The Environment Agency has published a water pollution calculator for water companies and industry to use when making enforcement undertaking offers following pollution incidents
Utility firm Severn Trent Water has been ordered to pay out nearly £420,000 after a hazardous chemical leak from a treatment works killed an estimated 30,000 fish and damaged 5km of ecology along a Derbyshire river
The government is to consult on banning the sale of plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds in England later this year
The government is to go ahead with proposals to bring breaches of environmental permits for offshore activities under the civil sanctions regime as an alternative to prosecution
The revision of rules governing the sulphur content of maritime fuels has had a marked benefit on air quality around the North Sea, according to a European Commission report published on Monday
A Northumberland farmer who was prosecuted last year for twice polluting a protected watercourse has been ordered to pay almost £3,000 more in fines and costs for failing to fix the source of the pollution.
The EA has today published its enforcement and sanctions policy, combining, shortening and revising its two current documents on its enforcement and sanctions approaches.
A risk assessment commissioned by charity Friends of the Earth has warned of a high risk of declining environmental protections for birds, habitats and water after the UK leaves the European Union
The chair of the Environment Agency has cautiously welcomed plans outlined by the water regulator for 'rebuilding public trust in the water sector', but reiterated her call for tougher sanctions for environmental breaches by water firms
Flood defence measures that work now may not work in future and we must develop a new approach for the 21st century, Environment Agency chief executive James Bevan told a conference
As part of the first-ever study of its kind, the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales have concluded that regional flood forecasting models’ methodologies should be standardised
Mike Lodge: The media spotlight on water pollution and demand for action at unprecedented levels serve as warnings to industry leaders to act now to safeguard the environment and public health
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