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Coverage of consultation launched to ban wet wipes containing plastic

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 16 October 2023 - Categories: plastic, water

Today we are looking at coverage of a consultation launched on Saturday on banning wet wipes that contain plastic.

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Government response to BBC reporting on storm overflows

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 5 September 2023 - Categories: Pollution, water

Today, we are responding to BBC coverage on storm overflows

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Water company fines to be invested back into the environment

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 30 November 2022 - Categories: water, Weekly stories

Under new plans, money from water company fines will be invested directly back into environmental and water quality improvement projects.

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Times coverage of bathing water pollution inspections

Posted by: defrablogs, Posted on: 26 November 2022 - Categories: Environment Agency, Pollution, water
A person standing knee deep in the sea looking out into the ocean

Today we are looking at coverage in the Times of the Environment Agency’s inspections of bathing water pollution incidents.

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Media coverage of Government response to EAC inquiry on water quality

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 17 May 2022 - Categories: Environment Agency, Pollution, Weekly stories

Today we are looking at coverage of the government response to the EAC report into water quality in rivers.

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Great British Beach Clean coverage

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 25 November 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories
Horsey Island beach

Today we are looking at media coverage of the results of the 2021 Great British Beach Clean

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Defra response to microplastics coverage

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

Today we are looking at media coverage of research into microplastics in the air we breathe.

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Funding boost for farmers to tackle water pollution

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 2 August 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories

There is media coverage in the Times and Daily Express today (2 August) on the government’s expansion of the popular Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) programme to cover every farm in England. The programme – which is a partnership between Defra, …

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Too many water companies still failing to protect environment

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 13 July 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories
River through green banks and trees

This afternoon’s blog looks at media coverage of the Environment Agency’s annual assessment of the environmental performance of England’s water companies.

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£2.8bn water company investment to help green recovery

Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on: 17 May 2021 - Categories: Weekly stories
People standing on the green banks of the River Wharfe near Ilkley

In today's blog we look at coverage of Ofwat’s announcement of a draft package of over £2.7 billion investment from water companies as part of their plans to help the country build back greener from the pandemic.

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