Environment Agency sets out Covid-19 priorities

Cecilia Keating
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The non-departmental body has shared incident management expertise and loaned a senior staff member to the national effort to combat the coronavirus crisis, confirms chair Emma Howard Boyd

The Environment Agency (EA) has published an update detailing how it is responding to the covid-19 pandemic and confirming that its most vital services can and will be sustained throughout the coronavirus...

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