Anglers are “heartbroken” after a 250-metre stretch of the River Tone in Somerset was stripped of trees by the Environment Agency as part of flood…
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‘It is desperate’: how Environment Agency staff were silenced as pollution worsened
The internal email dropped into staff inboxes at a time when public outrage about pollution in English rivers was in full cry, generating parliamentary debates,…
View More ‘It is desperate’: how Environment Agency staff were silenced as pollution worsenedStaff blow whistle on Environment Agency that ‘no longer deters polluters’
Staff at England’s Environment Agency say it has been cut back to such an extent that they cannot do their jobs and the regulator is…
View More Staff blow whistle on Environment Agency that ‘no longer deters polluters’Ignore reports of low-impact pollution events, Environment Agency tells staff
England’s Environment Agency has told its staff to “shut down” and ignore reports of low-impact pollution events because it does not have enough money to…
View More Ignore reports of low-impact pollution events, Environment Agency tells staffSouthern Water dumped raw sewage into sea for years
Southern Water discharged enormous volumes of raw sewage into protected coastal waters for nearly six years causing “very considerable environmental damage” because it was cheaper…
View More Southern Water dumped raw sewage into sea for yearsRaw sewage breaches in UK rivers 10 times greater than watchdog estimates
The scale of water companies illegally discharging sewage is 10 times greater than the Environment Agency (EA) estimates, MPs have been told. Peter Hammond, former…
View More Raw sewage breaches in UK rivers 10 times greater than watchdog estimatesWater firms discharged raw sewage into English waters 400,000 times last year
Water companies discharged raw sewage into rivers and coastal waters in England more than 400,000 times last year, Environment Agency (EA) data has revealed. Untreated…
View More Water firms discharged raw sewage into English waters 400,000 times last yearClimate crisis hitting ‘worst case scenarios’, warns Environment Agency
The climate emergency is already hitting “worst case scenario” levels that if left unchecked will lead to the collapse of ecosystems, with dire consequences for…
View More Climate crisis hitting ‘worst case scenarios’, warns Environment Agency