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The soils in some areas of peatland in the South Pennines were more acidic than lemon juice. Years of work by a pioneering partnership to improve the condition of the moors is returning degraded blanket bog to an active state

Two large industries are about to undergo a review of their environmental compliance rules – how will it work and what does the future hold for IED installations in the UK?

Seven UK offshore wind farm extension projects were approved to progress to the next stage of the development process at the end of last month, but the Crown Estate dropped an eighth from its plans after undertaking a habitats assessment. Jim Dunton looks into the decision not to proceed with the Race Bank extension.

With two new ministers and a new secretary of state, DEFRA’s new ministerial team has a very different look compared to the one run by Michael Gove before the summer. Rachel Salvidge examines what the new recruits might mean for the future of environmental policy

A push for lighter touch regulation by a coalition of ports has resurrected old fears that environmental protections are under attack again. James Fair reports

Four experts considered how producers of plastic waste should be made to pay for its collection and treatment at a major recycling and waste management conference this week. Gareth Simkins reports