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New opt-in alerts will warn people when air pollution is high, or expected to be high, in their local area
Essex company fined after operator ignored warnings to clear overflowing site
Marine Minister Stephen Morgan visits Port of Tyne to see first-hand the ongoing response from volunteers and multiple agencies to plastic pollution incident
Environment Agency investigations into illegal sewage discharges generate funds for wildlife restoration projects across the West Midlands region.
The Environment Agency has started a 7-week consultation on a new long sea outfall from Exmouth sewage treatment works.
Environment Agency investigations into waste and water offences across Lincolnshire have secured £168,000 for a Lincolnshire charity.
Fire-risk among Environment Agency’s many concerns
Beaches forced to close, local trade hit, equipment failure and lack of oversight by company.
Southern Water has pleaded guilty after the Environment Agency found a dark plume of pollution from one of its sites in a Hampshire chalk stream.
Housing company Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd has been sentenced for polluting a North East stream following an Environment Agency investigation.
Northumbrian Water pays £550,000 for environmental improvements following two separate pollution incidents.
The Environment Agency has secured £50,000 from Yorkshire Water Services for not releasing enough water into the environment from two reservoirs.
Environment Agency has secured an Enforcement Undertaking from Anglian Water for two permit breaches and an illegal discharge from sites in Lincolnshire
Two new analytical tools launched to identify where environmental, socio-economic and health pressures affect communities across England
Following investigations by the Environment Agency, four Yorkshire companies will pay almost £470,000 after they breached environmental permits.
Officers found serious fire hazards and pollution risks during a site visit
Surveillance cameras spot vehicles – five now prosecuted over village dumps
Decision follows extensive review and two rounds of public consultation. Rigorous assessments in place to protect the environment and health
The water firm admits 18 charges of water pollution in Devon and Cornwall and sentencing is expected on 30 July 2026.
Family farm business charged over two pollution incidents in Devon and Somerset with nearly £20,000 paid out in total .
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