Environment Agency's new Electronic Duty of Care portal avoids need to print and store 23 million waste transfer notes a year
Defra insists budget cuts to Environment Agency will not reduce Britain's resilience to extreme weather events
GMB, Prospect, UNISON, and Unite mount campaign to oppose "short-sighted austerity measures"
Businesses urged to take steps to minimise flooding risk, as new figures suggest last year's floods caused £84m of damage to commercial properties
New report warns government progress on natural environment policies is faltering
Organisation confirms 1,700 jobs are to be lost over 12 months following budget cuts
The desultory fines handed out to water companies that breach environmental rules are part of a much wider problem
Utilities face 'pitiful' fines despite huge profits, with sewage spills cited as causing particular distress
Businesses urged to give their views on how environmental compliance information could be made easier to find
Environment Agency says Britain flooded one in every five days last year but was also in drought on one in four days