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Ofwat: Serious water pollution incidents at highest level in nearly a decade

The number of serious pollution incidents that water companies were responsible for increased to the highest level for nearly a decade in the past year, according to Ofwat’s latest performance review, which also noted a deterioration in the compliance with discharge permits at treatment works

Campaigners criticise monitoring regime as 80% of NI waters rated 'excellent'

‘Test case for 30x30’: Green groups urge PM to accept Levelling Up Bill amendments

Pioneering Humber carbon capture project secures planning consent

Climate Change Committee chief says 1.5 degree target ‘moving out of sight’

'Mystery' contaminant turns 12 mile stretch of Devon river white

EA initiates Broads water abstraction review following landmark High Court ruling

Analysis

What is the Ecology Bill and what chance does it have of becoming law?

Legal comment: Why EU nature conservation laws have survived Brexit - for now

Will Thérèse Coffey be a good environment secretary?

Why England’s rivers will remain polluted with toxic chemicals until 2063

The lobbies, the economics, the environmental impact: UK oil and gas industry briefing

Environment Agency chief executive: What is Sir James Bevan’s legacy?

Has the number of illegal waste sites really declined?

EXCLUSIVE: How ‘killer delays’ are forcing firms to operate without permits

A green and poisoned land? The pesticide chokehold on the UK countryside

ECO CHAMBER podcast

ECO CHAMBER PODCAST: Peer pressure, tidal power, and the government's pilloried poo plan

Forever chemicals, Bevan's goodbye and net zero heroes

Phantom rules, tardy targets, and Thérèse Coffey’s comeback

Lord Heseltine interview, EA strikes and Labour's lacklustre green policies

Jemima Clusterduck, Tory conference gossip and the Environment Agency's dirty secret

ECO CHAMBER PODCAST SPECIAL – SEVERN: The poisoning of Britain's Amazon

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Solar ban lifted and water companies summoned: 9 things the environment secretary said this week

‘Search for perfection’ partly behind DEFRA policy logjam, Coffey tells MPs

Natural England urged DEFRA to rein in Habitats Regulations reforms, documents reveal

Deal with world’s largest tidal power scheme sees boost for Mersey project

‘Climate hypocrisy’: Cumbria coal mine approval sparks public outcry

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Interviews

Interview: ClientEarth’s new boss on the next chapter in environmental litigation

Watchdog unleashed: Natalie Prosser on how the OEP is already having an impact

Interview: NFU president Minette Batters on why we’re all complicit in farm pollution

Interview: The chair of Scotland’s new green watchdog talks about plans for investigations and maintaining independence

Interview: Delivering a huge road-building programme in the face of the climate crisis

Interview: Rebecca Pow on the great British sewage scandal

Case studies

'It's like writing a book': How a seaweed farm successfully won millions of pounds of BEIS funding

The Debrief: How do you solve a problem like Japanese knotweed?

The debrief: How a beaver reintroduction project transformed a polluted protected site in Cheshire

The debrief: How the Greater Manchester Authority mapped the natural habitat on its doorstep

The debrief: How a restoration project removed 150 tonnes of plastic from a Lake District river

The debrief: How a coastal flood defence project successfully piloted a new global standard for nature-based solutions

The debrief: How reuniting a Scottish burn with its floodplain is expected to deliver wider environmental benefits

The debrief: How a habitat restoration project is delivering environmental gains with a growing focus on carbon storage

The debrief: How a renewable energy scheme is seeking to use water from a disused coal mine to deliver low-carbon heat

The debrief: How a flood defence project plans to protect an industrial hub and deliver environmental gain

Data & insight

MAPPED: How clean is the water at England’s beaches and other bathing areas?

MAPPED: The sites that recorded the most permit breaches in 2021

MAPPED: The investment zone bids submitted so far - and the areas refusing to take part in the scheme

MAPPED: Truss’s ‘attack on nature’ - where investment zones and protected sites collide

SEVERN: The 10 storm overflows that dumped the most sewage in the river’s catchment in 2021

SEVERN: The locations where raw sewage was dumped into the river’s catchment in 2021

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The ENDS Clean Cities Index 2022: Overall rankings

Which is the cleanest city in England? Which scores best for air pollution? Where are the most eco-friendly residents? View the Clean Cities Index in full to find out.

Clean Cities Index 2022: England’s 10 dirtiest cities revealed

MAPPED: The sewage pollution hotspots in England's major towns and cities

MAPPED: England's brownfield sites

MAPPED: The best major towns and cities in England for green spaces

MAPPED: 20 years of English pollution incidents

Legal comment

Legal comment: Why a quashed appeal for wind farm planning permission will bring uncertainty for developers

Legal comment: The practicalities of cases where property rights meet environmental regulations

Legal comment: Nutrient neutrality in the courts - the limits of precaution

Legal comment: Why the courts will not intervene when it comes to a water company’s duty to invest in sewage infrastructure

Legal comment: How the government’s defeat on its Net Zero Strategy shows the teeth of the Climate Change Act

Why environmental non-compliance can have legal consequences outside of fines and community service

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LATEST RISK REVIEW: Key policy changes and deadlines, PLUS standard rules shake-up, chemicals divergence and more

The policy changes and compliance deadlines that need to be on your radar in the next three months

The ENDS Briefing: biodiversity net gain

Why Exeter has topped the ENDS Clean Cities Index 2022

Power List 2022: the UK's 100 most influential environmental professionals

Environment Bill briefing

Power List

Power List 2022: the UK's 100 most influential environmental professionals

Power List 2022: The unsung heroes making a difference

Power List 2022: The campaigners who are shaping green policy and legislation

Power List 2022: The most influential environmental consultants

Power List 2022: The environmental professionals leading the way in the public sector

Power List 2022: The most impactful environmental lawyers

Power List 2022: The private sector pioneers

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Click through to view a live table containing details of tens of millions of pounds of financial penalties issued by regulators in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland for breaches of environmental regulations

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