News and communications

Purchase has been made possible thanks to Natural England’s Nutrient Mitigation Scheme supported by £30 million of government funding

• Updated: 10 May 2024

A community event will take place next week to explain proposals for a mine water treatment scheme at Threlkeld, near Keswick.

• Updated: 9 May 2024

The UK Government will introduce new world-leading legislation to ban wet wipes containing plastic.

• Updated: 22 April 2024

The company faces a series of alleged offences across Cornwall and in Plymouth for a six year period between 2015 and 2021.

• Updated: 17 April 2024

Environmental bodies in England and Wales seek views on the future of the Upper Severn Valley,

• Updated: 10 April 2024

Farmer Daniel Macey has been fined and ordered to pay costs totalling nearly £5,000 after silage effluent polluted the Fivehead river close to his farm.

• Updated: 9 April 2024

The Environment Agency's portal will allow water industry workers to report serious environmental wrongdoing by their organisations.

• Updated: 26 March 2024

Views sought on permit application for mineral processing facility.

• Updated: 22 March 2024

Northumbrian Water will pay £50,000 to Tyne Rivers Trust after a burst pipe polluted Monkton Burn in Jarrow, South Tyneside.

• Updated: 14 March 2024

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) counter-pollution response is being practiced this week in an exercise off Portland in Dorset.

• Updated: 6 March 2024

Last week 25 school children from Gizo and Emmanuel schools, Western province, completed 3 days of plastic art creation at the Gizo School Hall.

• Updated: 4 March 2024

Penalties topping £1.7m were issued to companies across Yorkshire in 2023 for environmental offences.  

• Updated: 1 March 2024

Environment Agency warns poor crop-management could increase region's flooding and pollution

• Updated: 28 February 2024

2,000 fish die as double pump failure diverts sewage across fields into watercourse.

• Updated: 27 February 2024

Nottingham Crown Court told how liquid escaped from ruptured tank on lorry into nearby ponds killing fish.

• Updated: 22 February 2024

Local wildlife trusts to receive a £20,000+ windfall.

• Updated: 14 February 2024

The stream was polluted after a farm inspection by the Environment Agency recommended improvements should be made to prevent possible pollution.

• Updated: 8 February 2024

Environment Agency officers blocked by operator

• Updated: 6 February 2024

Letter from Minister of State for Housing, Planning and Building Safety, to local planning authorities affected by nutrient neutrality.

• Updated: 20 December 2023

Highlighting the International Partners Group’s contribution to South Africa’s Just Energy Transition in the areas prioritised in the 2021 Political Declaration.

• Updated: 12 December 2023