Water quality testing conducted by the Environment Agency has still not returned to pre-pandemic levels, raising concerns that permit breaches and pollution incidents in rivers are frequently going unnoticed

A COP15 co-chair has told negotiators to expect the biodiversity summit to take place in May 2022, as green groups warn the UK government not to use the delay as an 'excuse for inaction' at home

Scientists have warned that developers will be able to manipulate the government’s biodiversity net gain plans for new developments, having examined the schemes of early adopters

A vote that would have sealed the fate of a controversial housing development on the edge of the Knepp rewilding estate has been cancelled by Horsham District Council

Yorkshire Water has set out plans for a smart wastewater network pilot that it hopes will help reduce intermittent sewage discharges into the river Wharfe

The High Court has ruled the government’s £27.4bn road investment strategy to be lawful following a legal challenge from campaigners who say the decision lets the government 'off the hook'

Natural England is seeking compensation from the Environment Agency because its refusal to issue permits for fish barriers has jeopardised a £4m project to restore an internationally important wetland lake that has been polluted with sewage for decades, an insider close to the project has said

A company has been ordered to pay out over £56,000 following a series of pollution incidents related to remediation works at a former Welsh coal mine

Peers have called on the government to step up efforts to protect nature ahead of the major UN biodiversity conference in October, which they say is set to under-deliver.

Latest government statistics show that fossil fuels now make up less than a fifth of England’s material footprint, down from 35% in 2001

DEFRA has opened a consultation on guidance which would require developments that impact marine protected areas to take compensatory measures.