The Environment Agency has launched a long-term plan for meeting the challenges our water supplies are likely to face as a result of climate change and population growth. The National Framework for Water Resources, launched today, brings together industry, regulators and government to transform the way we use and look after our water supplies. The framework […]
Environment Agency ‘Rod licence sales generate more than £21 million to improve fisheries and support anglers. Vital revenue funds fisheries improvement projects, facilities for anglers and work to tackle illegal fishing. Over 500,000 fish, including species such as barbel, roach and chub, were released into England’s rivers by the Environment Agency last year as part of a […]
One of the Environment Agency’s primary duties is to reduce and manage flood risk in England. We do that principally by building and maintaining flood defences, warning and informing people when flooding threatens, and deploying our teams on the ground to protect communities against flooding and help them recover when it happens. So there are […]
‘Austerity continues with Local Authorities, Blue Light and EA facing another round of 5% cuts to their budgets. Whilst they rightly receive high praise for all their efforts which are well above and beyond the call of duty in these emergencies this is not recognised by central Government whose policies continue to undermine the efforts […]
In the coming months CMS News will cover the progress of the Environment Bill – there will be lots of work to do if the Bill is to match the rhetoric from Government. Emma Howard Boyd speaks at a Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum on environmental standards and the Office for Environmental Protection. Feb […]
Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, and Natural England outline a shared vision to use nature-based solutions to tackle the climate emergency. The chairs of England’s three environmental bodies have (23 January 2020) responded to the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) land use report by outlining a shared vision and practical actions to tackle the climate and […]
The Fisheries Improvement Programme Roger Handford Environment Agency Anglers often ask us about how we spend the money raised from the sale of fishing licences. Whenever faced with this question, I pause to reflect on the wide range of activities this income pays for in order to protect and improve fish stocks and fisheries. Our […]
The Sunday Times December 22 2019, 12:01am. Our finest waterways are becoming unusable, and not one prosecution is in progress over fouling last year. Water companies are polluting some of Britain’s most picturesque rivers, from the Windrush in the Cotswolds to the Aire in Yorkshire, without facing a penalty for the vast majority of offences. […]