The government’s long-awaited Environment Bill will set out legally binding targets to improve the state of the natural world, the Queen has stated in her speech formally reopening parliament this... Read more
Millions of pounds of ill-gotten gains have been won back from environmental criminals and, on occasion, legitimate businesses. Gareth Simkins looks through some of the largest
Following a meeting between Boris Johnson and Leo Varadkar widely reported as positive, ENDS takes a look at the possible Brexit options for the UK and the EU, and what they would mean for environmental protections
Latest air pollution data shows that more than 80% of UK reporting zones have illegal levels of pollution. Click through to view an interactive map showing by how much each zone is breaching EU legal limits
Concerns over the government’s approach to the environmental aftermath of one of the UK’s worst modern disasters led a toxicology expert to quit an advisory panel in August. Does contamination pose an ongoing health threat?
The government has drawn the Brexit battle lines and set out a proposal for leaving the EU, but will environmental safeguards end up as collateral damage? James Fair reports
A council has been forced to delay planning decisions for more than 1,000 homes due to excess phosphate levels in a protected area. James Agyepong-Parsons looks at how an EU ruling known as the 'Dutch case' is impacting development proposals in England
A disastrous 2016 saw Zac Goldsmith, DEFRA's new cabinet minister, described as the politician 'who threw it all away'. But since then his career trajectory has improved immeasurably
Why pollution in east London's river Lea is a huge and enduring problem, and what's being done to clean it up
More businesses were prosecuted for environmental offences under regulation 38(1)(a) of the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016 than any other regulation in 2018. Here's what you need to know about the Environment Agency's most-enforced regulation
Housing development in South Hampshire and Herefordshire has been halted due to Natural England updating its legal advice following a European Court of Justice ruling known as the Dutch case. Here’s what you need to know
Natural England has indicated it will use “more rapid, less detailed techniques at broader scales” for monitoring the natural environment, landscapes and their benefits as part of a new strategy that prioritises the efficient use of its resources
A Devon council has voted to give "appropriate weight" to climate change policies in its local plan and to develop new policies to strengthen its approach to environmental concerns in the wake of the authority declaring a climate emergency
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There are some regulations that the Environment Agency has stopped enforcing entirely – does this reflect a change in the regulator’s approach to enforcement or a lack of capacity to tackle serious environmental crimes?
What are the most common reasons for permit non-compliance and how can they be avoided? Adam Branson investigates
Former Undertones frontman Feargal Sharkey is fighting to save England’s globally rare chalk streams from environmental collapse and is challenging the Environment Agency to take action
An increase in charges has pulled in an additional £5m in annual fee income for the Environment Agency, but the regulator’s performance on determination times has in some cases got worse
The villagers of Fairbourne, North Wales, have been dubbed Britain’s first “climate refugees”. As sea levels rise they won’t be the last, but are authorities prepared?
The soils in some areas of peatland in the South Pennines were more acidic than lemon juice. Years of work by a pioneering partnership to improve the condition of the moors is returning degraded blanket bog to an active state
Developers, who are contributing to extra pressure on coastal birds with the houses they build, are funding the cost of mitigating the impacts
Local people were closely involved in the design of landscape mitigation measures to offset the visual impact of a major pylon scheme in Scotland
Great Ormond Street Hospital is trying to improve air quality in and around its premises and educate the public coming through its doors at the same time
Natural England’s approach to streamlining its regulatory process could help Southern Water achieve its five-year plan for environmental improvements
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