North East company directors in court for serious waste offences

Three men have been banned from acting as company directors for five years following an Environment Agency investigation into waste offences.




Adapt or die, says Environment Agency

With less than three weeks to COP26, Environment Agency warns that adaptation – becoming resilient to the effects of climate change – is just as vital as mitigation




Leigh flood storage area expansion scheme

Secretary of State agrees Environment Agency plans to increase reservoir capacity.




Boats put River Thames traffic at risk

Double barge-owner convicted for illegal moorings.




Northumbrian Water fined for sewage pollution

Northumbrian Water has been fined more than half a million pounds for polluting a watercourse in a prosecution brought by the Environment Agency.