Environment Agency articles

Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey says shale gas exploration will not compromise investment in renewables and can have a limited impact on the environment if done in the right way

28 Apr 2014

Waste industry report says more funding is needed to tackle fly-tipping, illegal waste sites, and growing "culture of criminality"

04 Mar 2014

But agency confirms redundancy programme will recommence once floods have subsided

14 Feb 2014

Environment Agency publishes Quality Protocol designed to make it easier for biogas projects to sell fertiliser by-products

12 Feb 2014

Prime minister's warning to cabinet comes as flooding threatens yet more homes

11 Feb 2014

Environment Agency and government trade blows as swathes of southern England face severe flood warnings

10 Feb 2014

The government's response to warnings tough choices need to be made on flood protection reveals how dysfunctional its climate adaptation efforts have become

07 Feb 2014

Communities Secretary announces new funding for clean-up, but fails to mention escalating climate risks

06 Feb 2014

Lord Smith warns "there are no quick fixes in the face of this kind of extreme rainfall"

03 Feb 2014

Environment Agency's new Quality Protocol for biomethane set to simplify costly regulations for producers

31 Jan 2014

Environment Agency's new Electronic Duty of Care portal avoids need to print and store 23 million waste transfer notes a year

30 Jan 2014

Defra insists budget cuts to Environment Agency will not reduce Britain's resilience to extreme weather events

06 Jan 2014

GMB, Prospect, UNISON, and Unite mount campaign to oppose "short-sighted austerity measures"

26 Nov 2013

Businesses urged to take steps to minimise flooding risk, as new figures suggest last year's floods caused £84m of damage to commercial properties

25 Nov 2013

New report warns government progress on natural environment policies is faltering

19 Nov 2013

Organisation confirms 1,700 jobs are to be lost over 12 months following budget cuts

28 Oct 2013

The desultory fines handed out to water companies that breach environmental rules are part of a much wider problem

06 Aug 2013

Utilities face 'pitiful' fines despite huge profits, with sewage spills cited as causing particular distress

05 Aug 2013

Businesses urged to give their views on how environmental compliance information could be made easier to find

17 May 2013

Environment Agency says Britain flooded one in every five days last year but was also in drought on one in four days

04 Mar 2013

Construction companies admit huge carbon reductions are largely caused by nature of recently scrapped fuel reporting rules

26 Feb 2013