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The Environment Agency has given a drought permit to South East Water to help secure the public water supply at Ardingly Reservoir.
32-year-old is being questioned in connection with illegal waste sites in Peterlee and Hartlepool, County Durham.
Expanded Leigh flood storage area and new Hildenborough defences will reduce flood-risk to 1,870 homes and 575 businesses.
The court found that the company’s conduct amounted to reckless failures as judge says that 'incidents of pollution will not be tolerated'.
Planning approval for the Environment Agency’s Greatham North East flood alleviation scheme has now been granted by Hartlepool Borough Council.
Plans include stream channel upgrades, new footbridges, erosion protection and improved flood defences
Incidents killed fish and eels, and closed beaches for days
Environment Agency investigation ends in prosecution of company which ignored waste permit regulations and orders to stop operations on site in Birmingham.
The operator of a regulated waste facility in Sheffield who did not have an environmental permit has been handed a 39-week suspended prison sentence.
New research from EA, Cefas and Natural Resources Wales shows that salmon stocks in England have fallen to their lowest level since records began.
Environment Agency response outlining actions to implement the Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce Review.
Total to pay is more than £36,000 including costs with five-year criminal behaviour order and suspended custodial sentence.
Water bosses updated National Drought Group on winter plans, as research shows above-average rainfall needed to end drought by April 2027.
Somerset Prepared seeks nominations for its Community Resilience Awards, which celebrate people and groups who help their communities with emergencies.
Ground survey investigations for the Ventnor Coastal Defence Scheme will begin mid-September.
United Utilities Limited fined £900,000 for five environmental permit offences following successful Environment Agency investigation into sewage spill.
Further arrests made as part of Environment Agency investigation, supported by Surrey Police and the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit
The Environment Agency has blocked access to a former quarry in West Yorkshire where waste has been dumped illegally.
Environment Secretary visits Havant Thicket, England's first new reservoir in over 30 years as water resilience is a top government priority
The Environment Agency is investigating three North East illegal waste dumps amounting to almost 3,500 tonnes of waste.
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