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Half a million-pound financial penalties introduced in latest crackdown on polluting water companies
The Environment Agency has launched an investigation into the illegal dumping of waste on land in Bradford, West Yorkshire.
The landowner and three waste carriers have been convicted for waste dumping, with the latest defendant told to pay over £11,000.
Northumbrian Water pays £550,000 for environmental improvements following two separate pollution incidents.
The Environment Agency has secured £50,000 from Yorkshire Water Services for not releasing enough water into the environment from two reservoirs.
'Blackwater Joule' to become first Environment Agency zero emission workboat at Henley Royal Regatta. Second boat to set sail in East Anglia later in the year.
Ground investigation works are underway along a 15km of coastline between Eastbourne and Bexhill as part of the multi-million-pound flood scheme.
First Environment Agency Agriculture Report published, providing a national overview of the sector’s environmental performance and regulatory outcomes
An illegal waste site in West Yorkshire has been cleared of multiple tonnes of rubbish following successful court action brought by the Environment Agency.
Environment Agency has secured an Enforcement Undertaking from Anglian Water for two permit breaches and an illegal discharge from sites in Lincolnshire
The Environment Agency warns River Roding Trust following an investigation into unpermitted work at Alders Brook in Ilford.
The Environment Agency has completed £120,000 of improvements at Milford Dam, a key flood defence on the outskirts of Milford-on-Sea in Hampshire.
Environment Agency Chief Executive Philip Duffy’s keynote address looking at how the devastating drought changed the way we manage and use water.
Improvement works carried out at over 14 sites, whilst more projects to come for this financial year. East Anglian waterways open for business for summer 2026.
Westcountry Rivers Trust to receive £60,000 to fund river barrier removal in the Teign catchment.
The Environment Agency has secured £517,000 from United Utilities for sewage discharge breaches into the River Tame, funding environmental improvements.
Two new analytical tools launched to identify where environmental, socio-economic and health pressures affect communities across England
Following investigations by the Environment Agency, four Yorkshire companies will pay almost £470,000 after they breached environmental permits.
Officers found serious fire hazards and pollution risks during a site visit
Weather whiplash continues as climate change brings increasingly volatile weather
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