Environment Secretary visits Royal Agricultural University and Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Today (23rd November) the Environment Secretary Michael Gove visited the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) in Cirencester. During his visit he toured the university’s campus and Rural Innovation Centre at its …
Fisheries and the draft political declaration There has been widespread coverage across national media of the draft political declaration on the future relationship between Britain and the EU, with many outlets reporting on the fisheries element of the document. BBC …
The Environment Secretary addressed 200 leaders from business, government, and academia who came together at today’s Waste to Wealth summit.
The Fisheries Bill passed its second reading in Parliament yesterday and will enter committee stage.
The Environment Secretary has given his support to the Telegraph's campaign to encourage Premier league football clubs to go green and the Fisheries Bill gets its second reading.
EA starts £2.1m River Thames improvement programme The Environment Agency announced details of a £2.1 million programme of improvements to River Thames locks which will enable and enhances boating activity along 135 miles of river. This story has been covered …
This weekend there was national media coverage in the Mirror, Telegraph and Sun regarding the rising use of wood burning stoves in homes and the dangers they pose to human health.
Statement by the Environment Secretary This morning the Environment Secretary gave the below statement to the media. Environment Secretary Michael Gove said: I’ve had a very good morning in a series of meetings with my colleagues here at Defra, just making sure …
Fly-tipping figures published for the 2017/18 year Defra has published the latest annual figures for fly tipping incidents in England for 2017/18, which have so far been reported in The Times and BBC online. The figures show there has been …
Waste Crime Review is published CIWM Journal, Let’sRecycle, and Materials Recycling World cover the independent review into serious and organised crime in the waste sector, published by the government yesterday. The independent review, ordered by the Environment Secretary Michael Gove, …