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A National Drought Group (NDG) meeting was convened today (4 June) to review water resources ahead of summer, following a dry winter and spring which has affected river flows and groundwater levels.
The National Drought Group met on 4 June 2019
The Environment Agency is carrying out a review of new data which shows a significant reduction in salmon stock levels in the Severn Estuary.
Third man gets suspended sentence and night curfew following waste crime convictions.
Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency, speech to Devon and Cornwall Soils Alliance, Lakeside, Roadford Reservoir, Devon
Public invited to see £42.3m flood defence scheme in Sandwell Valley Country Park
Oil seen in a tributary of the River Worth
Sewage leaked from a manhole at South Sands Beach in 2012 and again during Easter Bank Holiday in 2017.
A pioneering project looking into whether temporarily flooding agricultural land around the Humber could benefit farmers and wildlife is appealing for land.
A stretch of the River Yare near Norwich has been improved thanks to a river habitat project.
Protecting our native white-clawed crayfish from the invasive American signal crayfish
The work will better protect more than 4,500 properties from tidal flooding
Environment Agency teams have moved around 700 fish to safety
Construction of one of the biggest flood defence schemes in the country was officially launched by the Environment Minister in Hull today (Thursday 16 May).
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
American Skunk Cabbage, an invasive ornamental bog plant, has been found for first time in Derby
The first progress report of the landmark 25 Year Environment Plan is published during the Year of Green Action.
The Environment Agency has resumed seasonal water quality testing at more than 400 popular swimming spots.
Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, Water Industry Forum, Birmingham, 8 May 2019
A call is being made for volunteers to join in a community river clean-up day to help improve the waterfront in Otley.
A Norfolk farmer collected and burned hazardous waste including fridges, freezers and dead animals despite Environment Agency warnings.
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