Editing Environment Agency (section)

{{Short description|Non-departmental public body in the UK}}
{{For|environmental agencies of other countries|List of environmental ministries}}
{{Lead too short|date=October 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}

{{Infobox organization
|name                = Environment Agency
|bgcolor             = 
|image               = EnvironmentAgency.svg
|size                = 250px
|caption             = Environment Agency logo
|abbreviation        = EA
|formation           = 1 April 1996
|type                = [[Non-departmental public body]]
|status              = Government agency
|purpose             = [[Environmental protection]] and regulation in England
|headquarters        = Horizon House, Deanery Road, [[Bristol]]
|membership          =
|leader_title = Chairman
|leader_name = [[Alan Lovell]]
|leader_title2 = Chief Executive
|leader_name2 = Philip Duffy
|affiliations        = [[Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs]]
|website             = {{URL|https://www.gov.uk/ea}}
}}

The '''Environment Agency''' ('''EA''') is a [[non-departmental public body]], established in 1996 and sponsored by the [[United Kingdom government]]'s [[Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs]], with responsibilities relating to the protection and enhancement of the [[environment (biophysical)|environment]] in England (and until 2013 also Wales).

Based in [[Bristol]], the Environment Agency is responsible for flood management, [[waste management]], regulating land and water pollution, and conservation.<ref name="About us">{{cite web |title=About us |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency/about |website=Environment Agency |access-date=11 February 2022}}</ref>