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The act will also look to cut waste, protect biodiversity and increase recycling rates

It puts the country on a legally binding path to achieve net zero emissions by 2050

The Environment Agency has accepted its payment to charity as an alternative to sanction or prosecution

Parliament has launched a new consultation to explore whether it should introduce new regulations to help prevent forests and other natural areas from being illegally converted into agricultural lands

The draft law proposals would ban all new coal, oil and gas projects with immediate effect

Chatham Partners, a law firm specialising in renewable energy, suggests if future technology developments enable wind farms to be built in deep international waters, current legal frameworks would need to be revised.

The Bill aims to tackle the biggest environmental priorities and now progresses to the Committee stage for further scrutiny

In a bid to cut red tape while maintaining environmental standards, the ambassadors of EU member states have agreed to update existing EU rules

The US Energy Department has authorised a firm in Florida to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG). The license allows American LNG Marketing LLC (American LNG) to export to countries which do not have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US. Federal law generally requires approval of natural gas exports to countries which have an FTA […]

A man has been fined after pleading guilty to running an illegal waste site in County Durham. Following an investigation by the Environment Agency, James Ian Campbell, 56, was charged with breaking environmental permit regulations. He was fined £550, ordered to pay costs of £800 and a victim surcharge of £55 at Darlington Magistrates Court last […]