Environmental law

A housing developer has been fined almost £19,000 for demolishing a property that was home to protected soprano pipistrelle bats, in only the second case of its kind to be brought by the Metropolitan Police

A major supplier of food and drink ingredients has agreed to make a £150,000 payment to a local charity following a pollution incident in 2015

A farmer from Comber in Northern Ireland has been handed a £325,690 confiscation order for the illegal treatment and disposal of waste

Legal imagination is one of the key tools in the armoury of environmental lawyers who want to tackle climate change, a professor of environmental law has told attendees at the annual Public Interest Environmental Law conference

The European Commission has seen off a legal challenge against its decision not to review the authorisation of a harmful substance in recycled PVC

Scan upcoming policy changes on oil and gas decommissioning, radioactive waste management, producer compliance for waste electrical and electronic equipment collection, sustainability in Wales, food contact materials, and energy efficiency for small and medium businesses

The forthcoming Environment Bill presents a vital opportunity to respond to growing public and medical concern about air pollution, a parliamentary group has been told. Gareth Simkins hears what the experts have to say

Further details have emerged in the past few days about the government’s post-Brexit environmental governance arrangements, including the identity of an interim green Brexit commissioner and where the green watchdog could be based. Here are nine things you need to know about DEFRA’s green governance vision

Important deadlines relating to energy infrastructure and energy efficiency, chemicals labelling, emissions reporting and air pollution are coming up in April

How did the handful of businesses that have overturned Environment Agency permitting decisions manage to succeed at appeal?