The work to improve a pumping station will help protect 15,000 homes, plus habitat, businesses and infrastructure
Link: Press release: Isle of Axholme to benefit from £35m flood protection investment
Source: Environment Agency
Press release: Wreck of Dunkirk rescue boat removed from River Lark
It was removed by the Environment Agency as part of a ‘boat blitz’ on Anglian waterways to clear sunken, abandoned and illegal vessels
Link: Press release: Wreck of Dunkirk rescue boat removed from River Lark
Source: Environment Agency
Press release: ‘No deal’ EU exit: Government issues reminder to waste industry
Waste industry should review contingency plans in case of disruption should the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
Link: Press release: ‘No deal’ EU exit: Government issues reminder to waste industry
Source: Environment Agency
Speech: Local knowledge. National action. International leadership.
Environment Agency Chair Emma Howard Boyd delivers a speech at the Manchester Green Summit.
Link: Speech: Local knowledge. National action. International leadership.
Source: Environment Agency
Press release: Partnership push to raise awareness of flood risk
A new website has been set up to give residents the chance to help protect against flooding in Hull.
Link: Press release: Partnership push to raise awareness of flood risk
Source: Environment Agency
Press release: £500,000 penalty for sewage discharge at Sutton Park
Severn Trent Water has been fined £500,000 for discharging thousands of gallons of raw sewage from its sewer network onto land at Sutton Park, West Midlands.
Link: Press release: £500,000 penalty for sewage discharge at Sutton Park
Source: Environment Agency
Press release: New £45 million Flood Defence Scheme for Shoreham Unveiled
The Environment Agency has officially opened over 7 kilometres of new river and sea defences in the coastal town of Shoreham, helping to keep the community safe from flooding from storms and rising sea levels.
Link: Press release: New £45 million Flood Defence Scheme for Shoreham Unveiled
Source: Environment Agency
Speech: Steady investments in a changing climate
Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency speech at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Link: Speech: Steady investments in a changing climate
Source: Environment Agency
Press release: Marlow is now better protected from flooding
Almost 300 properties included in flood-prevention scheme
Link: Press release: Marlow is now better protected from flooding
Source: Environment Agency
Press release: Colyton event to commemorate one of the worst natural disasters to hit East Devon
In 1968 a summer storm flooded homes and businesses across Devon and Somerset, thousands were driven from their homes and tragically a number of lives were lost.
Link: Press release: Colyton event to commemorate one of the worst natural disasters to hit East Devon
Source: Environment Agency