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Loopholes and caveats in DEFRA’s long-awaited policy statement on environmental principles will undermine government rhetoric, critics believe. Catherine Early reports
A report on the environmental impact of a new huge lorry park in Kent could contain 'information that somebody, somewhere, doesn't want in the public domain', a councillor has claimed
Business and energy secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has delayed a decision on a development consent order for a 1.8 gigawatt wind farm off the Norfolk coast, after the High Court earlier in the year overturned consent for the scheme's sister project
HS2 has said it will appeal an order handed down by a judge last week forcing it to to temporarily stop clearing a site in the Chilterns area of outstanding natural beauty
Peatlands, native woodlands, saltmarsh and seagrass meadows have an integral role in helping the UK reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions, the nature regulator has said
There is no map describing the location of deep peat in England, posing the question of how the limited ban on peat burning set in law earlier this year can be enforced
The flaws in the biodiversity net gain calculator have all been corrected, says Natural England, but will its official launch later this year satisfy everyone? James Agyepong-Parsons reports
Hundreds of CSOs are being investigated for the frequency of their sewage spills, according to ENDS' analysis of a water industry environment programme, but it will be some years before any action is taken. Take a look at ENDS' map to see if there's one near you
Could a recent decision by a judge to quash planning approval for what would have been one of the world’s largest offshore wind farms off the Norfolk coast scupper prime minister Boris Johnson’s plans to turn the UK into the ‘Saudi Arabia of offshore wind’? Jamie Carpenter finds out
Two recent Public Accounts Committee inquiries have questioned DEFRA’s ability to lead other departments, and even its own agencies, to achieve its aims for the environment. Catherine Early reports
Councils are seeking to rewild farmland in an attempt to reduce nitrate pollution in the Solent. But their plans, drawn up in response to Natural England advice that has halted housebuilding, face a legal threat from campaigners, who say that they lack ambition and the science is not proven. James Fair reports
The latest iteration of London’s key planning blueprint contains new environmental requirements, including that proposed developments should manage biodiversity impacts
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