Companies pay out more than £1.5m for breaking environment laws

Money collected as an alternative to prosecutions will go to projects that help wildlife, says Environment AgencyMore than £1.5m will go to projects that help wildlife and the environment as companies pay for breaking green laws, the Environment Agency has said. Businesses are paying between £1,500 and £375,000 in “enforcement undertakings” as an alternative to prosecutions for breaking environmental laws by polluting rivers, breaching permit conditions or avoiding