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Last week the chief executives of the newly-established green watchdogs the Office for Environmental Protection and Environmental Standards Scotland discussed the UK’s emerging post-Brexit environmental governance arrangements with ENDS. Here’s what you need to know
The government must regulate the many thousands of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances as one group, rather than individually, to protect public health and the environment, a group of 30 NGOs has demanded in a letter to DEFRA
The latter half of 2021 saw cities across the country implement their clean air plans. However, with the first quarter of 2022 behind us, it has become clear that progress has not always been smooth, with political tensions coming to the surface. Pippa Neill reports
Villages which were affected by ash clouds from a power station in Scotland are set to receive a £100,000 'goodwill gesture' funding boost for environmental projects
A Welsh Government review of Natural Resources Wales is putting its lack of resources under the spotlight, with enforcement failings a key issue, finds Catherine Early
Twenty-three properties in a Welsh village have been demolished in order to help the UK meet its obligations under the EU’s 2008 directive on ambient air quality
Eight months after a consultation opened on a new regime to determine best available techniques to control industrial pollution, a response from the government is still awaited. Here’s what to expect
The Welsh government has raised the prospect of charging motorists for the use of two of Wales' busiest stretches of road in a bid to tackle air pollution
The first DEFRA review of the Office for Environmental Protection has found the watchdog in 'good health', but green groups have urged that future reviews 'must seek evidence from outside government'
Available to watch on demand now: The chief executives of newly-established green watchdogs the Office for Environmental Protection and Environmental Standards Scotland discussed the UK’s emerging post-Brexit environmental governance arrangements with ENDS at this free-to-view webinar
The government's statutory climate advisers today delivered an assessment of the UK’s progress towards net zero, warning that ‘we have not seen the necessary tangible progress in a host of areas’. Click through to view the watchdog's report card in full
A cross-party group of parliamentarians has teamed up with the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust and Wildlife and Countryside Link to press for a ban on lead ammunition by next year