environment agency, Tag

But what have facts got to do with it?

MEPs vote on amendment to phase down share of wood counted as renewable but reject calls for complete phaseout

Hundreds of mills could be converted to generate clean electricity – but the Environment Agency as just raised application fees by up to 790%

Flooding is terrible for those involved, but from a nationwide wide viewpoint is no more than an irritant. To deliberately peddle the lie that millions of people could be flooded is contemptible.

Environmental groups claim planned Suffolk power station will devastate marine life and key bird habitat

By working in partnership with organisations like the Environment Agency, we are prioritising our work to ensure that it delivers best value and multiple benefits to the country, write Rob Ward and Jon Ford of the British...

I can't help feeling that the resignation of Environment Agency chairman Sir Philip Dilley was all a bit overdone. As chairman, he doesn't presumably actually involve himself in the day-to-day running of the place; that's...

The floods in Cumbria are obviously attracting a lot of attention this morning. A couple of things are exercising my mind.

George Osborne has unveiled the results of the government’s spending review; here we analyse the key points in 25 main areas

The company admitted its drilling activities probably caused earthquakes near Blackpool last yearThe Environment Agency has sparked a new row over fracking by giving the green light for Cuadrilla Resources to start using...

Party says it wants to protect Britain’s drinking water sources and reinstate the right of homeowners to be individually notified of nearby fracking

Lord Chris Smith will lead a new independent task force, funded by shale gas companies, to look into the risks and benefits of fracking in the UK

Americans tend to be completely taken aback when they learn that the UK has a state-appointed body that rules on what can and cannot be said in the public sphere; they see the Advertising Standards Agency as an affront to...

Another story about mad 'renewables', this time a scheme for burning rubbish (which presumably increase CO2 emissions). The company 'Waste4fuel' have piled up 20,000 tonnes of rubbish but neglected to burn any of it...

Engineers have done their jobs too well, argues Waterwise's Jacob Tompkins. Taps flow but we don't realise our water is simply running out