Today we are looking at misleading coverage of BBC’s reporting on United Utilities’ permit breaches at Glebe Road Pumping Station, Lake Windermere.
Combined Sewer Overflows Explained Recently we have seen prominent coverage in the Guardian which claims that untreated human waste was released into streams and rivers for more than 1.5 million hours in 2019. There are a number of points that …
by Adam Bayliss At this time of year you may see Environment Agency workers out and about cutting grass on embankments. When you see us you might wonder, is it really necessary? Especially when amongst the grass there may be …
EA Chair Emma Howard Boyd discusses energy from waste permits and the scrutiny applied to new incinerators
Our Senior Champion of the LGBT+ Network Cath Tomlin, talks about her personal experiance.
We will get through the coronavirus crisis but until then every single action (however small) carries a greater significance. This is made clear by the Government’s simple instruction: Stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives. The Environment Agency is always focussed on …
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 …
As people will have seen on ITV’s “Britain Underwater” this week, the experience of having your home or business flooded is hugely distressing. The emotional and economic damage cannot be scrubbed away with the mud. This month, I’ve met …
One of the questions anglers ask the Environment Agency (EA) most often is “how do you spend our fishing licence money?” There is no short answer to that question, as every year we strive to make a real difference for …
Encouraging your views on our ongoing Challenges and Choices consultation to help protect the water environment.
The recruitment process for four new Environment Agency board members has just opened, with board members helping governments, businesses and communities to understand the benefits of particular environmental measures, as well as the risks of not acting.
