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Last year the Environment Agency successfully prosecuted 108 individuals and companies for waste and fishing offences in the North East.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
CoRWM is seeking applications for the position of Chair of the Committee.
Crediton firm admits it should have checked farmers had necessary permits to accept the waste from building and construction sites.
New steps have been announced to tackle problem waste sites, while a consultation will further help deal with crime and poor performance in the waste sector
Today the government has published its 25 Year Environment Plan.
Hucknall man fined £880 plus £1,989 in costs after driver found to be transporting waste without a licence
Professor Laurence Williams has stood down as Chair of CoRWM.
A nuclear leader from Sellafield Ltd has been awarded an OBE by the Duke of Cambridge.
Experts at the Sellafield site have cut the sixth and final hole in the Pile Fuel Cladding Silo (PFCS), a locked vault that was never designed to be opened.
A UK company has won a multi-million pound deal to supply glove boxes to support nuclear clean-up at Sellafield.
This video shows the huge strides made in the clean-up mission during 2017.
The government has published a new plan to reform abstraction management - to protect the environment while improving access to water where it is needed most.
Matlock’s Boxing Day Raft Race spectators urged to spare a thought for the environment
Speech by Energy Minister Richard Harrington at the Nuclear Industry Association’s annual conference.
Environmental detective work leads to £21,000 fines and £12,000 costs.
Work is now under way to overcome a 20-year conundrum that has hampered decommissioning of the Dounreay Fast Reactor in Scotland.
Environment Agency pollution and hazardous waste experts were out in force yesterday, advising businesses how to safely store hazardous materials and waste.
New rules will be introduced which will save farmers money whilst also better protecting the water environment.
More than 200 stakeholders from across the UK and overseas gathered in Cumbria for a 2-day summit organised by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).
As part of their fight against waste crime the Environment Agency is tackling the highest risk illegal waste sites in a series of focussed days of action.
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