By Anna Bond, Green Finance Manager This weekend the UK and UN will host the Climate Ambition Summit to mark 5 years since the Paris Agreement by bringing countries together (virtually) to talk about the future action needed to tackle …
by Tina Donaldson, Environment Agency Flood Risk Advisor in the Thames Area While permanent flood defences remain central to our strategy to reduce flood risk across England, temporary flood barriers have become a frequent sight on news bulletins, and have …
Gavin Thomson, a Nuclear Waste Assessor at the Environment Agency, discusses the EA's role in regulating radioactive waste and how they protect the environment. I’m a waste assessor at the Environment Agency and have worked on radioactive waste safety assessments …
Since Blue Planet II there has been increasing awareness of the amount of plastic we use and it littering our land, rivers and seas but I doubt many people have thought about the plastics that are used on farms being illegally exported to countries all over the world! I certainly hadn’t until I joined the Environment Agency’s (EA) newly established Plastics and Sustainability team in 2018 inspiring positive behaviour change within the agricultural sector.
As part of the £2.5 million Developing the Natural Aire (DNAire) project, salmon will soon be able to find their way to spawning grounds above Skipton in the River Aire for the first time since the Industrial Revolution.
This winter might be a winter like no other, with us all making changes to our lives and routines, and adapting to new rules. But for the Environment Agency, many of the challenges we face are all too familiar. The …
Expressions of interest have opened for the Flood and Coastal Resilience Innovation Programme, which will help communities improve resilience to flooding and coastal change
The Environment Agency has today published its Radioactivity in Food and the Environment (RIFE) report, now in its 25th year.
Mark Fuller had just returned from a holiday in November 2000 when he joined the incident team who were working round-the-clock to manage the biggest flood of the River Ouse that York has ever seen.
As we celebrate annual World Fish Migration Day, I am reminded that in Britain, we are incredibly lucky to have some fascinating migratory fish species. Everyone has heard the tale of the Atlantic Salmon which travels thousands of miles back …
