Due to recent increase in rainfall, flooding and disruption may continue affecting south west and north east communities in England. There is some continuing flood risk...
The Environmental Audit Committee has published a report that focuses on flood protection. The Local Government Association (LGA) has responded to the report, backing the work...
Yesterday Prime Minister David Cameron announced a package of more than £40m to rebuild and improve flood defences in the aftermath of Storm Eva. And he pledged...
Liberal Democrat activists have voted unanimously in favour of a policy motion on climate change, approving measures to improve Britain’s flood defences and require companies to...
US president Barack Obama has announced initiatives aimed at sustaining the nation’s infrastructure, and in particular its energy supply and coastal and flood protection, as well...
The UK’s crucial energy, transport, waste and water infrastructure is at risk from the impacts of climate change because of a lack of investment, a damning...
A combination of human-caused environmental degradation and efforts to control the great Yellow river in China, made almost 3,000 years ago, may be responsible for flooding...
The government must increase spending on flood defences if a repeat of the floods that devastated many parts of the UK last winter is to be...
The Environment Agency has admitted that it was a mistake to build the UK’s nuclear waste dump on its current location on the West Cumbrian coast,...
After the wettest British winter since records began in 1910 caused severe flooding across the country, the Environment Agency has completed a “health check” of defences...
A group of Liberal Democrat MPs and activists have published proposals for policies their party must campaign on if it is to appeal to green-minded voters...
Some of the worst impacts of the recent floods could have been avoided if the government had used a more forward-looking water management strategy, a group...
The insurance industry has insisted that the situation “is under control” after facing criticism and calls for faster service to people affected by the UK flooding...
Residents living in flooded areas of the UK have been warned to expect water levels to rise further in the next few days, as more heavy...
The system of winds that is responsible for bringing weather to Northern Europe and North America may be changing, new research has found. A study suggests...