Environment Agency

Government insists energy use remains a 'decision for individuals', as accused Liz Truss of having 'sewage on her hands' over water quality spending cuts

English rivers suffering increased chemical pollution which is damaging biodiversity, conservation groups warn

Food waste driven by lack of pickers prompts concern over impact on farmers, food supplies and the climate

Funding is aimed at supporting tree planting across the capital, and comes in the wake of searing heat and devastating fires across the UK last week

Defra confirms new legal duty to be placed on water companies to reduce nutrient pollution by 2030, as it looks to ease planning barriers for new housing projects

Experienced business leader to take up post in September, replacing outgoing chair Emma Howard Boyd

Water company sentenced for polluting a watercourse in Bradford with unauthorised sewage discharges in 2018

The latest Environmental Performance Assessment report reveals performance across UK water companies worsened in 2021, despite recent flurry of record-breaking fines

Sir James Bevan expected to warn later today that England faces a ‘silent spring’ without action on nature loss

Emma Howard Boyd warns almost £650bn of planned public and private UK infrastructure investment at risk in current decade unless climate impacts are considered in planning