Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Commentators seemed unanimous that the new requirements were a step in the right direction, if a little unambitious, with a government impact assessment acknowledging that 10% Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) may not go beyond “no net loss”. But the law is too lenient.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The research looked to explore this and identified biodiversity loss, sea-level rise, and extreme weather events as the most crucial topics to tackle in terms of overall impact, urgency, and geographical reach. These criteria include biodiversity impact, pollution impact, carbon impact, readiness level, costs, trade-offs and scalability.

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Business Green

AUGUST 18, 2020

Defra promises 'robust, evidence led process' to set in statute air, water, waste and biodiversity targets by the end of October 2022. The government plans to collaborate with independent experts and stakeholders to ensure the resulting targets are "strong, meaningful and environmental outcome focused".

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Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2023

Specifically, the plan commits the government to creating and restoring at least 500,000 hectares of wildlife habitat, through 70 new projects including 25 new or expanded National Nature Reserves. Protecting our natural environment is fundamental to the health, economy and prosperity of our country," said Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

The British government began passing laws to protect bats back in 1980s, starting with the Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981. These laws protect bats and their roosts. These laws made it illegal to intentionally or unintentionally disturb bats where they roost. A Marker of Biodiversity. Pest Control.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The biodiversity net-gain requirement is among the most important conservation policy initiatives of the last two decades, argues Environment Bank chairman and founder Professor David Hill CBE. The Environment Bill will has finally been passed into law, thereby becoming the Environment Act. It can't come soon enough.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Intended to fill the policy vacuum emerging from the UK’s departure from the EU on 31 January, the Environment Bill has been eagerly anticipated, and seemingly gives government the power to set legally binding targets on all aspects of the environment in future. in line with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidelines.”.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

Publishing its annual progress report, the statutory environmental watchdog concluded the government's flagship 25 Year Environment Plan "has so far failed to bring about the changes needed at the pace and scale required", adding that the strategy "lacked clarity and commitment".

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Landmark legislation passes into law, but concerns remain over how new Environmental Land Management System will be enacted. The government said the Act would provide a boost to the farming industry after years of "inefficient and overly bureaucratic policy dictated to farmers by the EU".

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Plans to lift ban on fracking and curtain legacy EU environmental laws and regulations announced today risk backlash from some of the government's own MPs. But Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg argued revoking EU law was a necessity now the UK has left the trading bloc.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2021

The Environment Bill has been hit with a fresh round of delays after an 11th hour move late yesterday evening from the government to remove the landmark legislation from the current Parliamentary session's agenda. Writing on Twitter, Sarah Williams, head of campaigning group Greener UK, said the move was "exasperating".

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Business Green

MAY 13, 2022

Long-awaited publication of government's environmental principles for policymaking triggers warnings from NGOs that green protections could now be watered down.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Proposals to block solar farms, revive fracking, and roll back planning rules are further fuelling the impression the government really is engaged in an 'attack on nature'. It is a myth that we can't grow the economy and the environment together," he said.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Conservation charity becomes co-claimant in legal action against the government over alleged failures in plan to tackle sewage overflows. The Marine Conservation Society has today announced it is backing legal action against the government over its failure to do more to tackle sewage spills into English waters. We're out of options.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 2, 2020

UN summit confronts Global biodiversity crisis. Global leaders gathered virtually this week to discuss the environmental crisis that is devastating the world's ecosystems, at the inaugural UN Summit on Biodiversity, a event designed as a primer for the delayed, crucial COP15 Biodiversity Summit in Kunming, China, next year.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

Defra unveils sweeping package of biodiversity and habitat policies, designed to halt species decline and trigger £500m tree planting programme. In addition, a consultation is set to be published this summer on the government's approach to reintroducing and managing beaver populations more widely across the UK.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Investor-state dispute settlement” (ISDS) mechanisms allow companies to sue national governments if they believe regulation or unfair competition is impeding their investments. Boyd is calling on states to reform or leave these treaties. ISDS mechanisms are also affecting fundamental human rights.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2022

Ministers must press ahead with bold biodiversity targets that can unlock much-needed public and private investment for efforts to enhance nature and tackle air, water and waste pollution, argues The Wildlife Trusts' Eliot Chapman-Jones. Six months ago this week, the first Environment Bill in England for almost 30 years passed into law.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Today a 600-page Review on the Economics of Biodiversity aims to similarly influence opinion on how best to turn the tide on the ongoing destruction of the natural world, which it warns threatens the wellbeing and livelihoods of humanity unless transformative action is urgently taken to address market and governmental failures.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2020

Environment Secretary George Eustice has insisted the government's promises build back greener and protect UK nature and biodiversity after Covid-19 "means what it says", as he announced further details of post-Brexit plans for oversight of environmental laws and local planning.

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

With a planned and targeted strategy we achieved that and beyond, and state of Punjab was poster boy of this widely hailed success story but it came at the harrowing cost of human lives and health. It came, and came at the harrowing cost of human lives and health, scarring families for generations. Introduction.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2020

million currently 'undiscovered' viruses exist in mammals and birds, of which up to 850,000 could have the ability to infect people, but that the risk of these diseases making the jump to humans could be "significantly lowered" by halting biodiversity loss. It estimates that another 1.7

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Fairsnape

JUNE 3, 2020

RESTORD 2030 is founded on patterns that now govern development and infrastructure. Coming out of the Covid19 period many streets and highways were redesigned and repurposed for human powered access, on foot and on cycle, to address both health and air quality.

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Business Green

AUGUST 14, 2020

Buckinghamshire, Cornwall, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, and Northumberland Councils have been selected to pilot studies to help map the most valuable sites in their areas for wildlife in a bid to aid nature restoration efforts, the government has announced today.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2022

Environmental laws and government strategy and policy have 'not yet proved successful' in slowing down, halting or reversing biodiversity decline, new regulatory body warns. But the Environment Act and the new tools it provides creates a real opportunity for government to make the difference needed.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 14, 2022

The UK government has finally published its long-awaited response to the independent National Food Strategy. However, the government’s response has largely ignored this scientific advice by failing to propose the specific policies needed to make sustainable diets easy and affordable. The strategy falls short on a number of fronts.

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2023

Environment Secretary Therese Coffey said the policy programme will help the government "continue" its work on improving the natural environment through subsidy reforms, tree planting programmes, and better enforcement of the pollution rules covering water companies. Here, BusinessGreen rounds up all the main reaction to the new plan.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2020

There is an increased awareness of the link between our own health, and that of the planet.    Studies across the spectrum, from health to financial risk, remind us that it is in our best interests to look after nature. We know that a connection with nature contributes to well-being, and improved mental health.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

To deliver on that last pledge, the government certainly has a mountain to climb. Since the 25 Year Environment Plan - the government's last major effort in this area - was published five years ago, there has been no demonstrable progress against any of its 23 leading environmental goals.

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Business Green

AUGUST 2, 2022

It found that just two out of 90 firms have a comprehensive biodiversity policy in place. But the biodiversity plans of the overwhelming majority of companies surveyed were found to be badly wanting, despite these companies being collectively responsible for 44 million hectares of tropical forest.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2023

Could an innovative partnership between a US clothing firm and the Albanian government provide a new template for corporate conservation efforts? The Albanian government has moved relatively quickly to deliver on its 2021 election manifesto pledge to establish a new national park.

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

Valuing nature in practice is key to taking a whole-of-government approach to meeting net zero and nature targets, writes Pollination's James Cameron. The UK government has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make good on its philosophical commitment to value nature and transform the way in which we measure national economic performance.

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Business Green

JUNE 5, 2020

Business Secretary Alok Sharma also calls for 'global green recovery' as top government figures offer further signs the green economy could be set to benefit in economic stimulus plans. I would urge everyone involved in today's event to join the Race to Zero and commit your region, city or company to reaching net zero by 2050 at the latest.".

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Indigenous groups in Ecuador have confronted the government and oil investors to demand justice. We call for climate justice,” Nemo Andy Guiquita, a Waorani Indigenous leader and Coordinator of Women and Health for CONFENIAE, said. Biodiversity hotspots such as the Yasuní National Park have not been spared either.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The trend towards sustainability in the real estate industry has been driven by a number of factors including increasing global awareness of the need to protect the environment, stricter government regulations and the desire to save money on operating costs. solar photovoltaic, wind, microhydropower and hybrid systems).

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

This story was originally published by Southerly , in partnership with Scalawag and Environmental Health News for its Powerlines series, which looks at climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South. Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South. Danielle Purifoy.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Government belatedly confirms suite of 13 legally binding targets to reverse species loss, boost water and air quality, cut waste, and increase tree cover over the next 20 years. The target to increase tree and woodland cover to 16.5

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