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Sir James Bevan outlines why adaptation must accompany mitigation to address the challenge of climate change
Approval for work from 2023. Properties better protected from flooding will increase to beyond 1,400. Basin will hold more than 7 million cubic metres of water
The Environment Agency is to fund a new study to improve fish passage on the River Tarrant in Dorset.
The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted two Staffordshire anglers for fishing illegally during this last summer.
A thriving population of native white-clawed crayfish has been rediscovered in a West Yorkshire watercourse providing a boost for the endangered species.
The community has been helping design a mural as part of a £30 million scheme being built by the Environment Agency to better protect homes and business from flooding.
Cambridgeshire property and land retain flood protection.
Three people are needed to help make some of the most important decisions on tackling flooding in Bristol, south Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire.
Whites Recycling Limited fined £36,000 for breaching environmental permit and unlawfully storing waste.
A1 Supa Skips Ltd required to clear the site of all waste
The scheme at Ormesby Beck will improve the area’s resilience to the changing climate and provide a richer environment for residents and nature.
Public consultation is now open
Nature based solutions at forefront of flood defences in Leeds as new planting season begins
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Why urgent action is needed to achieve net zero and address the challenge of climate change
Second phase of £21m Clifton Ings Flood Alleviation scheme to better protect 135 homes in York area from flooding is underway.
Since 1998 we have seen six of the ten wettest years on record.
Waste facility accepted responsibility for releasing contaminated liquid into groundwater.
The Environment Agency is offering free workshops throughout flood action week to prepare communities across Yorkshire for flooding this winter.
An operation to extinguish an ongoing fire at a green waste composting site in Bedlington, will commence today under close supervision by the Environment Agency.
Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, at the Whitehall and Industry Group, 1 November 2022
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