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Former Environment Agency head to lead industry-funded fracking task force

21 Oct 2014: Lord Chris Smith will lead a new ‘independent’ task force, funded by shale gas companies, to look into the risks and benefits of fracking in the UK
West Sussex sea wall relocation wins building award

8 Oct 2014: Project to destroy wall at Medmerry and build four miles of walls further inland wins Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award
The threat to chalk streams, our unique contribution to global ecology

24 Jul 2014: They are an irreplaceable relic of our past, but over-abstraction and abuse is placing these unique rivers at risk, finds Fred Pearce
New Environment Agency chairman has fracking links

22 Jul 2014: Sir Philip Dilley was previously chairman of engineering firm that wrote environmental reports on fracking for Cuadrilla
Owen Paterson culled: badgers rejoice

17 Jul 2014: Next up, mortality of new environment secretary Liz Truss in the balance as animals brief extends to man in lap and flies at court
Three-quarters of UK flood defences ‘inadequately maintained’

9 Jul 2014: Government’s climate advisers warn budget cuts are putting homes at risk and storing up problems for the future
Prince Charles returns to Somerset Levels to see flood relief efforts

8 Jul 2014: Six months on, residents call on Environment Agency and government for long-term flood protection plans
The fabric of our society is threatened by our mismanagement of water

1 Jul 2014: Engineers have done their jobs too well, argues Waterwise's Jacob Tompkins. Taps flow but we don't realise our water is simply running out
Allow fracking in national parks, says Environment Agency chief

28 Jun 2014: Chris Smith, EA's outgoing chairman, dismisses campaigners' claims over impact when process 'done properly'
Lord Smith: flooding budget cuts put UK at the mercy of extreme weather

26 Jun 2014: Outgoing Environment Agency chair warns of ‘false economy’ of failing to improve protection and speaks frankly on Owen Paterson, the ‘greenest government’ and fracking safety
Man jailed for illegally exporting electrical waste to Africa

20 Jun 2014: Waste dealer Joe Benson is first defendant to be sentenced to a custodial sentence for illegally exporting waste
Winter floods could batter England again if cuts not reversed, MPs warn

17 Jun 2014: Funding doesn't reflect increased flood risk driven by climate change, report finds
Rubbish futures: can technology help us reach zero waste?

12 Jun 2014: Turning dug-up waste into gas or converting rubbish into building materials are among new techniques that may help end harmful incineration and landfill, says Karl Mathiesen
Storms threaten return of floods to England and Wales

5 Jun 2014: Environment Agency warns of flooding risk across much of England as scientists reveal January-May period was wettest in over a century
UK beaches good, but Europe's cleanest are in Cyprus and Malta, survey finds

27 May 2014:
Coastal water quality around Britain remain below its best and summer floods could pour overflowing sewage into seas, report says