Water companies in England have faced a barrage of criticism as data revealed raw sewage was discharged for more than 3.6m hours into rivers and…
View More Water companies in England face outrage over record sewage dischargesTag: Environment Agency
Environment Agency failed to protect River Wye from chicken waste, court to hear
o The Environment Agency and the UK government failed to protect the River Wye from catastrophic decline by allowing pollution from industrial chicken farming to…
View More Environment Agency failed to protect River Wye from chicken waste, court to hearFrom carbon capture to King Charles: what to look out for at Cop28
King Charles King Charles is one of the world’s most recognised and respected voices on the environment, and was a key figure at the Paris…
View More From carbon capture to King Charles: what to look out for at Cop28‘Shocking and sad’: photographer’s project reveals wildlife lost to pollution in Yorkshire’s River Wharfe
Five years ago, when Mark Barrow started his project to film along the 65-mile River Wharfe in Yorkshire, he captured footage of majestic shoals of…
View More ‘Shocking and sad’: photographer’s project reveals wildlife lost to pollution in Yorkshire’s River WharfeMore than 4,000 English flood defences ‘almost useless’, analysis finds
More than 4,000 of England’s vital flood defences are so damaged they are almost useless, including hundreds in areas battered by Storm Babet. Nearly 800…
View More More than 4,000 English flood defences ‘almost useless’, analysis findsMPs call for review of Environment Agency flood failings in England
MPs in areas of England worst hit by Storm Babet have called for a review of Environment Agency (EA) failings after reporting that some residents…
View More MPs call for review of Environment Agency flood failings in EnglandEnvironment Agency failing to monitor water firms in England, data suggests
The Environment Agency is failing to regularly audit water companies to check they are telling the truth about pollution and illegal sewage dumping in England,…
View More Environment Agency failing to monitor water firms in England, data suggestsFury as national health check of England’s waters faces six-year wait
A nationwide annual health check of England’s water bodies which used to take place annually, will now take six years to complete, prompting anger from…
View More Fury as national health check of England’s waters faces six-year wait‘An utter disgrace’: 90% of England’s most precious river habitats blighted by raw sewage and farming pollution
More than 90% of freshwater habitats on England’s most precious rivers are in unfavourable condition, blighted by farming pollution, raw sewage and water abstraction, an…
View More ‘An utter disgrace’: 90% of England’s most precious river habitats blighted by raw sewage and farming pollutionPublic could receive hundreds of millions as water firms face sewage lawsuit
The public could receive hundreds of millions of pounds in compensation in the first class action against water companies which are alleged to have failed…
View More Public could receive hundreds of millions as water firms face sewage lawsuit