Illegal waste dealers ordered to pay back £200,000
Link: Press release: Wiltshire waste dealer forced to pay back £200,000
Source: Environment Agency
News story: National Drought Group – EA Chairman’s Statement – March 2019
The National Drought Group (NDG) met on Monday 18 March, chaired by Harvey Bradshaw, Executive Director at the Environment Agency, to assess the latest water resource situation and actions being taken to reduce risk for the summer.
Link: News story: National Drought Group – EA Chairman’s Statement – March 2019
Source: Environment Agency
Speech: Escaping the jaws of death: ensuring enough water in 2050
Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency
Waterwise Conference, 19 March 2019
Link: Speech: Escaping the jaws of death: ensuring enough water in 2050
Source: Environment Agency
Press release: Fishing without a licence costs Leicestershire man over £560 more than cost of licence
A 21-year-old man has been successfully prosecuted by the Environment Agency after being found guilty of fishing without a licence in July 2018.
Link: Press release: Fishing without a licence costs Leicestershire man over £560 more than cost of licence
Source: Environment Agency
Press release: Engineering first as Dutch flood defence scheme is unveiled in Somerset
The tiny coastal community of Stolford has become the first location in the UK to benefit from innovative flood defence technology pioneered in Holland.
Link: Press release: Engineering first as Dutch flood defence scheme is unveiled in Somerset
Source: Environment Agency
Speech: It’s raining men: gender diversity and climate change
Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency speech at the Women’s Engineering Society Centenary Conference
Link: Speech: It’s raining men: gender diversity and climate change
Source: Environment Agency
News story: Environment Agency Chair reappointed
Emma Howard Boyd has been reappointed as Environment Agency Chair.
Link: News story: Environment Agency Chair reappointed
Source: Environment Agency
Press release: Businessman jailed for running three illegal waste sites
Businessman Sidney Nicholls was sentenced to one year in prison suspended for two years and ordered to pay £30,000 costs.
Link: Press release: Businessman jailed for running three illegal waste sites
Source: Environment Agency
Press release: Close season for coarse fishing on rivers starts
The Environment Agency is reminding anglers that coarse fishing on rivers is closed for three months from Friday 15 March.
Link: Press release: Close season for coarse fishing on rivers starts
Source: Environment Agency
Press release: Work starts on fish pass at iconic Grade II Crumpwood weir
Building work began on a unique fish pass, which is being built underneath the nearby disused 19th century pump house on River Churnet.
Link: Press release: Work starts on fish pass at iconic Grade II Crumpwood weir
Source: Environment Agency