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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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

MPs in Public Accounts Committee have urged government to “move on from aspirational words” and start “taking the hard decisions” to advance its environmental agenda.

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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. Before, all ministers and public authorities were legally bound to consider the principles in policy making that could affect the environment," Greener UK said in its briefing paper.

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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. As such the response to the new plan welcomed the new ambitions, but also questioned whether the government will now deliver on its goals.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Stanley Johnson among group of high profile campaigners calling for government to set a legally-binding nature protection target ahead of pivotal COP15 UN nature talks. Of course, the Prime Minister's pledge to protect 30 per cent of land and sea will be a crucial part of achieving the target and should also be backed up in law.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

European law-makers are due to vote on a revised renewable energy directive next week, part of the EU’s Green New Deal to slash carbon emissions by 55 percent by 2030. The article misleadingly refers to a report of ours, which [lists] emergency measures governments *could* turn to *if* Russia cuts off all gas to the EU this winter.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

National Trust, RSPB, and ZSL among coalition of groups backing complaint to the Office of Environmental Protection over government’s failure to set new set of legal green targets. The proposal for an independent review of why the deadline was missed was also dismissed.

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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 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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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

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 9, 2021

Long-awaited environmental legislation that promises to establish the UK's first legally-binding nature targets and oversee them through a new, largely-independent watchdog has finally passed into law today, despite lingering concerns that the law may still leave "gaping holes" in green protections.

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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

AUGUST 17, 2022

Charity fears laws originally derived from the EU, including the Habitats Regulations, could be axed under Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak. Vital laws that protect nature and habitats in England that have their routes in EU legislation could be under threat under the next Prime Minister, wildlife charity the RSPB has warned.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Following the announcement of the government’s Environment Bill on 30 January , many observers in the environmental arena reflected on the ambition and likely efficacy of the legislation, while highlighting areas of concern and suggested improvement. Soil and biodiversity. Envirotec reports.

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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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GreenBiz

JUNE 9, 2021

Under the heading "Transformative effort to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss," the seven economies: Commit to a multi-year effort to meet our net-zero commitments and environmental objectives in a way that is positive for jobs, growth, competitiveness and fairness. Policy & Politics. Corporate Governance. Pull Quote.

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Business Green

JANUARY 10, 2022

Developers would need to ensure new buildings improve local biodiversity, or invest in nature-projects to offset impacts elsewhere. The 10 per cent threshold is set to become a mandatory target for all new developments under the government's proposals, which were launched for consultation today.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Environmental Audit Committee report also describes government biodiversity efforts to date as 'lacking' and argues ‘bold and ambitious action’ is required. Philip Dunne MP, who chairs the EAC, stressed that government, business, and consumers were all contributing to the widespread destruction of nature and extinction of species.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Quite apart from its seemingly frosty reception with global investors, the government’s Growth Plan 2022 policy statement also elicited bafflement from environmental commentators, many of whom seemed dismayed by its apparent “dash for gas”, and volte face on protecting the environment. Realised nationwide, this corresponds to 1.4m

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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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Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised he is committed to protecting the environment, telling MPs in his first appearance at Prime Ministers Questions last week that his government planned to deliver on the Environment Act signed into law last year and put in place "more protection for the natural environment than we've ever had".

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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. ” Even the threat of such cases is having a chilling effect on public environmental policy, Boyd has found.

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GreenBiz

JULY 2, 2020

For Shalanda Baker, a professor of law and public policy at Northeastern University, thinking about a clean energy future means thinking about the daily, weekly and sometimes invisible ways that people in deprived communities can control their power supply. Making sure policies are embedded in them is really important.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Environmental Audit Committee Chair Philip Dunne talks to BusinessGreen about the need for 'a tax system fit for net zero Britain' and the right time to judge whether the government has delivered on its green recovery promises.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2022

A new report from environmental NGOs concludes the government is failing to deliver on the 30x30 goal that it continues to champion on the global stage. The government is not on course to deliver on its target to protect 30 per cent of the land and sea for nature by 2030, and is in danger of backsliding on the progress it has made.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2020

Environment Secretary George Eustice announces £9m for policy pilots as he promises to 'build back greener' after Covid-19 and Brexit. Nature rightly deserves protection, so if we are to protect species and habitats and also deliver biodiversity net gain, we need to properly understand the science to inform crucial decisions," he said.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 14, 2023

In spite of a political will to prevent renewable developments from leading figures and inconsistent policy directions, the sector is picking up huge momentum and we expect this to deliver huge strides in 2023. The Energy Security Strategy will continue to fail to deliver the policy changes needed to deliver outcomes promised.

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2021

Top conservation groups have published the results of a major study into the regeneration capacity of natural forests in a bid to bolster and enhance reforestation initiatives that are an increasingly common feature in governments and corporate climate plans. million hectares and 1.2

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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

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Governments urged to double down on efforts to tackle illegal logging ahead of COP27. The influential think tank estimates more than two thirds of recent tropical deforestation has taken place in breach of local laws and regulations.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

A UK-qualified barrister, environmental policy expert, and former journalist and theatre critic, Shine brings huge experience to the role gained during a varied career that has spanned four continents and many sectors including business, law, policy, media, and the arts.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

While fiscal and regulatory policies to incentivise carbon dioxide emissions reductions have succeeded in slowing the rate of CO2 growth over the past decade, emissions reductions from the advanced economies overall have fallen far short of what had been promised. An alternative approach to carbon pricing.

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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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Business Green

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Business leaders and environmental campaigners hail the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework as a major - if flawed - breakthrough for nature protection efforts. The result will be stronger accountability and better-informed decisions by investors, governments, consumers and businesses themselves.".

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The UK's expert advisors on climate, infrastructure, and flood insurance have jointly called on the government to urgently "make a clear statement of ambition" to enhance the UK's resilience to flooding and climate change, following a series of devastating flood events in recent weeks.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2020

This means that the bill cannot be business as usual legislation, it must be exemplary in both its intent and execution, and the government should be open to strengthening it. Will the governance system meet the government's own test of being world leading? Delay will leave a governance gap. They merit a rethink.

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