As an active angler, I have always happily paid my fishing licence, knowing that it ultimately helps preserve my favourite hobby. Earlier this year I landed one of my best catches- a job as fisheries enforcement officer at the Environment …
Cabin crew doors to automatic, seat belts on…. the winter 2018/19 LIDAR flying season is ready for take-off. Last year was a really busy year for us. And this year looks set to be even bigger! So how did we …
As the latest UK Climate Projections are released, the Environment Agency has also published its Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation report. Read Emma Howard Boyd’s foreword below. Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency Climate change is not a …
Walking up and down beaches with sampling gear during a heatwave may not be everyone’s ideal job but I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. I am lucky that during the summer, my job consists of sampling the water quality …
As part of London Flood Week, Senior Advisors Sarah Campbell and Katy Francis from the Environment Agency's Thames Estuary 2100 team talk about the future of flood protection in the estuary.
The Thames Floating Pennywort Action Group is a team of Environment Agency staff from across our organisation that you have probably never heard of. But we have been quietly working, with invaluable help from local groups, members of the public …
Much has been reported about packaging waste recently. Stories on illegal plastic waste exports and stockpiled waste in Malaysia have made headlines. These reports help to raise awareness about an issue the Environment Agency has been dealing with for a …
I’m one of the Environment Agency’s radiation specialists and scientists. Our radiological monitoring team works with CEFAS and our partners to pull together and analyse data from our UK-wide radiological monitoring programmes. Overall we take around 10,000 analyses and radiation …
Hydraulic fracturing for shale gas in the UK is underway for the first time since 2011. The Environment Agency is committed to making sure it meets the highest environmental standards. We are often asked whether we support development of the …
The Environment Agency Regulating for People, Environment and Growth Report 2017 has been published. Environment Agency Chief Executive, Sir James Bevan offers a foreword to the report. The full report can be read here. Regulating for People, Environment and Growth …
