For those who follow me on Twitter, you’ll have seen that I’ve spent a lot of time recently supervising our pumping operations in the River Aire washlands in Yorkshire. It’s quite difficult to explain the complexity of the flooding and …
Blog post by Chair of the Environment Agency, Emma Howard Boyd, in which she talks about the impacts of the Autumn flooding and the work that the Environment Agency is doing to reduce flood risk and help keep communities safe.
The biggest single threat to everything we all care about, and the biggest threat to everything the Environment Agency exists to do – protect people from flood and drought, enhance the environment, support sustainable growth – is the climate emergency. …
There can be no doubt that onshore oil and gas (fracking) is controversial and emotive. Fracking policy is a matter for the government. As a regulator, the Environment Agency’s role is to ensure that fracking can only go ahead if …
Between May 2018 and May 2019 parts of the South East of England received 30% less rain than normal. The last three winters have been exceptionally dry and we have an on-going environmental drought across the region. There is …
Fish rescue The combination of a drier than average 3 years, high water consumption and climate change means that our environment is suffering. As a result, the Environment Agency’s Hertfordshire and North London area is suffering from an Environmental …
Today, people all around the world are taking part in the climate strike. We all need to listen and take action now to tackle the climate emergency.
Lee Rawlinson, Area Director for Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire Three weeks on from unusually heavy rain and flooding was seen across the North West and Derbyshire, recovery work has started in affected towns and villages including Whaley Bridge. Lee …
As a nation, we have lost touch with water - where it comes from, why it matters and how we all need to take action to protect this most precious resource. Across England we spend about £5 billion a year …
Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive at The Environment Agency From the beginning of the Whaley Bridge incident, the Environment Agency has worked tirelessly with the emergency services and the reservoir’s operator, the Canal & River Trust (CRT), to protect the …
Only 200 chalk streams are known globally, 85% of which are found in the UK in southern and eastern England. The Environment Agency is taking action to protect chalk streams by reducing the amount of water abstracted.
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