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Coverage of COP26 Nature and Land-Use Day

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 8 November 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories
Nature

As the first week of the climate change summit COP26 came to a close, coverage focused on key announcements from Nature and Land-Use day.

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Storm overflows evidence report

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 6 November 2021 - Categories: Uncategorized
Old Bedford river

This week we published a report commissioned by the Storm Overflows Taskforce - made up of the Consumer Council for Water (CCW), Blueprint for Water, Water UK, the Environment Agency, Ofwat, and Defra – which outlines the evidence, costs and benefits of …

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Teesside crab deaths investigation

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 5 November 2021 - Categories: marine, Weekly stories
Beach

Today we are looking at media coverage of the investigation into crab deaths on the Teesside coast.

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Coverage of second day of COP26

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 2 November 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories
Trees in a forest

Today we are looking at media coverage of the second day of climate change summit COP26.

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Coverage of COP26 as summit begins

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 1 November 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories
Image of trees and grass

There has been widespread coverage of the climate change summit COP26 which started yesterday (31 October). Following an interview with environmental editor Emma Gatten, a piece in The Daily Telegraph includes comments from the Environment Secretary regarding a range of …

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Environment Bill storm overflows amendment coverage

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 27 October 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories
River Meon

Today we are looking at media coverage of the announcement that the Environment Bill will be strengthened further to tackle water pollution.

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Defra response to Environment Bill storm overflows amendment coverage

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 25 October 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories
Old Bedford river

Today we are looking at media coverage of an amendment to the Environment Bill related to sewage discharges from storm overflows.

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Environment Bill strengthened to protect nature and tackle waste

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 21 October 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories
Nature

Today we are looking at media coverage of our new amendments to help improve and strengthen the Environment Bill.

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An ambitious new strategy for chalk streams

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 19 October 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories

Environment Minister Rebecca Pow, Environment Agency Chair Emma Howard Boyd and Natural England Chair Tony Juniper visited the River Mimran in Hertfordshire on Friday 15 October for the launch of the Chalk Stream Restoration Strategy. They met with members of …

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Package of measures announced to support pig sector

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 15 October 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories

There has been widespread coverage of the announcement of a package of measures to support the pig industry. This was widely covered in national, regional and trade media, including The Times, The Financial Times, Daily Mail, The Guardian, the I …

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