Environment Agency late to attend 74% of serious pollution incidents – analysis
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Greenpeace found that the regulator has failed to meet its own response time targets for around three-quarters of England’s worst pollution incidents.
The Environment Agency has been late to attend most serious pollution incidents over the past five years, according to an analysis by Greenpeace.