The Latest Breaking News from Environment

The Government is abolishing Ofwat as part of a shake-up of water sector regulation.

Hosepipe bans have been announced in parts of England this summer. Following the driest spring in over a century, the Environment Agency has issued a medium drought risk warning, and Yorkshire Water will introduce restrictions starting Friday, 11 July. It’s a familiar story: reduced rainfall, shrinking reservoirs and renewed calls…

A new single regulator will replace four separate bodies to cut pollution and protect customers from future bill hikes.

Steve Reed said water companies have been ‘allowed to profit at the expense of the British people’

Greens’ Sarah Hanson-Young warns $14m in federal funding ‘nowhere near’ enough to support South Australian communities reeling from toxic algal bloom covering coast

THE INDEPENDENT DEBATE: Should the UK's water system be rescued by a new super-regulator – or is it time to take it fully back into public hands?

Beyond the environmental substance, the designation of marine parks has diplomatic implications

Activists who object to plans for Colombia’s biggest copper mine as a serious threat to the environment are fighting legal action initiated by AngloGold Ashanti. But some in the community say the venture will bring investment

Former Undertones frontman turned environmental campaigner accused Steve Reed of having ‘no control’ over the water industry