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Environment Agency tracks down waste criminals trading online

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Waste Crime Engagement Specialist, Alan Dengate shares how the Environment Agency is working to prevent waste criminals trading online.  Once upon a time waste crimes were committed by those working in the sector cutting a few regulatory corners, looking to …

Making a difference: What is it like be an EA Environment Officer?

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Christopher Clayton joined the Environment Agency in January 2025 as an Environment Officer with one of the newly formed Water Industry Regulation teams in Lincolnshire. He shares an insight into his role and the reasons why he is so passionate …

4000 inspections and counting: How we’re driving water industry performance

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In 2023 we announced significant changes to the way we regulate so that we can better address the underperforming water industry. At the heart of our plan was a significant increase in both our workforce and the number of inspections …

The Environment Agency’s Decarbonisation Technology Accelerator programme – a fast track to the adoption of low-carbon solutions

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For the Environment Agency, achieving our Net Zero ambition remains a key overarching priority and one of the ways we are delivering on our target is through the Decarbonisation Technology Accelerator (DTA) programme. Led by Tony Andryszewski, the programme seeks …

Fast-tracking housebuilding through the New Towns Taskforce and New Homes Accelerator  

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We recognise the vital importance of the Government’s ambitious target for building 1,500,000 new homes in the next four years. We support this by inputting into more than 10,000 proposed developments each year, ensuring new homes are built with adequate …

Transforming our understanding of flood and coastal erosion risk in England

Waves crashing against a sea wall.

Julie Foley, Director of Flood Risk Strategy and Adaptation Understanding of flood and coastal erosion risk is vital to ensuring that policy makers, practitioners and communities are ready to adapt to a changing climate.  The Environment Agency is required to …