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Buncefield: 20 years since the incident that changed how we regulate 

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Buncefield: 20 years since the incident that changed how we regulate 

In the early hours of Sunday 11 December 2005, a dense fog formed around the Buncefield fuel depot on the edge of Hemel Hempstead. A large petrol storage tank was overfilling, and vapours spread across and beyond the site. 

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Shipping Waste? – I’m here to catch offenders!

Posted by: jamiegoldsmith, Posted on: 24 September 2020 - Categories: Regulated industry, Uncategorized, Waste

Environment Agency Port Officer Melvyn Stammers discusses international waste exports and what he and his colleagues are doing to stop illegal shipments

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Emma Howard Boyd on the State of the Environment Report

Posted by: Emma Howard Boyd, Posted on: 8 September 2020 - Categories: Uncategorized
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Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency, reflects on the recent State of the Environment Report.

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How you can paddle and help us maintain the water environment

Posted by: jamiegoldsmith, Posted on: 20 August 2020 - Categories: Regulated industry, Uncategorized, Water

Alice Mayne, Deputy Director of Navigation at the Environment Agency, highlights how boaters and craft users can work with the Agency help to protect our waterways.

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Looking back at Toddbrook, twelve months on

Posted by: aimeecarguillo, Posted on: 31 July 2020 - Categories: Uncategorized
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Our Operations Manager Chris Wilson looks back at the Toddbrook incident twelve months on

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4x4 drivers warned after group spotted driving in river

Posted by: paigechaplin, Posted on: 29 July 2020 - Categories: Fisheries and biodiversity
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The Environment Agency is warning drivers of 4x4 vehicles they could be subject to legal proceedings after a group of vehicles was seen being driven along a Shropshire river. Several off road vehicles were photographed on a stretch of river …

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Reflections on our regulatory response to Coronavirus

Posted by: Marie Fallon, Posted on: 22 July 2020 - Categories: Regulated industry

Director of Regulated Industry, Marie Fallon, reflects on how the Agency has worked throughout the coronavirus outbreak to uphold environmental regulations

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The Environment Agency: Exiting Lockdown

Posted by: James Bevan, Posted on: 20 July 2020 - Categories: Uncategorized
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EA Chief Executive Sir James Bevan reflects on how the Agency has operated throughout the coronavirus lockdown to keep the environment and communities safe

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No let up for waste criminals through lockdown

Posted by: Malcolm Lythgo, Posted on: 16 July 2020 - Categories: Waste

Through the coronavirus lockdown we have continued to crack down on waste criminals and protect both the industry and the environment

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FCRM strategy op-ed - Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency

Posted by: aimeecarguillo, Posted on: 14 July 2020 - Categories: Uncategorized
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An op-ed from Emma Howard-Boyd on our FCRM strategy

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EA2025: Unlocking nature

Posted by: Emma Howard Boyd, Posted on: 9 July 2020 - Categories: Uncategorized
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A look into our new 5 year plan, EA2025, which sets out how we will help to accelerate a just transition to a low-carbon and more climate resilient future.

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