07 Nov 2018
Government’s 25 Year Plan for the Environment: Government Response Published The Environmental Audit Committee publishes the Government’s response to its report ‘The Government’s 25 Year Plan for the Environment’. Read the Government Response: The Government’s 25 Year Plan for the Environment Read the Government Response: The Government’s 25 Year Plan for the Environment (PDF […]
07 Nov 2018
EAC Chair Mary Creagh MP condemns raid on Agency staff to work on Brexit 08 November 2018 The Environmental Audit Committee publishes a letter from Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, confirming that 400 staff have been moved from Natural England, the Environment Agency, Rural Payments Agency, and other Defra […]
07 Nov 2018
Thames Water has published its first Environmental, Social and Governance Statement today and been recognised for its commitment to sustainability in a global review. The statement brings together key metrics to provide stakeholders and investors with an overview of performance in an accessible format. It demonstrates a further commitment to transparency and ensures business activities […]
07 Nov 2018
Emma Formoy, Project Director of the Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme: After the summer we’ve just had, memories of Oxford’s roads underwater, the railway line closed, and water damage to homes and businesses may seem in the distant past. But working on the Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme I’m aware how vulnerable Oxford remains to flooding. Climate change […]
07 Nov 2018
Environment Agency ‘Freshwater anglers contribute an estimated £1.4 billion annually to the English economy, supporting up to 27,000 full-time equivalent jobs, through their spending on the sport. This is according to an Environment Agency study published today, the first time since 2005 that a major study of angling activity and expenditure has taken place. The […]
07 Nov 2018
Essex , EA ‘It is oped the Eurasian Beavers will improve biodiversity and help to reduce local flood risk as part of a new approach to flood prevention at the historic Spains Hall Estate, just upstream of the picturesque village of Finchingfield. The Environment Agency is working in partnership with Spains Hall Estate, the Essex […]
05 Nov 2018
By Michael Gove, Secretary of State “Some of my earliest memories are of joining my dad at the fish merchant’s business he ran in Aberdeen. It was set up by my grandfather, and generations of my family before him had made their living from the sea. But in recent decades our fishing industry has been in decline […]
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