Charities paid £190,000 after North East pollution incidents
The Environment Agency has accepted four Enforcement Undertakings which will see money paid to North East charities, benefiting the environment and wildlife
Wessex Water pays £975,000 after sewage spills
Companies that polluted rivers and made other environmental breaches have agreed to pay more than £2.2m to a host of green charities and projects.
Corrugated firm fined for turning river purple
Repentant Ablebox has been stung with a bill of £13,017 after the “criminal” disposal of waste ink turned the nearby river Yeo purple.
NASA Satellite Photos Show Polluted Rivers Dumping Into The Carolina Coast
NASA just released a stark comparison of how Hurricane Florence impacted the Carolina coastline as polluted rivers dump into the Atlantic.
Norfolk farm pollution leads to £23,000 penalty
Liquid organic waste from vegetable processing plants polluted watercourses after it was spread on a farm in Norfolk without authorisation, a court heard.
Northern Ireland Water fined £80,000 for pollution
The company was fined £60k in respect of two separate discharges from a sewage treatment works at Killinchy, County Down in 2017. It was also fined £20,000 for a fish kill near Castlewellan in 2016
Warning over poultry farm growth ‘explosion’ in Wales
An “explosion” in the number of poultry farms in Wales is threatening the environment, countryside campaigners have warned.
Plan for Snowdonia’s biggest ever poultry farm has critics spitting feathers
TV naturalist Iolo Williams is among those opposed to the development on land at Llanegryn near Tywyn in Gwynedd.
Environment Agency calls for action on water efficiency
Rivers and wildlife could be left without sufficient water unless action is taken to reduce water use and wastage, according to an Environment Agency report published today.
Developing an effective water treatment plan to prevent water pollution
At the present time businesses, govements, conservation bodies and members of the public are becoming increasingly aware and concerned about the environmental impacts associated with the discharge of silty (sediment rich) waters into our inland