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NRW to tackle pollution from abandoned Powys metal mines
Natural Resources Wales is looking to tackle pollution from abandoned metal mines in a community between Llanidloes and Machynlleth. The Dylife Metal Mine Project aims to…
£1m project to bring boost for wildlife and water quality starts
Work on a project to restore wetland habitat opens up 55km of river for fish and improve community access at a Tees Valley country park will…
Yorkshire tops £1.7m Enforcement Undertakings for 2023
Penalties topping £1.7m were issued to companies across Yorkshire in 2023 for environmental offences. More than £1.7 million has made its way to environmental charities or…
Stream polluted by “negligent” Southern Water
2,000 fish die as double pump failure diverts sewage across fields into watercourse. Southern Water has been fined £330,000 after raw sewage escaped into a stream…
Hillside Dairy Farms fined over ‘grossly polluted’ Co Tyrone river
A Co Tyrone business has been fined £5,000 for polluting a river. Hillside Dairy Farms Ltd, at Camderry Road in Dromore, was charged with making a…
Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR) offences
Policy Paper Updated 21st Feb 2024 EPR can be used for offences related to regulated facilities, including waste operations, water discharge activities and flood risk activities. For…
40 projects to benefit from £25 million funding for natural flood management
Forty projects which will use natural processes such as planting trees and creating wetlands to reduce the risk of flooding are set to benefit from a…
Waste firm to pay £68,500 for liquid cyanide leak in Derbyshire
Nottingham Crown Court told how liquid escaped from ruptured tank on lorry into nearby ponds killing fish. The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted a waste transport…
Water company inspections will more than quadruple as the Government cracks down on poor performing companies.
Fourfold increase in water company inspections to hold companies to account. Includes up to 500 additional staff for inspections, enforcement and stronger regulation over the next…
Severn Trent Water fined more than £2 million over river sewage pollution
Huge amounts of raw sewage were discharged into the Trent from Strongford Wastewater Treatment Works near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Severn Trent Water has been fined more than…