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• UK hosted nature summit ends with agreement of a Business & Biodiversity Assessment to shape private sector action on nature
A new nutrient planning tool has been launched to match nutrients to crop and soil need, cutting waste, supporting productivity, and protecting watercourses.
A company has made a financial contribution of over £1 million to come into compliance and to deal with the effects of a pollution incident in 2018.
A new once-in-a-generation plan to overhaul the water system and protect households from disruption has been unveiled today (Tuesday 20 January).
Water companies legally required to produce pollution reduction plans for the first time, using detailed instructions published today
Statement from the Environment Agency and Oxfordshire County Council, on behalf of the strategic communication group for illegally-dumped waste at Kidlington
New plan sets course for cleaner rivers and air, as well as more nature and wildlife in England
Martin McAnulty has to undo the damage he did to a habitat-rich Site of Special Scientific Interest in St Dennis, Cornwall.
Banned rubbish could have filled three Albert Halls. Confiscation order comes as Environment Agency closes 750 illegal waste sites in 12 months
A Shropshire farmer has been ordered to pay nearly £40,000 for allowing dairy slurry to pollute a quarry lagoon in a case brought by the Environment Agency.
Environment Agency and Trading Standards take action over allowing appalling animal health and environmental conditions at Honiton farm.
The operator of a Bristol nursing home is counting the cost of ignoring repeated warnings about inadequate septic tank discharge for several years.
Water companies in England achieve only 19 stars out of 36—the lowest since EPA began in 2011
Bolstered powers for Environment Agency to hold water companies to account
New and tighter metrics will give a more rounded view of water company performance and drive improvement.
Manor Farm Dairy has been prosecuted for allowing cattle slurry to overflow from a lagoon, polluting a nearby river for 4 kilometres.
A Gloucestershire farmer has been ordered to pay £7,048 for illegally discharging slurry into a river due to a leaking pipe.
Over £10 million in water company fines directed to restore local waterways through 51 projects aimed at cleaning up rivers, lakes and seas.
Companies dumped thousands of tonnes of waste in countryside as water board 'turned blind eye'
A guide for testing laboratories on the application of Laser Direct Infrared (LD-IR) for the microplastics characterisation
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