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Environment Secretary would like sewage discharges cut ‘a lot quicker’

Therese Coffey said she would want it to happen faster than the final 2050 target – if there was not a ‘massive’ impact on household water bills.

The Independent UK

Government rules on wood burning stoves from fuel restrictions to smoke control areas

Anyone with a wood burning stove could be fined up to £1,000 if they don't follow the strict regulations around them - here's what you need to know

Chronicle Live

‘It’s a farce’: the giant Brexit border control site now used to inspect Ukrainian pets

The customs inspection site at Sevington in Kent has space for 1,700 lorries, but lies largely deserted

The Guardian - UK

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Panel rules new disease may have caused sea creature deaths on North East beaches

The official report details how dredging and pyridine were very unlikely to have caused the tragic die-off.

Chronicle Live

'Apocalyptic' mass crustaceans deaths 'caused by new disease unknown to science'

Locals in Hartlepool to Whitby described the sight of dead crabs and lobsters as 'apocalyptic' and a new report is out after the Department for the Environment initially blamed an 'algal bloom'

Daily Mirror

No definite answer to cause of mass crab deaths on north-east coast as experts give their verdict

It had been claimed that work to expand a port in the area had triggered the deaths

Wales Online

7 million birds have died amid bird flu outbreak 'devastating' farms

Defra said the figures are UK-wide and showed both captive birds that died of avian influenza and those that were culled for disease control

Wales Online

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Mass crab die-off: scientists say ‘we weren’t questioned’ for crucial report

A review panel on the 2021 Teesside eco-disaster is due to send its findings to ministers this week, but evidence from academics may not be given full weight

The Guardian - UK

Single-use plastic plates and forks set to be banned by Government in crackdown

The law will initially target takeaways with ban on single-use cutlery and polystyrene trays and follows similar measures in Scotland and Wales

Chronicle Live

Single-use plastic plates and cutlery to be banned from October in England

Greenpeace says ban is ‘nibbling around edges of a giant problem’

The Independent UK

MPs urge freeport dredging pause as North East marine mass deaths investigated

A mass die-off of crustaceans occurred along the North East coast between October and December 2021

Chronicle Live

Full list of government departments and services due to be hit by civil servant strike on February 1

A huge number of public services are set to impacted when 100,000 civil servants walk out

Evening Standard

England will ban single-use plastic plates and cutlery for environmental reasons

Environment Secretary Therese Coffey says the new ban will stop pollution from "billions of pieces of plastic." Advocates applaud the move but say it doesn't go far enough on its own.

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Single-use plastic cutlery and plates set to be banned in England

The ban could come in across England by the end of the year

Wales Online

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The Guardian - UK

Post-Brexit £1,000 farming payments ‘too little, too late’, says NFU

Environmental cash incentives part of government scheme to replace EU common agricultural policy

The Guardian - UK

Just 224 farmers were paid under post-Brexit farming scheme last year

Exclusive: Leaked figures show tiny fraction of England’s farms received payment under sustainable farming incentive

Wales Online

Warning to not feed birds at Caerphilly Castle after a number of swans and geese are found dead and 'sick'

The matter has been reported to the UK Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

The Independent UK

Government criticised for leaving overall water quality out of its environment targets

Ministers accused of only doing half their job and leaving gaps in protections

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Evening Standard

Three arrested after protesters scale DEFRA building in central London

Three people have been arrested after animal rights protesters scaled the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) building in central London, on Thursday morning, as they sought to draw attention to the bird flu crisis and intensive farming practices.

Wales Online

Single-use plastic cutlery could soon be banned in England

The proposals follow similar initiatives introduced by the Scottish and Welsh governments

The Guardian - UK

Government to weaken water pollution goals in ‘attack on nature’

Exclusive: Despite demands from water campaigners, there will be no overall target for river health

Daily Mirror

Sewage dumps by water firms could 'wipe us out' says oyster farmer suing the government

Sewage poured into England's "Marine Protected Areas" for a total of 263,654 hours in 2021 - or more than 30 years - and the government's plan to tackle the problem is branded unfit-for-purpose

Evening Standard

More than 40 birds found dead in London parks as avian flu cases top 250 amid outbreak

136 bird flu cases have been recorded in England since October 1

The Independent UK

Nature groups complain to environment watchdog over delayed targets on clean air and water

The complaint comes ahead of the UN’s biodiversity conference in Canada next month

The Guardian - UK

Tories will not reach ‘embarrassingly poor’ nature targets by 2030, Labour says

Opposition to unveil plan to reverse biodiversity loss rather than simply halting it, which is government’s current target

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