There has been coverage today in the Times - part of its Clean It Up campaign - regarding guidance for farmers to reduce and prevent agricultural pollution into waterways. The piece states that ministers have been accused of giving farmers ...
The Times has launched its Clean It Up campaign which calls for more action to tackle water pollution. We welcome the awareness it will raise of this critically important issue and scrutiny on the work being taken to tackle it.
As part of The Times Clean It Up campaign there are claims that water companies could "escape higher fines" for spilling sewage into rivers and seas. This is not the case. We have been clear that all options - including ...
Ips typographus is a serious pest of spruce trees. This guidance sets our movement restrictions on spruce trees originating within the Demarcated Area
Looking at inaccurate coverage in today's Observer on payments to farmers following the UK's exit from the EU.
There has been coverage in outlets including Business Live, the Yorkshire Post, Press and Journal and Fishing Daily following our announcement on the winners of the first round of the £100 million UK Seafood Fund's Skills and Training scheme. Winning ...
Jenny Connell has worked in the Environment Agency for 15 years. She is a Senior Specialist in the Environment Agency's net zero team - and here, she gives an insight into the science behind the EA's carbon offsetting strategy to mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Today our media blog addresses speculative coverage on the governments position on fur and foie gras.
Debbie Thompson leads the Stour Field Team and has been with the Environment Agency for 15 years. Here, Debbie explains how the team works throughout the year to help protect communities from flooding and improve the environment for people and nature. The 14-strong field team can be seen working across this large chunk of east Kent on most days of the year.
You may have seen in our recent environmental land management update that the second round of Landscape Recovery will open in spring. To help you prepare, we're hosting a series of webinars. In this post, I'll share a brief overview of Landscape Recovery, our progress so far and the details of those webinars.
Jennifer Howard is an Asset Performance Advisor who has worked in Flood and Coastal Risk Management for the Environment Agency for 18 years. Her work is focussed on flood incident response. Here, she talks about how her background and how ...
We know there are people out there who see the waste industry as a route to make a fast buck. But we are on a mission to stop them to protect the environment, support the legitimate waste management industry and ...
This is the third in a series of films exploring how environmental improvements and farming go hand in hand in the Lake District. Local farm facilitator Danny Teasdale talks with auctioneer and Managing Director of The Farmer Network, Adam Day, about the importance of building environmental solutions that fit with farmers' businesses.
Today we are looking at coverage of our announcement of the next steps for our Deposit Return Scheme for drinks containers.
At the end of this month, the first round of the Slurry Infrastructure grant will close for applications. So, if you haven't yet applied, now is the time to. In this post, I'll give you a recap of the grant and the process to apply before the 31 January.
There has been inaccurate coverage about issues of septic tank storage in Cornwall. It includes claims that the Environment Agency (EA) has changed the rules on firms being able to spread waste from septic tanks on land. This is not the ...
Today we are looking at media coverage of our announcement on new research led by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) and funded by Defra that sheds new light on invasive species 'hitchhiking' across the sea on floating marine debris.
Today we are looking at media coverage of new action plan to protect food security, trade and plant health
A fortnight ago, we made full guidance for the new Slurry Infrastructure grant available on GOV.UK. I said I'd blog again when it was time to apply. I'm pleased to say that the first round is now open for applications and it will stay open until 31 January 2023.
Today we look at coverage after the UK reached an agreement with the EU to secure over £280 million of fishing opportunities for the UK fishing industry.
While stock of Atlantic Salmon in some English rivers has been struggling in recent years, Derbyshire's River Derwent, which flows into the River Trent, has seen stock steadily improving. Over the last 10 years, the Environment Agency and partner organisations ...
The UK overseas territory of the Pitcairn Islands is one of the most remote in the world. Spanning the four small islands of Pitcairn, Oeno, Henderson, and Ducie, they form part of a remote volcanic outcrop in the Southern ...
Defra has announced 45,000 visas for seasonal workers will be available to horticulture businesses next year - an uplift of 15,000 compared to what was available at the start of 2022.
Farmers, vets, industry representatives, and colleagues in government are shaping the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway together. The first step of the pathway is the Annual Health and Welfare Review. In this post, we share how we used co-design to create the yearly vet visits.
As we mark Biodiversity COP15, Hilary Phillips, Senior Project Officer for the River Thame Conservation Trust, explains how partnership working has transformed 32 hectares of floodplain grassland across two sites in Buckinghamshire into complex wetland habitats. At Eythrope on the ...
