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. It would recognise vital elements of the forest – contributing to tackling climate change, helping biodiversity, their role as a home to people, and a place for recreation.”.

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Business Green

JULY 21, 2022

Defra confirms new legal duty to be placed on water companies to reduce nutrient pollution by 2030, as it looks to ease planning barriers for new housing projects. These nutrients can speed up the growth of certain plants and have devastating impacts on natural habitats.

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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

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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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 10, 2019

Unless we act in a timely fashion to prevent further destruction of biodiversity entire ecosystems are at risk of collapse. According to a recent IPBES report human activity (eg climate change causing emissions, habitat loss and pollution) could result in the demise of up to one million species in the next 20 years.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

If it finds there has been a serious failure to comply with environmental law, then further action is possible. As it stands, the government is going ahead with its Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, which aims to remove hundreds of EU-derived environmental laws by the end of 2023. million hectares.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 14, 2023

They argue that the laws will cause a drop in EU food production and lead to widespread economic losses. The biggest risks to food security stem from climate change and the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services,” said the letter, which was sent to all Members of the European Parliament.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Rosie Hails, Nature & Science Director at the National Trust: “When the government committed to the 30×30 goal they underlined the urgency, saying that ‘we cannot afford dither and delay because biodiversity loss is happening today and it is happening at a frightening rate’.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

She has contributed to law conferences, diplomatic events, and environmental summits as well as podcasts, interviews and articles for publications and broadcasters ranging from TIME Magazine to the New York Times and from The Guardian to the BBC. What she realized was that the aspect that protects our rights is actually criminal law.

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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. And, the government said it would explore targets to restore and create wildlife-rich habitats in protected sites with a view to increasing species populations and improving marine biodiversity.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Bill establishes a new “independent watchdog”, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP), to fulfil this role, and it will seemingly hold the government to account on long-term, legally-binding targets in relation to biodiversity, air quality, water and waste management as well as its commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

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Green Market Oracle

JULY 19, 2020

The the 15th annual Green Economics Conference is titled " Survival Solutions for the Crises: Climate, Economy and Biodiversity Loss " will take place on the zoom platform. Thinking about climate, health, economy and biodiversity-loss and moving into a brighter future-less damaging for the earth and nature, and more sustainable for all of us!

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2021

In 2021, Biofuelwatch, a member of the CCNF coalition, instructed law firm Leigh Day to write to the Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) arguing that the subsidy contract for the power plant is unlawful and should be terminated. The Government must choose cleaner air and more jobs in cleaner energy in the North East.”

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The OEP aims to be fully operational in the New Year, when it expects Parliament formally enable the OEP's powers and functions in law. The OEP will also offer independent advice and oversight on the law and other environmental matters.

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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. Water is the bedrock of our biodiversity. We need to see businesses leading the way.

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Defend Our Future

MARCH 20, 2024

Congress is currently re-authorizing the Farm Bill – a once-every-five-year law that sets the path for the U.S.’s This funding also provides financial and technical assistance to farmers who wish to voluntarily adopt new practices that improve environmental outcomes such as soil health, water quality, water quantity and biodiversity.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

It calls on the recently launched OEP to formally investigate Defra's failure to set new targets covering areas such as biodiversity loss, water pollution, waste and recycling, and air quality ahead of a statutory deadline of 31 October. The proposal for an independent review of why the deadline was missed was also dismissed.

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Econaur

APRIL 22, 2020

Outraged by oil spills, smog and polluted rivers, 20 million people took to the streets, protesting what they recognized as an environmental crisis. It was the planet’s largest civic event at the time and compelled governments to take concrete actions, including passing environmental laws and establishing environmental agencies.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Veteran sustainable food and farming experts welcomed the strategy as one that just might have a genuine shot at transforming the agriculture sector and result in better public health, contribute to ending the vertiginous decline of biodiversity, and lower greenhouse gas pollution.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The rights to life, health, food and water, cultural rights and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment are being violated and will continue to be violated, and the rule of law will continue to be undermined, unless the ISDS system is eliminated,” Boyd reports. Boyd is calling on states to reform or leave these treaties.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

It raises the alarm over a "deeply concerning decline in biodiversity" in England, with available evidence pointing to a 17 per cent reduction in the abundance of priority species from 2013 to 2017 "among other adverse trends".

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Business Green

OCTOBER 10, 2022

We have legislated through the Environment Act and will continue to improve our regulations and wildlife laws in line with our ambitious vision.". This weekend the National Trust published seven 'red lines' for the government's proposed policy reforms, as it urged Ministers to commit to a "green, not grey" growth agenda.

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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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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. Turning this round will certainly not be easy," she said.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

What Ahoskie got was approximately 50 direct jobs, local tree loss, noise , heavy traffic, air pollution, and combustible dust from wood drying and processing that threatens their health and enjoyment of their homes. Clean Air Act, and even exceeds regulation standards in controlling air pollution at its facilities. . “We

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

"We've tried tirelessly to influence the UK government on what needs to be done, but their Plan to address this deluge of pollution entering our seas is still unacceptable. The case is being led by the Good Law Project, with seafood business Richard Haward's Oysters and surfer and activist Hugo Tagholm also acting as co-claimants.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We have no hope of solving one without solving the other, and by plenty of measures (such as the work on ‘Planetary Boundaries' by Johan Rockström and others at the Stockholm Resilience Institute), we have gone even further beyond the ‘safe operating space for humanity' on biodiversity loss, than on climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The offshore blocks where Equinor and others want to drill also overlap with an area rich in biodiversity that serves as the feeding grounds and migration corridors for a long list of marine animals, including dolphins, penguins, turtles, and birds. The company’s stock immediately jumped by nearly 9 percent after the law was changed.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2021

EU carbon prices have yet again sent records tumbling, reaching an all-time high of over €80 per tonne of CO2 this week, as the cost of polluting continues to get ever more expensive. COP15: UN biodiversity summit meetings delayed over Omicron fears. Greece climate law aims to ditch lignite coal by 2028.

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Business Green

MAY 13, 2022

The legal principles that have underpinned environmental law and protection for decades are now substantially weaker," said Kierra Box from Friends of the Earth.

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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. BusinessGreen rounds up the initial reaction to the historic new accord.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The government has today unveiled its hotly-anticipated suite of legally-binding environmental targets for England, confirming a sweeping package of goals to reverse species loss, increase tree cover, reduce waste, and tackle air and water pollution over the next two decades. The target to increase tree and woodland cover to 16.5

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 5, 2022

Have you read: Global leaders vow to strengthen energy security and accelerate clean energy transitions Decarbonisation more cost effective than polluting alternatives in Central America IRENA’s Francesco La Camera spotlights next steps for climate action after COP26. Opportunities for emission reduction. Climate change policy.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

JANUARY 8, 2024

Endnotes [1] EU legislation can only become legally binding once it has been published in the Official Journal. [2]

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Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2023

In addition, the plan incorporates a new roadmap for boosting household water efficiency and tackling leaks across the water industry, new plans to tackle air pollution hot spots, and a series of initiatives to bolster green innovation by improving access to finance and research and development for farmers and foresters.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2021

The government confirmed it now expects the bill to resume its report stage in the Second Session of the year before passing into law in the autumn. Environment Minister Rebecca Pow stressed the delay did not "diminish [the government's] ambition for our environment in any way". "We

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Business Green

OCTOBER 22, 2021

It said the 12 industry and expert figures on the Commission, which is to be chaired by University of Cambridge international law professor Lorand Bartels, would have a formal role to inform MPs and the public about how new free trade deals are consistent with UK green laws.

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