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Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, at the Whitehall and Industry Group, 1 November 2022
Fines totalling £105 million brought about by Environment Agency prosecutions in 2021
The Environment Agency has today agreed to changes to the environmental permit for Hinkley Point C nuclear power station near Bridgwater.
Neighbours blighted by smell of 'rotting bodies'.
Revised permit allows for increase in energy generation.
Speech by Jo Nettleton, Chief Scientist, Environment Agency, 7 September, Westminster Energy, Environment and Transport Forum
Colin Barnes given 6 month prison sentence and hit with a Criminal Behaviour Order for storing scrap cars and parts without a permit.
The Environment Agency has launched a consultation on the way radioactive waste will be stored at Hinkley Point C nuclear power station near Bridgwater.
Public Consultation is now open
Public consultation underway on plans for new nuclear power station in Suffolk
The maker of popular brands like Cathedral City and others has been fined £1.5 million - the largest fine ever awarded for an Environment Agency conviction in the South West.
Tiny fragments of paper, plastic and wood among rubbish piled 20 metres high.
Two-year fly-tip racket catches up with pensioner
A joint prosecution by Natural England and the Environment Agency for damages to the River Lugg has progressed following guilty pleas by the defendant.
The Environment Agency issues a permit variation to add mechanical sorting and an energy recovery facility to an existing site in Horsham.
Company director piled up more than 2,000 tonnes of illegal rubbish.
A new consultation has launched as the Environment Agency is 'minded to’ issue a permit to operate a new energy from waste incinerator in Westbury.
Banks of the River Lugg were damaged in December 2020 causing suspected significant and long-term ecological harm.
Northumbrian Water has paid £165,000 to Tyne Rivers Trust after an unauthorised discharge led to a pollution incident near Newcastle.
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