Environmental law

The Environment Agency had been working for four years to get abandoned waste removed from a site, which last Monday caught fire and turned into a huge blaze, it has confirmed

The Forestry Commission has opened an investigation after an estimated 70 mature oak trees were felled in an area of outstanding natural beauty in Cranmore, on the Isle of Wight

A handful of wastewater treatment works are discharging effluent containing high levels of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ into rivers in Scotland, ENDS can reveal

A Cumbrian council has confirmed that it is investigating after anglers raised the alarm that a fishing pond has suffered 'extensive siltation', apparently linked to a housing development on which construction works began prior to the submission of a plan to mitigate environmental impacts

Due to return in the next parliamentary session after its latest delay, it seems the Environment Bill will finally receive royal assent in the autumn. Since the bill was introduced, however, numerous amendments have been made and there remain a great many question marks surrounding key targets and the timetable for implementation, among other issues. Here's what you need to know

It could take the Scottish Environment Protection Agency two years to fully recover from a cyber-attack that locked it out of most of its data and systems, according to the regulator. While a backlog of permit applications is building up, SEPA's boss says key activities are still being carried out

Firms have long been held responsible in the eyes of the public, if not the law, for the activities of their subsidiaries abroad, but recent cases show the courts are catching up

When exercising statutory powers and making decisions, public bodies are bound to act fairly, reasonably and lawfully, and in accordance with publicised criteria and thresholds