The Environment Act 2021
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Everything you need to know about the Environment Act, which contains provisions intended to maintain environmental standards outside the EU, as well as improve air and water quality, tackle waste, increase recycling, halt the decline of species, and improve the natural environment.
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The Environment Act 2021: 45 things you need to know
After a long and tortuous journey through parliament, the government’s ‘world-leading’ Environment Bill has finally passed into law. The ENDS team has scoured the resulting legislation to bring you everything you need to know about the raft of changes that the new act will bring about
The Environment Act 2021 analysis
The ENDS Briefing: The policy changes to expect from the Environment Act targets

How some of the UK’s top developers are seeking to weaken biodiversity net gain reforms

Queen’s Speech: What could be in it for the environment?

Will the Environment Act really 'bend the curve' on nature's decline?

Will rejecting stronger OEP independence ‘come to haunt’ MPs?

‘Dirty secrets’: What are the first complaints to the OEP about?

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Why a court decision to slash an ‘unreasonable’ EA fine has implications for all regulated industry

Why a court dismissed claims that DEFRA’s sewage spill reduction plan was unlawful

Why a judicial review of sea fishing licences underlines the weight being given to environmental conservation

The (legal) lessons to be drawn from the failed High Court ULEZ challenge

Why developer CG Fry’s nutrient neutrality challenge is unlikely to succeed on appeal - for now

Why the dismissal of ClientEarth’s case against Shell will have ramifications for other NGOs seeking to change corporate behaviour

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