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@geogramblings.com Oct 10, 2026, 8:54 AM

12-18 October is #FloodActionWeek, led by the #EnvironmentAgency. This #CoffeeGeogPod Espresso and blog outlines why it is important, the resources available, and the actions you can take.

@saziyeceyhan.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 6:12 PM

🔶🇬🇧 Nearly 40,000 tonnes of illegal waste were removed from Hoad’s Wood as authorities pursue those responsible.

📌 thedailyculture.com/kent-woodlan...

#EnvironmentAgency #Kent #illegalwaste

@lawbc.com Oct 5, 2026, 7:37 PM

Acta's REACHblog: Defra Launches Technical Consultation on ATRm
www.actagroup.com/defra-launch...
#ATRm, #Defra, #HSE, #EnvironmentAgency, #UK, #UKREACH

@parliamentconnect.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 6:24 PM

Victoria Atkins asks whether the Environment Secretary controls DEFRA quangos, citing waste crime enforcement and a £700m fish policy. Victoria Atkins (Conservative) House of Commons, 9 July 2026 #LouthHorncastle #UK #ParliamentConnect #EnvironmentAgency #NaturalEngland #HinkleyPoint

@sussextangerine.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 2:49 PM

Hey Environment Agency! Flood defence work on the Rother in Rye has overrun by years. Part was supposed to open at the start of this month. It's STILL closed and the information provided is rubbish. Please do better or I'll vote Tory and you'll be abolished.
#EnvironmentAgency
(I won't vote Tory)

Poor signage on a closed public Right of Way at Scots Float, near Rye.

@nickmoyes.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 6:18 AM

What the f…?!!!

#NaturalEngland
#EnvironmentAgency
#NE #EA

@pauldezylva.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 2:52 PM

Unfinished business?

Kemi Badenoch’s #Conservatives would cut the #EnvironmentAgency - again.

Past cuts led to the #SewageScandal

For example, its environmental protection budget was cut from £170m in 2009 to £76m in 2020.

More on EA cuts + jobs lost in AltText

#CPC26

The effect of austerity cuts to the Agency and an obsession with deregulation led to the sewage scandal we’re still facing and paying for now:

- The Agency’s environmental protection budget more than halved - £170m in 2009-10 to £76m in 19-20.

- From 2013-16, 1,700 staff were cut as the Agency’s environment and business grant in aid (GiA) revenue funding fell by £21m and its flood control risk management GiA fell by £12.5m.

- According to Freedom of Information requests by the Liberal Democrats further job losses arose from the real term cuts between 2017-19 and 2021-23, saw a further 8,836 staff

www.libdems.org.uk/press/release/almost-9000-staff-leave-environment-agency-following-cuts-and-low-morale

NB the Lib Dems were part of the Conservative-led coalition that initiated the cuts and deregulatory zeal.

Ministers also interfered with the Agency by telling it to go easy on polluters by not pursuing legal action and fines.

For example, between 2012 and 2021:

- Prosecutions undertaken by the Agency fell from 300 in 2012 to fewer than 20 in 2021.

- There was a less severe two-fold drop civil actions.

- Most (59%) of the 4,074 enforcement actions against companies saw no fine imposed.

The Agency also became less responsive to reports of pollution:

- From 2015 to 2020 Agency investigations launched dropped 30% from 11,436 to 8,088.

- In 2023, the Environment Agency
visited only 10% of water pollution incidents reported including over 60% of those regarded as the “most serious types of incident”.

@philildo.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 10:00 AM

Badenoch saying she'll pay 4 change in childcare rules 4 higher earners by cutting civil servants in the 'Arts' & the #EnvironmentAgency!
Whilst I fully support work in the arts sector, further reducing staffing in the EA wld b dangerous 4 human + animal life + 4 households + businesses
Crackpot!

@defra-answers.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 9:40 AM

A question on #EnvironmentAgency #Contracts tabled by Neil O'Brien on 11-09-2026 has been answered by Emma Hardy. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-09-11/29154

@agritradenews.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 2:31 PM

The early maize silage harvest this year offer farmers the chance to sow a grass crop, advises Agrii national grass, roots and environmental seeds manager Adam Simper. #Agrii #EnvironmentAgency
https://bit.ly/3THDReN

@watermagazine.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 8:43 AM

Southern Water fined £2.4m over multiple Kent pollution incidents

www.watermagazine.co.uk/2026/09/22/s...

#SouthernWater #EnvironmentAgency

@defra-answers.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 10:20 AM

A question on #EnvironmentAgency #WorkplacePensions tabled by Martin Wrigley on 01-09-2026 has been answered by Emma Hardy. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-09-01/26251

@defra-answers.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 4:30 PM

A question on #EnvironmentAgency #Warnings tabled by Ben Obese-Jecty on 09-09-2026 has been answered by Emma Hardy. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-09-09/28496

@informingbritain.com Sep 10, 2026, 8:00 PM

"COMMUNITY SHOCKED BY ILLEGAL WASTE DUMP"
#TristanHarris for Evesham Observer

#EnvironmentAgency are investigating the illegal dumping of medical waste on land in #Wadborough.
Residents reported hundreds of tonnes near a protected meadow.

#EveshamObserver
#TomorrowsPapersToday