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10 May 2018

Government’s tentative progress on plastics and ‘green Brexit’ – Greener UK Update

Greener UK ‘Tentative progress on plastics and ‘green Brexit’ held back by absence of environment watchdog Environmentalists argue that improvements in plastics, agriculture and chemicals policy are tempered by continuing uncertainty over how environmental laws will be enforced after Brexit. Tentative progress on plastics and ‘green Brexit’ held back by absence of environment watchdog Environmentalists […]

10 May 2018

Wet wipes accumulating to reshape river beds shows the scale of growing menace

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Bob Earll Waiting for Godot is Beckett’s famous play whose central characters wait but he never turns up. One wonders whether it will be 2042 before Government turns up and does anything on wet wipes in the face of the huge increase in their use and the growing costs to the water industry and environmental […]

08 May 2018

Brexit – Defra has ‘no clear plan and faces impossible challenges’ – Public Accounts Committee

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The Public Accounts Committee report says preparations for Brexit are being hampered by uncertainty over UK’s future relationship with the EU. Read the report summary Read the report conclusions and recommendations Read the full report: Exiting the European Union: The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and the Department for International Trade Preparations being […]

01 May 2018

Highly Protected Marine Areas Report – Defra – Cefas Report Finally published

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Jean Luc Solandt, MCS: “A couple of weeks ago Michael Gove invited marine ‘stakeholders’ around his table in Defra to discuss the efficacy (or lack of it) of current MPAs in UK domestic seas. He’s interested in the role and (perhaps) lack of designation of Highly Protected Marine Areas in our seas. 3.5 years after […]

25 Apr 2018

Consultation: The future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit – Defra

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In February Defra launched its consultation on the future of farming – Health and Harmony. The consultation closing date is May 8th. ‘Leaving the European Union and the Common Agricultural Policy will give us the chance for reform. We want to know your thoughts on the future of agricultural policy in England.’ The Efra committee […]

17 Apr 2018

Michael Gove on the 25 year Environment Plan – Environmental Audit Committee

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Mr Gove also made announcements on the introduction of an Environment protection Act Michael Gove responds to the EAC – watch the video The Environmental Audit Committee hears from the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, particularly on questions of oversight, governance, milestones and implementation. This session builds on what the […]

11 Apr 2018

Nationally significant water resources infrastructure – Defra consultation

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Defra consults on nationally significant water resources infrastructure Defra has launched a new consultation seeking views on the types and sizes of nationally significant water resources infrastructure, including reservoirs, water transfer schemes and desalination plants, in order to amend the Planning Act 2008. Defra is consulting on its proposals for the types and sizes of infrastructure which […]

03 Apr 2018

Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Growing and covering an area the size of France

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Two articles The scale of plastic pollution in the marine environment is growing and UK backtrack on their blocking moves to agree with Europe on recycling targets and the circular economy. Unearthed, Greenpeace ‘Investigative journalism does make a difference. Back in January, we revealed that although the UK government was promising ambitious new recycling targets […]