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Reforms to crack down on dangerous waste cowboys and illegal practices.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
New guidance outlines emerging techniques for ‘blue’ hydrogen production
Fareham firm admits illegal sewage spread
To allow reinjection of wastewater contaminated with naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) produced at other sites.
A summary of The Forest and Climate Leaders' Event at COP27
Public consultation is now open
Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, at the Whitehall and Industry Group, 1 November 2022
Fines totalling £105 million brought about by Environment Agency prosecutions in 2021
The Environment Agency has today agreed to changes to the environmental permit for Hinkley Point C nuclear power station near Bridgwater.
Revised permit allows for increase in energy generation.
Speech by Jo Nettleton, Chief Scientist, Environment Agency, 7 September, Westminster Energy, Environment and Transport Forum
Colin Barnes given 6 month prison sentence and hit with a Criminal Behaviour Order for storing scrap cars and parts without a permit.
The Environment Agency has launched a consultation on the way radioactive waste will be stored at Hinkley Point C nuclear power station near Bridgwater.
Public Consultation is now open
Public consultation underway on plans for new nuclear power station in Suffolk
The maker of popular brands like Cathedral City and others has been fined £1.5 million - the largest fine ever awarded for an Environment Agency conviction in the South West.
The Environment Agency issues a permit variation to add mechanical sorting and an energy recovery facility to an existing site in Horsham.
A new consultation has launched as the Environment Agency is 'minded to’ issue a permit to operate a new energy from waste incinerator in Westbury.
Northumbrian Water has paid £165,000 to Tyne Rivers Trust after an unauthorised discharge led to a pollution incident near Newcastle.
Yorkshire Water pays Yorkshire Wildlife Trust £300,000 in an Enforcement Undertaking which has been accepted by the Environment Agency.
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