Just days after the Environment Agency released a damning assessment of the water industry’s continuing failure to tackle sewage overflows and other serious pollution incidents, the government yesterday launched its latest package of measures to tackle water pollution across England. The Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) unveiled a series of plans designed … Read more
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has this week published its fourth annual report on its progress against the objectives set out in the 25 Year Environment Plan, analysing its performance against 50 natural capital indicators spanning air, water, waste, biodiversity, and soil. The update sets out a stark picture on the … Read more
Alan Lovell has been appointed chair of the Environment Agency, where he will take up the reins in September following the departure of outgoing chair Emma Howard Boyd, the government announced yesterday. Lovell has spent much of his career in business, having served as CEO or chair at a number of leading businesses, primarily in … Read more
The government is today facing fierce criticism over its new Food Strategy with critics from both the food and farming industry and the environmental movement accusing Ministers of producing a document that is “flatter than a pancake and missing most of the crucial ingredients needed to truly ensure our long-term food security”. The Department for … Read more
A tree planting project in Liverpool and a plan to restore peatlands at the Great Fen in Cambridgeshire are among 50 initiatives sharing in government grants announced today with an eye on unlocking further private investment into nature restoration and climate action across England. Individual grants of up to £100,000 have been awarded to environmental … Read more
Industry-led consortium aims to recruit local authorities to take part in new FlexCollect project A three-year pilot to understand how to incorporate flexible plastics–used in the packaging of many consumer goodsinto household recycling services has been launched this week by an industry-led consortium, ahead of the government’s goal to introduce consistent nationwide recycling collections across … Read more