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Why the case against Bristol Airport’s expansion is a bellwether for the future of climate litigation
Earlier this year an attempt to halt the expansion of Bristol Airport on climate grounds was quashed in the High Court, but the judge’s opening remarks should give food for thought to any chief executives running a high-emitting company, writes Nina Pindham
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Legal comment: Why Dartmoor’s wild camping case will have wider implications for the countryside

Why directors can be personally held to account for environmental harm caused by their companies

Legal comment: Why EU nature conservation laws have survived Brexit - for now

Legal comment: Why a quashed appeal for wind farm planning permission will bring uncertainty for developers

Legal comment: The practicalities of cases where property rights meet environmental regulations

Legal comment: Nutrient neutrality in the courts - the limits of precaution

Environmental law analysis
‘The unethical environmental lawyer’: Does the legal profession need to rethink its green ethics?

Does anyone actually know how many EU retained environmental laws there are?

How much do we know about the UK’s PFAS problem?

Is the UK absent from the fight against PFAS ‘forever chemical’ pollution?

The ENDS Briefing: The policy changes to expect from the Environment Act targets

Scorecard summary: Where the EA is meeting its objectives - and where it is falling short

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From ENDS Europe
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MEPs push to make ecocide a crime, but clear political divisions remain
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PFAS ban proposal: 9 things you need to know
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ECHA unveils proposed blanket ban on ‘forever chemicals’
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Global plastics production continues apace as clamp-down looms
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‘Arguing like children’: Acrimony as RED talks cancelled over delay to green hydrogen rules
From ENDS Waste & Bioenergy
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Failed Port Clarence biomass-fired plant finally confirms RDF switch
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Varme Energy’s CEO talks UK-based EfW plans
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Petrofac to support UK’s first carbon capture and shipping hub
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Only two EfW plants make it through latest CCS-cluster cull
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Suez pressing ahead with Teesside-based EfW carbon capture project