Press release: Waste site operation to protect workers and environment
The Environment Agency and Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in the North East are carrying out joint visits to check waste sites are abiding by the law. read more
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Statutory guidance: Designation of ‘main rivers’: guidance to the Environment Agency
Sets out the basis on which the Environment Agency should decide whether or not a river or watercourse is treated as a ‘main river’. read more
Notice: Yorkshire Water Services Ltd and the Environment Agency: Notice of proposed adaptive management trial
The Environment Agency has received a proposal for an adaptive management trial in the Hebden Valley read more
National Statistics: Pesticide usage survey: orchard crops in the United Kingdom, 2016
This report presents information on pesticide usage during the 2015 to 2016 growing season on orchard crops. read more
Press release: Landscape protection confirmed for Cornwall’s rare species
Natural England has officially designated the Mid Cornwall Moors as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. read more