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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 .
Research shows that acting now to reduce nutrient pollution entering Lake Windermere can help protect its water quality from the effects of climate change
The Environment Agency has issued an environmental permit variation to Angus Fire Limited in High Bentham, North Yorkshire.
Protected salmon and trout died in the pollution incident, and the watercourse was still impacted two years later.
Designated sites include first-ever site on the River Thames in London
VMD launches campaign on protecting UK waterways from contamination from flea and tick treatments
Farmers failed to properly store slurry in three separate cases, two of which led to pollution incidents.
Human error blamed as enough water to fill 300,000 baths taken without Environment Agency licence
Incidents off Kent coastline and inland – company released sewage into water weeks after getting record £90 million fine for almost 7,000 illegal discharges
The Environment Agency has secured £2.35 million from Yorkshire Water for environmental improvements following a series of pollution incidents.
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