Comment
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Disappearing in the haze
UK air quality has improved but there is still much to do, especially on particulates.
News
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Government slow to tackle energy conservation
Record oil prices have not led to a radical policy shift to a low-carbon economy.
- Green New Deal manifesto
- Water UK flooding report
- DEFRA debates food security
- RTFO’s first monthly report
- Consultation on existing homes emissions
- Climate camp targets Eon
Corporate
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Private firms fail to report
ENDS survey reveals poor disclosure compared with listed counterparts.
- WWF calls for end to oil sands mining
- Water companies draw up plans
- Government's IT strategy
- Assurance guide published
- Banks invest in coal
Energy & climate
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Wind supply chain problems
Supply chain reports cast doubt on the UK's ability to meet its 2020 renewables target.
- Solar power reaches grid parity
- Green electricity supply guidelines
- US cap-and-trade takes shape
- Consumer choice to reduce new car emissions
- Firm applies for Teesport biomass plant
- Support for electric cars
- CHP plants get go-ahead
- Good month for wind
- RCEP climate adaptation study
- Driving on hard shoulder increases CO2
Pollution & clean-up
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Spotlight report
Industry and agriculture have improved their environmental performance, says the Environment Agency.
- Site management ratings
- PFOS and PFOA in food
- Progress of sorts on contaminated land
- EU food agency on bisphenol A
- Air pollution and construction
Supply chain
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Product roadmapping update
DEFRA is considering how it can prompt industry take the lead on sustainable products.
- Green marketing changes urged
- Platinum supply clean up
- Property life-cycle costing
- UK palm oil refinery planned
- Greenpeace produces plywood guidance
Waste & resources
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Packaging growth halted
WRAP says supermarkets have halted growth in packaging waste.
- Threat of WEEE enforcement
- Construction waste roadmap
- Landfill gas fuels vehicles
- Incinerator challenge fails
- WRAP to trial mixed plastics recycling
- Nanotubes declared hazwaste
Science
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Extreme rainfall
Historical data confirms the link between warming and extreme rainfall, according to two new studies.
- Mothers’ dioxins exposure affects children
- Nanotech firms unenthusiastic about reporting
- Marine methane mystery solved
FEATURES
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Sectoral climate agreementsGlobal sectoral deals to cut emissions are being floated as an answer to EU competitiveness worries.
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Farewell Tony Juniper
ENDS talks to the just-departed director of Friends of the Earth.
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Squaring the nitrogen cycle
Scientists are working to build a holistic picture of the impacts of nitrogen-based pollutants.
Policy Briefing
National
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Scottish zero-waste proposals
The Scottish Government outlines bold proposals to help meet its zero-waste ambitions.
- Eco-towns standards
- Nitrates Directive u-turn
- Construction soils code
- Market surveillance improved
- Phosphate ban opinions
- Waste exemptions review
- Scottish marine proposals
- NO2 consultation
- EUETS auctioning rules clarified
- Severn barrage study widened
- Sustainable homes code costed
- Schools included in carbon commitment
- Waste oil quality protocol
- Trade body to report emissions
- Timber procurement guidance
- Packaging export rules change
- Microgeneration certification expanded
- Scottish waste management licensing
International
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Sustainable consumption and production action plan
EU sets out action plan to link environmental measures on energy, labelling and procurement.
- Eco-design Directive recast
- Green public procurement strengthened
- EU eco-label revised
- EMAS revamp
- NEC Directive delayed again
- Ozone regulations revised
- PAHs in food
- Commission demands particulates information
- REACH safety guidance
- Green biomass standards
Parliament & Politics
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Vehicle excise duty rift
Environmental Audit Committee fails to agree on supporting the VED regime for cars.
- Climate support for councils urged
- Lords scrutinise Planning Bill
- Draft Marine Bill considered
- Forests and shipping inquiries
- Carbon capture for coal demanded
In Court
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Richard Macrory
The ECJ has dismissed a challenge to EU fisheries rules, underlining its strict approach to standing.
- Landfill tax clarified
- Hills Waste fined over leachate levels
- £30,000 fine for milk pollution
- Veolia fined for sewage leak
- Modest fine Ondeo oil slick
- Brickmaker’s diesel spill

