Environment Agency

New initiatives aim to harness nature to minimise flood risk for infrastructure and communities

Cross-party committee slams 'lack of leadership and deep-rooted complacency' within government over flawed water policy regime

A dozen new projects designed to 'supercharge' peatland restoration efforts are to share £16m in funding, as government opens applications for lowland peat soils pilot scheme

Water company fined after illegally abstracting water from boreholes in Lancashire following successful prosecution from the Environment Agency

Reports of government promotion of unrealistic climate scenarios come as Liberal Democrats accuse Thames Water of deliberately holding back sewage discharge data

Environment Agency publishes latest review of environmental performance from England's water companies, warning that modest improvements fail to address the scale of the pollution challenge

Defra confirms new legislation will lift the limit on civil monetary penalties that can be handed out by environmental agencies

Maximum on-the-spot fines for litter, graffiti, and fly-tipping to increase as part of government's on-going crackdown on waste crime

Industry survey reveals widespread fears that waste regulations are being routinely breached by criminal gangs

Raw sewage pumped into the Gatwick Stream and River Mole in East Sussex is thought to have killed thousands of fish