As I begin my tenure as Chair of the Environment Agency it is now, more than ever, that we need a bold new vision for the environment. Over the last 40 years EU legislation has helped shape and promote improvements …
There are over 400 bathing waters in England, and from 2016 water quality will be classified as either Excellent, Good, Sufficient or Poor, based upon regular samples and testing by the Environment Agency to check how clean the water is. …
Close your eyes. If I tell you to imagine you’re at the British seaside, with the waves lapping at your feet and the sound of seagulls in the distance, then where do you think of? For millions of people across …
Richard Farnell, Leader of Rochdale Borough Council, reflects on an Environment Agency backed project to reopen the River Roch in Rochdale town centre and reveal its historic hidden bridge. When I found out that the Environment Agency and Heritage Lottery …
The value of floodplain meadows was well understood in mediaeval times, when the Domesday Book recorded them as 10 times more valuable than arable land because without them people could not keep their animals alive through the long hard winters. …
In West Norfolk local communities are working together and contributing to their flood defences in a new, efficient and innovative way. I work in the Flood and Coastal Risk Management team and part of our work is to review how …
The Women’s Network here at the Environment Agency have organised a range of activities this week mark International Women’s Day. This year we are celebrating International Women’s Day by asking you to make a #PledgeForParity. Can you wait 117 years …
I’m proud to be one of the senior champions for gender and have been for nearly 7 years, from when I started in the Environment Agency. Back in 2009, the percentage of women in senior management had not changed for …
When you turn on the tap for a glass of water, to fill the kettle or to water the garden, do you ever think about where it's come from? The water in many of our rivers is removed and treated …
Guest blog by James Cross, Chief Executive of Natural England. It’s a real pleasure to be asked to write this guest blog at the end of my first year at Natural England. All in all it has been a …
