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JD Spencer Farm Partnership was fined £7,000 and £8,944 of legal costs after two slurry pollution incidents impacted the Bristol Avon river.
The Environment Agency has opened a consultation into its ‘minded to’ decision to grant a permit variation to Angus Fire Limited in North Yorkshire.
The Environment Agency has delivered a flood risk management scheme on Sandon Road, Stafford, giving residents better flood resilience after years of flooding.
A Birmingham skip hire company has been ordered to pay £9,495.50 for disobeying a magistrates’ court order to remove all waste from a site.
Mineral Processing Ltd at South Elmsall has had its environmental permit revoked after the Planning Inspectorate dismissed an appeal from the operator.
These will support Dorset and Wiltshire residents coping with groundwater flooding and promote the response and recovery to flooding in Somerset.
There had been multiple pollution incidents involving the farm since 2012, but the defendant failed to increase slurry storage at the farm as required.
The Environment Agency has taken action to crackdown on suspected illegal waste activity at Blackpole Recycling Ltd in Worcester.
The Environment Agency has acted to restrict access to land in Wigan, Greater Manchester, to prevent the illegal dumping of waste.
A fresh lease of life – and fish – have been given to ponds in Devon thanks to local anglers, the Duchy of Cornwall and the Environment Agency.
Dawn arrests in Cornish town as part of Environment Agency investigation.
Yorkshire Water is sentenced for polluting Pools Brook Country Park stream three times in less than a year.
Environment Agency closure comes after arrests. Bumped-up drone squad takes off to fight dumpers from the sky.
The public is urged to remain vigilant
Suspended jail terms or fines for three men after countrywide crimes Illegal sites read like an A-Z: Cambridgeshire, Kent and Surrey among counties targeted
A company has been ordered to pay almost £10,000 for illegally storing asbestos waste in Northumberland in a prosecution brought by the Environment Agency.
New surveillance, detection and investigative capabilities rolled out by Environment Agency to tackle waste crime.
Company boss handed suspended prison sentence and massive bill for illegally dumping thousands of tonnes of waste across England
Thames Barrier to close, temporary defences on Thames and Severn, more pumps in Somerset
Environment Agency has granted an environmental permit variation to Rathlin Energy Ltd, following a public consultation on the Agency’s ‘minded to’ decision.
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