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The Environment Agency & partners are encouraging people to visit public exhibitions sharing draft proposals for the coastline between Hurst Spit and Lymington.
Thanks to our investigation, the money will go to the Westcountry Rivers Trust to improve migratory fish habitats.
The Environment Agency has prosecuted a Midlands company for failing to complete safety works on a Lancashire reservoir.
On 1 November 2024 the Environment Agency re-opened the initial consultation into an environmental permit application for an incinerator near Swadlincote.
It would have been cheaper for an angler to have bought a rod licence after he was caught and fined.
Burning household waste can cause pollution, harm people, wildlife and the environment and could lead to a fine of up to £50,000.
November is the 200th anniversary of the Great Gale of 1824. It killed nearly 100 people and destroyed villages along the south coast of England.
The companies have been ordered to pay fines and costs in excess of £90,000 for causing trade effluent to pollute 3 kilometres of a Worcestershire brook.
Clear warning to unregistered boat owners on the Thames as owners failed to register their boats despite warnings. More to face court in coming months
The Environment Agency has prosecuted a Leicester angler who was caught fishing in the close season and without a licence on the River Soar in May this year.
Environment Agency publishes mid-programme report for its £200 million Flood and Coastal Innovation Programmes
Sea trout and eels can now access more habitats in the New Forest after Environment Agency fits fish pass made from natural materials
Farmer Ben Hembrow blamed rain which he claimed had not been forecast. But his fields were saturated with slurry which began running down a road.
Communities along the Severn Valley are invited to find out more about plans to manage water and enhance communities at a series of drop-in events.
Nine people have been sentenced for the operation of an illegal waste site in rural Lincolnshire, following an investigation by the Environment Agency.
Efforts include reversing power of the storms as public gets to shape project
More than 1,400 homes better-protected from flooding as Kent facility will hold 25 per cent more water than now, enough to fill 600 Olympic swimming pools
Today, 18 October 2024, marks one year since Storm Babet hit the UK and brought with it extremely heavy rainfall and very strong winds.
A man described as ‘arrogant’ by a judge has been sentenced for arranging waste to be illegally dumped on his rural land near Consett.
Company boss Mark Hunt consistently denied any wrongdoing and blamed pollution on nearby petrol station. But coach depot fuel pumps had not been calibrated.
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