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Why does the Environment Agency use scorched earth techniques as flood relief?
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Why does the Environment Agency use scorched earth techniques as flood relief?

Anglers and river wildlife lovers were outraged when the Environment Agency took chainsaws up to a 250-metre stretch in Bathpool of the River Tone, just outside Taunton in Somerset. They removed all vegetation along the banks in an operation that was compared to scorched earth tactics.

James Fair

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