Environment Agency

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency

In-Depth Features

• Working with trees - a career in woodland conservation

News

• Inspections target smashed with 10,000 health checks on water network
• Yorkshire Water fined £733k after polluting country park stream
• Native crayfish population survives following major incident
• Environmental regulation reform requires strategic approach
• Powerful animated Cumbrian NFM film wins international prize
• Essex wetland project will reduce flooding and restore nature
• 87% of bathing waters rated ‘Excellent’ or ‘Good’ as new reforms come into law
• Major Northumberland river restoration project is complete
• As flood threats rise, powerful animated film earns spot at Manchester Animation Festival
• CoastCraft to inspire next generation of environmental champions to fight virtual coastal erosion
• New Yealm seagrass meadow created from 'castaway' plants
• New summer surveys to try to identify cause of crayfish deaths
• Pilot restocking project boosts rare glass eels in the Kennet
• Next phase of Hull water project brings boost to wildlife
• Environment Agency scientists seek new ways to save mussel power
• National Trust river project at Holnicote in Somerset, wins prestigious UK River Prize 2025
• Fisheries team takes action to protect endangered European eels
• Environment Agency secures record commitments from water sector
• Wetland restored and 55km of river opened at Billingham Beck
• Country’s largest fish pass officially opened in Nottinghamshire
• Cutting-edge flooding programmes deliver big results for communities and environment
• Flux tower will see how much carbon gets stored in new saltmarsh
• Rare “river jelly lichen” discovered in the River Sprint
• Landmark legislation to crack down on bosses for polluting water
• Calstock flood risk cut and new habitat created
• The Water Vole has made Hull Road Park its new home
• Pioneering project uses nature to reduce flood risk in Weardale
• Nature just the tonic for gin-clear ‘globally rare’ chalk stream in the Norfolk Broads
• New multi-million pound action plan launched to protect the River Wye
• New national research project to focus on Essex saltmarsh
• Five years of beaver activity reduces impact of flooding
• Revitalising the Hamble Brook
• Freshwater? Reviving England’s polluted rivers
• 40 projects to benefit from £25 million funding for natural flood management
• Vital new wetland habitat protected with announcement of a new King’s National Nature Reserve
• Storm overflows monitoring hits 100% target
• Tees programme launched to reduce flood risk and boost nature
• Weevil could be key to tackling damaging plants in Yorkshire
• Ratty makes a welcome return to Cumbria’s riverbanks
• Pick up your butts! Cigarettes top plastic litter in rivers
• New investment in peat in fight against climate change
• Toxic chemical cocktails found at over 1,600 river and groundwater sites across England
• Environment Agency warns of threat of Prussian carp and other non-native species in UK waters
• New funding for farmers to protect the English landscape
• Rivercraft 2: the game engaging young people on flood risk
• Rare Norfolk chalk stream improved for people and wildlife
• Coffey: Water companies – ‘Show us your improvement plans’
• Pioneering nature projects launched to test carbon capture methods in fight against climate change
• Artificial habitats to bring water quality benefits at Whitby
• New wetland habitat thriving on Buckinghamshire’s River Thame
• Projects of Landscape Recovery scheme announced
• 50 first dates for Salisbury's most eligible water voles
• Environment Agency report sets out urgent need to work with nature
• Lower Otter Restoration Project saves rare plants from sea level rise
• Solent plastic pollution hub launched for Hampshire litter pickers
• The Stench of the Sewage Scandal Grows Stronger
• Water companies could face legal action after investigation launched into sewage treatment works
• Carbon-saving Cambridgeshire project to be showcased at COP26
• Chalk stream strategy launched to protect ‘England’s rainforests’
• Adapt or die, says Environment Agency
• Pioneering North East project uses nature to reduce flood risk
• Staycationers urged to become #WaterWarriors this summer
• Environmental inequality must not be ignored
• Progress made but too many water companies still falling short
• New education award empowers young people to tackle plastic pollution
• Measures to reduce harm from storm overflows to be made law
• New natural flood management scheme helps protect homes
• Taskforce sets goal to end pollution from storm overflows
• Planners give green light to Otter Valley project
• Quagga mussels found in the River Trent and Rutland Water
• Environment Agency submits final plans for Otter Valley project
• Stark warning to several water companies as environmental performance fails to improve
• Pollution report is much-needed ‘wake-up call’ for urgent action on the Ribble - Environment Chief
• Funding boost leads to water voles arriving on River Rea
• Official figures reveal not one river or lake in England is in good health
• Government’s £40 million Green Recovery Challenge Fund opens for applications
• Investing in nature is an investment in the NHS, says Environment Agency Chief Executive
• Essex beavers give birth to two healthy kits
• Fish start to spawn again after successful restoration work
• Eels have arrived at the Great Ouse
• A natural flood management pilot at a farm in Earby has been successfully completed
• Coronavirus – Guidance on access to green spaces
• Defuse the ‘weather bomb’ with better protection and stronger resilience says Environment Agency Chief Executive
• Fish and Chips - Tracking Salmon
• Environmental bodies set joint vision to tackle climate change