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The Environment Agency has secured £2.35 million from Yorkshire Water for environmental improvements following a series of pollution incidents.
Construction is to begin on a new flood defence scheme at Severn Stoke, Worcestershire, reducing flood risk to homes, businesses, and infrastructure.
New flood defences already operational, protecting homes through wet months and set to help prevent an estimated £10 billion in damage
An estimated 21,000 tonnes of illegal waste to be removed after being dumped by criminal gangs
Investigations by the Environment Agency into water pollution has brought a contribution of £2.1 million from Severn Trent Water Limited to a river charity.
WFL UK Ltd paid £350,000 to Wessex Rivers Trust after a 2021 diesel spill on the River Test.
The Environment Agency has secured £300,000 from Wessex Water for the Yeovil Rivers Community Trust, to be used to improve habitat in the Upper Yeo catchment.
Record £8.5 million funding secured through enforcement action will be reinvested directly into repairing harm to rivers and habitats
Fishing licence income delivers £10 million of investment in fisheries since 2015
Following an Environment Agency investigation, United Utilities pleaded guilty to introducing thousands of fish into Bessy Brook, near Bolton, without a permit.
The Environment Agency will take the helm as Lead Environmental Regulator to coordinate streamlined, joined-up advice.
'I don’t do e-mails' among excuses for not clearing overflowing skips
The Environment Agency and Dorset Council are hosting drop-in events in Weymouth, Blandford, Winterborne Stickland, Sydling St Nicholas and Dorchester
Waste companies that operate in Bristol, Cornwall and Devon investigated over waste regulations and will pay £28,500 to environmental charities.
A company and its director have been ordered to pay more than £142,000 for illegally exporting contaminated plastic waste across the world to Malaysia.
A crooked family who ran an illegal waste site in Lincolnshire must pay a total of nearly £67,000 in confiscation orders, following a Proceeds of Crime hearing.
GDA process enables regulators to assess new nuclear power station designs at an early stage of the regulatory process
Environment Agency completes record number of water company inspections driving improved performance across the sector
Environment Agency water enforcement team increases by almost fivefold since 2023
Spring coastal defence works are under way in Sussex, shifting shingle and installing £250,000 of timber to protect 3,000 homes through 2027.
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