There has been inaccurate media coverage regarding foot and mouth disease (FMD) controls with reports that it took six or seven days for controls on commercial imports to take effect and “allowed disease to enter the country.”
A vessel manned by Greenpeace has dropped a number of boulders in the UK’s exclusive economic zone. The activity is being investigated by the Marine Management Organisation.
In today's blog we look at coverage of the Environment Secretary's speech at the NFU Live conference yesterday (Tuesday 23 February).
The number of fixed penalty notices issued for fly-tipping have increased by 32% since 2016, with prosecutions more than doubling over the same period.
In today’s blog we look at our announcement of an expanded Seafood Response Fund for the UK’s seafood and aquaculture sectors.
There has been widespread coverage today about data published on Friday 12 February on emissions of air pollutants in the UK.
Two separate reports have been published today on air quality.
In today's blog we look at the launch of the new £10 million Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund.
In today's blog we look at Environment Secretary George Eustice's letter to the EU commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, regarding the EU’s change in position on the export of live bivalve molluscs (oysters, mussels, clams, cockles and scallops).
There has been a significant amount of press interest in, with some eye-catching headlines suggesting that 15m bees could be burnt under new Brexit import rules, with the story picked up in the Telegraph, Guardian, Times, Independent and Mail.
Today we look at media coverage of an Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee report on flooding, which has called for better mental health support for people who suffer flooding and for a clearer plan on flood resilience.