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Beaches around the country achieved top water quality standards this year as millions flocked to the coast to enjoy the record-breaking hot weather.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Environment Agency teams have been working to restore eroding saltmarsh in north Essex to help preserve coastal defences and enhance the ecology.
A specially designed fish pass could be rolled out across Essex to allow fish to travel more easily through rivers.
Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and the Environment Agency (EA) announce completed scrutiny of the UK HPR1000 reactor design
The Environment Agency will start repair work on Portreath sea wall this Thursday (15 November).
A company has been ordered to pay £10,476 in fines and costs for illegally disposing of thousands of tonnes of waste on agricultural land near Exeter.
The Environment Agency and the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) have successfully deployed a mobile weather radar in Cumbria.
A construction project to regenerate a historic riverside dock area in Hull and replace flood defences to better protect 2,000 commercial properties has started.
Teams of volunteer flood wardens across the North East are playing a vital role in helping protect their communities
The Environment Agency and Port of Blyth have worked together to build a £600,000 flood wall to protect homes and businesses in Blyth.
East Midlands officers are now wearing body worn video cameras to aid prosecutions and as a deterrent to violence
Environment Agency announces new charges for boat registrations
The Environment Agency has completed a vital new Teesside flood scheme which benefits local residents and businesses and provides a significant boost to local wildlife.
A pair of beavers will be heading to a new home in North Essex as part of a pioneering natural flood management scheme for East Anglia.
Green Transit connected to waste crime across southern England
Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency, speech to the Global Engineering Congress - 24th October 2018
A multi-million pound flood defence scheme to reduce the risk of flooding to homes and businesses in Skipton has officially opened today (Thursday 11 October).
An Environment Agency project to safeguard the flood warning service for Stanhope has also improved fish passage on the River Wear.
Freshwater anglers contribute an estimated £1.4 billion annually to the English economy, supporting up to 27,000 full-time equivalent jobs, through their spending on the sport.
The Environment Agency commits to tackling modern day slavery
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