£28 million to enable communities to spring-clean England’s rivers

A £28 million Fund to clean up England’s rivers and encourage local wildlife to flourish has been announced today by Environment Minister Richard Benyon. Part of a £92 million Defra commitment to clearing up England’s rivers and lakes, the Fund announced today will allow communities and charities to tackle local eyesores and encourage iconic wildlife to thrive by tackling pollution and removing redundant dams, weirs and other man-made structures to create habitats which work for wildlife

3 February 2012

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Publication of the statistical release on Air Quality Statistics in the UK, 1987 to 2011: provisional results

Defra has published provisional figures for annual UK air quality up to 2011, showing average concentrations of particulates and ozone –  the two pollutants thought to have the greatest health impacts.  The statistics also report the average number of days when pollution was moderate or higher. Full statistical release can be found at: Air quality [...]

2 February 2012

Local Authority collected waste for England – provisional quarterly statistics

These provisional results summarise waste collected and managed by local authorities in England in the 12 months from July 2010 to June 2011. They are based on quarterly data submitted by local authorities to WasteDataFlow. In this statistics release comparisons are made between the financial years April 2010 to March 2011 and the rolling year [...]

2 February 2012