Midlands water company Severn Trent has agreed an ‘enforcement undertaking’ with the EA to give £327,500 to a charity after it polluted a Gloucestershire brook.

Enzo’s Homes has been fined £20,000 for polluting the Dowlais Brook, a tributary of the River Llwyd in Cwmbran, Wales.

Adding nitrogen to concrete could reduce the amount of harmful pollution created by the construction industry, a new study by the University of Birmingham suggests.

Two contractors will donate a total of £135,000 to the Aire Rivers Trust after polluting Pitty Beck river multiple times while building a new housing estate near Bradford.

Costain will donate £55,000 to environmental charity Tyne Rivers Trust after it polluted the River Don during a major upgrade to the A19 in South Tyneside.

Scientists have argued that a ULEZ for buildings – as well as vehicles – is necessary to reduce air pollution. Hugh Franklin examines how such a scheme would work in practice.

Taylor Wimpey has been fined £488,772 after failing to implement appropriate measures to prevent multiple pollution incidents which impacted a Welsh river in 2021.

A court has ordered Winvic to pay a £160,000 fine for polluting a brook while carrying out works in a development site.

Miller Homes has been fined £200,000 after polluting a Huddersfield watercourse for more than 1km.