ENDS' Shosha Adie talks to Drinking Water Inspectorate chief, Marcus Rink, about 'super regulator' plans, the water firms he says are not ready for a water scarce future, and the organisation's PFAS w...

Steve Reed, former DEFRA secretary, has been appointed as housing secretary following the resignation of Angela Rayner today.

<b>UPDATED:</b> Campaigners have called on water minister Emma Hardy to use the revised Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) to close the UK-EU “regulatory gap” on chemicals, following news that a lon...

<strong>Exclusive:</strong> One charity will receive £1.2m from the government’s Water Restoration Fund, ENDS can reveal, along with the full breakdown of the £11m funding pot ringfenced from water co...

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A tide of populism is slowing government funding for green groups around the world. Is corporate money the solution? Following a visit to Nice for the UN Ocean Summit, Shosha Adie surveys a WWF partne...

The government has been advised to review the current water legislative framework, including reforming the Water Framework Directive (WFD). But what is proposed, and why are some proposals controversi...

<b>The Sludge Files:</b> Twenty-two tonnes of microplastics per day are estimated to be spread on English and Welsh farmland through contaminated sewage sludge fertiliser sold by water companies, with...

Vegetables grown in an allotment near a Lancashire chemical plant have been found to contain elevated levels of PFOA, a carcinogenic forever chemical, with the soil samples in residential gardens also...

David Attenborough’s call to end damaging fishing practices in a recent documentary has seen marine protections soar up the public agenda. Did policymakers manage to ride this wave at the UN Oceans co...

The chancellor will confirm a £39bn boost for housing - but other departments face real-terms cuts.

A DEFRA official has confirmed that the long delayed Chemicals Strategy, first announced by the previous government, has been shelved, with an update to come in the new Environment Improvement Plan (E...

The head of a trade body representing the chemical supply chain has warned that Brexit continues to be one of the biggest barriers to trade for its members five years on, and expressed disappointment ...

DEFRA and water regulators have “failed” to ensure that necessary investments have been made into the water sector to ensure good performance, according to a report by the National Audit Office (NAO).

<b>BREAKING:</b> The Court of Appeal has upheld a landmark ruling that DEFRA and the Environment Agency (EA)’s ‘generic’ plans to improve a Yorkshire water body were unlawful, in what has been describ...

A larger number of water company incidents reported to regulators are likely to classify as pollution events under a proposed update to the Environment Agency’s (EA) internal guidance, ENDS can reveal...

A decision on the future of lead ammunition will be made “as soon as possible”, the government has said, after campaigners accused the environment secretary of missing a deadline to make a decision on...

A court case against South West Water over sewage spills in Cornwall will go ahead after the water company’s attempt to get the charges dropped failed.

The percentage of Welsh water bodies that are on track to meet statutory targets has stalled since 2021 due to chemical pollution, data released today shows, with just 40% at the required standard.

The government’s climate advisory body has said there is “no need to pitch action on climate change against the economy” in its newly released pathway for how the government can reduce emissions by 87...

An official complaint has been filed with the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) over water industry regulators’ final determinations for the 2024 price review period (PR24).

Just 4.5% of staff in the environmental charity sector identify as people of colour (POC) and other racially or ethnically minority groups, a figure that is ‘substantially below’ the UK workforce aver...

Government approval of the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields in the North Sea was illegal, the Scottish Court of Session has ruled, because it did not account for greenhouse emissions caused by ...