Visiting the River Wharfe
Visiting the River Wharfe
The Chair of the Environment Agency, Emma Howard Boyd, visited the River Wharfe in Ilkley, Yorkshire, last week.
Event duration monitoring – lifting the lid on storm overflows
On today's blog we look into the 2020 Event Duration Monitoring Data, which is fundamental to understanding and improving the environment.
Making it easier to find registered waste carriers
Nick Brenchley, National Lead for Metadata and Data Sharing Systems, discusses the EA's new waste 'widget' to help customers find registered waste carriers.
Launching the flood and coastal resilience innovation programme
Today, 25 pioneering projects have received a share of £150 million of funding to put new aspects of the National Strategy for Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management to the test.
Construction and demolition sites - Do you know what’s in your waste?
Environment Officer Mirela Andreescu looks at Construction & Demolition Waste and explains the importance of permitting and correct waste classification.
Better protecting communities across the nation
In today's blog EA Executive Director for Local Operations John Curtin, celebrates the milestone of having better protected more than 300,000 homes from flooding and coastal erosion
Why Earth Hour matters now more than ever
Van Griffiths, Deputy Director for Sustainable Business within the Environment Agency, explains how Earth Hour shines a light on the climate and nature crises.
Don’t dump it – sort it!
Waste and what to do with it can be a complex and confusing issue, especially when it’s not your business.
Start of the close season: How do we protect our breeding fish at this time of year?
Matt Buck, Fisheries Technical Specialist for the Midlands, explains how close season helps protect our breeding fish. Well the evenings are getting lighter, and across the country fish are starting to move out of their winter haunts - a sure …
Waste Crime – Be Part of the Solution
Our Environmental Crime Officer, Stephanie Marriott, talks about the effects from waste crime that she sees every day and how you can help us in our fight against illegal waste activity.
WATCHING THE WOLF: WHY THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY THREATENS US ALL
EA Chief Executive Sir James Bevan's speech on Climate Change at the British Insurers’ Annual Conference 2021