over the next century.
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National Drought Group – EA Chairman’s Statement – January 2019
The National Drought Group (NDG) met on Monday 21 January, chaired by Harvey Bradshaw, Executive Director at the Environment Agency, to assess the water resource situation and actions being taken to reduce risk for summer 2019.
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12 month prison sentence for man who tipped 100 tonnes of waste at school
A Manchester man has been jailed for 12 months for illegally dumping 100 tonnes of pungent waste on the site of Special School
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Coarse fishing river close season – Public consultation
A public consultation will be conducted on the future of the coarse fishing close season on rivers in England. The consultation is open for 8 weeks, starting on 14 January 2019 and ending on 11 March 2019.
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Hull's £42m tidal flood scheme gets the green light
Construction of a multi-million pound scheme to protect thousands of homes and businesses in Hull from flooding from the Humber has been given the go ahead.
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Thames Water fined £2m for “foreseeable and avoidable” pollution
Oxfordshire water contamination “reckless failure” - judge
Latest from the Environment Agency
- WR10 2NE, Mr Jonathan Crisp: environmental permit application advertisement- EPR/MB3394WH/A001
- BS11 9BW, Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Limited: environmental permit application advertisement- EPR/MB3495VZ/A001
- TA22 9ND, Bury Waste Company Limited: environmental permit application advertisement- EPR/MB3397NG/A001
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