It’s the climate emergency, stupid

Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency
Aldersgate Group, London, 25 June 2019




Waste giant guilty of exporting banned waste

Soiled nappies, clothing and videotape among items labelled waste paper bound for China




New National Angling Strategy aims to get more people fishing

A new National Angling Strategy has been launched to encourage greater participation in the sport by focusing on the health and well-being benefits that angling can bring.




Wainfleet residents return home after flooding

More than two months’ worth of rain fell in three days last week, causing a breach of the flood bank on the River Steeping.




Officers head to the beach all in the name of science

Beach users in Suffolk and Norfolk might be surprised to see Environment Agency staff stride into the sea in their waders, but they are testing water quality.