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Year of Engineering: Meet Una McMahon

Posted by: Una McMahon, Posted on: 12 July 2018 - Categories: Flood

Una McMahon is a flood risk officer at the Environment Agency. She has worked for the Environment Agency for two years and holds a masters in town and country planning. She’s part of a team at the Environment Agency working …

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Fighting waste crime: A war we are determined to win

Posted by: James Bevan, Posted on: 12 June 2018 - Categories: Waste

Waste crime damages and destroys. I’ve seen the effects up and down the country. If you’ve ever lived near an illegal waste site, I don’t need to remind you how horrendous an experience it is. They affect people’s health, wellbeing …

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Is your big spring clean legal?

Posted by: Geoff Allen, Posted on: 18 May 2018 - Categories: Waste

It’s getting to the time of year when we think about having the ‘Big Spring Clean’.  The box room, shed, and garage are all earmarked for a deep cleanse, getting rid of those old kid’s toys, ill-advised sofa, and a …

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Dumpers now subject to landfill tax

Posted by: Malcolm Lythgo, Posted on: 11 May 2018 - Categories: Regulated industry

Landfill tax continues to fulfil its primary objective of encouraging environmentally positive behaviour. As a fiscal tool it is working well. Landfill is down 60% since its introduction, and the Landfill Communities Fund has provided £1.5bn to environmental bodies. But …

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Illegal elver fishing and how we tackle it

Posted by: Jay Rana, Posted on: 3 May 2018 - Categories: Fisheries and biodiversity

The elver fishery is an area of fishery enforcement that not many anglers will ever see, as it happens on tidal waters at night during the months of February – May. Elvers are juvenile eels and they are currently on …

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Invasive species week: coastline risks from invasive species and how we tackle them

Posted by: Nina Godsell, Posted on: 27 March 2018 - Categories: Fisheries and biodiversity, Water

As part of invasive species I wanted to uncover the coastline risk of invasive species and the work I do as part of my role to tackle this issue. I was very fortunate to grow up a 10 minute walk …

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Why the best preparation for flooding happens on dry days

Posted by: John Curtin, Posted on: 16 February 2018 - Categories: Climate change, Flood, Water

“Prepare. Act. Survive.” Those are the simple but stark words behind the campaign we’ve launched this week to help keep people safe from flooding. Over 5 million properties across the country are at risk of flooding – that’s more than …

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Rain helping the environment and groundwater in the south east

Posted by: Paul Hickey, Posted on: 9 February 2018 - Categories: Water

Following the recent rain in the south east the soil is wetter, many reservoirs have risen and groundwater replenishment has started. This improvement is welcome because the autumn and the previous winter were dry in the south east of England. …

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Meet the EA angler: Dougal Ziegler

Posted by: Dougal Ziegler, Posted on: 7 February 2018 - Categories: Fisheries and biodiversity

Dougal Ziegler is an angler and environment officer who deals with pollution and water quality on the River Wye in Herefordshire, which for Dougal is “the greatest river of them all”. For 6 years now I’ve been an Environment Officer, …

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Why my story? Crossing bridges at TEDxWhitehallWomen

Posted by: Claire Eadington, Posted on: 26 January 2018 - Categories: Uncategorized

Last year I found myself standing on the famous red TEDx stage holding a tuning fork, a biro and a cycling shoe. No I hadn’t taken the wrong turn backstage, I was about to deliver a speech to an audience …

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