Today, MPs will debate and vote on the Retained EU Law Bill which if passed, could endanger thousands of rights and protections in the UK.

"You have to blame the government for this whole sorry mess. The industry is out of control and it's our rivers and beaches that are picking up the tab for that profiteering."

Environmental groups are unsatisfied with Green Brexit's weaker regulations. The UK's touted departure from the EU has led to a great reshuffling of regulations across the board. However, for many environmental advocacy groups, these changes are quickly proving to be not in the planet's favor.

The Coalition's internal climate war risks damaging the economy after Europe declared it would reject a $15 billion trade deal with Australia unless the Morrison government keeps its pledge to cut pollution under the Paris accord.

Post-Brexit regulation doesn’t match new EU rules to tackle ocean pollution, despite UK being Europe’s largest plastic waste producer.

EA chief executive Sir James Bevan argues strong environmental regulation crucial to post-pandemic economic recovery.

The Sustainable Europe Investment Plan also details plans for a Just Transition Mechanism to support those regions facing a particularly far-reaching transformation.

EU countries voted on Friday for a near-total ban on insecticides blamed for killing off bee populations, in what campaigners called a “beacon of hope” for the winged insects. /

As part of a new strategy to protect nature in the European Union, three billion new trees will be planted across the 27 member states.

Last night the Prime Minister published 115 pages of turgid text he wants MPs to agree in three days. We’ve waded through as much of it as we can – and identified some horrors. But we won’t have caught them all.

The European Green Deal is our roadmap for making the EU's economy sustainable.

THEY say a week is a long time in politics – and this week has certainly felt it! Intent on further undermining the devolution settlement and Scottish democracy, the UK Government is pushing ahead with its flawed Retained EU Law (REUL) Bill later today.

'There is no way Ireland will vote for the EU-Mercosur agreement if Brazil does not honour its environmental commitments' Leo Varadkar said.

France and Ireland say they will not ratify a huge trade deal with South American nations unless Brazil does more to fight fires in the Amazon.

German leader signals trade compromise less likely as she hardens tone on no-deal Brexit.

The UK has identified nearly 4,000 EU laws and regulations which we are now “free from”. What have we done with these newfound freedoms?

As sewage pours into the sea along England’s south coast, eagle-eyed commentators are flashing back to environment minister Zac Goldsmith that environmental regulations wouldn’t be weakened after Brexit.

Government officials are continuing to block the release of information about the impact of post-Brexit lorry park holding sites, saying it is not in the public interest.

Investigation finds areas of cleared land in Queensland likely to be habitats for threatened species.

Northern Ireland tree buyers are cancelling orders for thousands of trees because of a post-Brexit ban on plants being moved from Great Britain.

Filth spewing into a picturesque stretch of U.K. coastline is far from the image of post-Brexit Britain that Boris Johnson wants to portray.

Just when we breathed a sigh of relief that the lettuce had won the battle of shelf-life with Truss, we find that a Bill originally sponsored by arch-Brexiteer, Jacob Rees-Mogg, is being rushed through Parliament, and is set to ‘double down’ on the economic and societal damage already inflicted on this country by Brexit. 

Fantastic news as countries across the European Union – including the UK – vote to ban the outdoor use of 3 bee-harming pesticides.

Why Rees-Mogg’s bill to sunset EU laws is so inflammatory and what you can do about it.

Rishi Sunak's cut to tax on internal UK flights in Wednesday's Budget was an example of the government trying to prove Brexit was a good idea, a top climate adviser has claimed.

A network of academic experts analysing how Brexit is affecting the environment. / We are a network of impartial academic experts analysing the implications of Brexit for UK and EU environmental policy and governance.

Brexit is undermining efforts to switch to renewable energy in the fight against climate change, a senior SNP government minister warned.

In what follows, a group of leading social scientists explore these themes, explaining what has happened in the past, the situation the UK finds itself in now, and the issues that might confront us going forward. The collection is intended as a guide to the big questions confronting the country in the years to come.

‘Every parent wants their children to grow up in a healthy environment with clean water, fresh air and thriving natural wonders. Being part of the EU helps protect these precious resources and spaces.’

Government’s plan to ‘streamline’ environmental regulations could put dormice, porpoises and bats under threat.

The Environmental Information Regulation allows the public to demand data from private water companies, but it is at risk of being scrapped by the Government.

Joe Biden’s climate change plan isn’t a threat to the UK, it’s an opportunity.

BREXIT has made the task of rewilding Scotland more difficult, the chief executive of a leading conservation charity has said.

Government refusal to link carbon market to EU’s has led to higher cost for British businesses.

Exclusive: Britain is falling behind the bloc on almost every area of green regulation, analysis reveals.

Liz Truss’s pledge to review and possibly scrap all EU-derived laws by 2023 is a big threat to environmental and consumer protection, even where those measures have been put into Scots law.

Work to establish the real impact of Brexit on council services has been commissioned by Midlothian Council to give ‘clarity’ to the situation.

Nature organisations have hit out at legislation that they say could lead to the loss of important environmental protections and cost the UK tens of billions of pounds.

The government is yet to work out the potential environmental impact of a huge Brexit lorry park - even though construction started almost two months ago.

Salmon farmers are, like all of us, anticipating the arrival of the United Nation’s COP26 conference in Glasgow later this year and are actively engaging with the Scottish Government’s target of net-zero emissions of all greenhouse gases by 2045.

Findings cast doubt on Boris Johnson commitment to climate action ahead of key summit, Commission claims.

Michel Barnier accuses UK of "backtracking" on commitments but government sources accuse EU of offering only a "binary choice".

Brexit could give EU climate denying governments more power to block environmental regulations.

'Global Britain' could increase emissions by the equivalent of 44,000 transatlantic flights, research found.

Brexiters are often accused of living in the past. That is manifest in the now recurring Brexiter response to concerns about Brexit: ‘but we did perfectly well before’.

This week's Brexit downsides: half a billion in extra costs to import food, the collapse of trade talks with Canada and more.

Poor regulation of harmful chemicals, the City losing control of trillions, the music industry on its knees ... more Brexit consequences.

Your weekly update from the Brexit ‘downside bunker’, chronicling the downsides, and occasional upsides, of Brexit.

French president urges raft of reforms to EU including bloc-wide minimum wage, climate bank, and cyber defence agency.

Our sister publication, Sussex Bylines, has been publishing a series of eye-opening articles – “Toxic Shock“ on the dirty practices of Southern Water. The same appalling abuses and breaches of regulation are occurring right across the country. Readers have been horrified to learn that it is cheaper for these companies to pollute and pay the fines than to address the causes of the problem.

The MP said standards that were 'good enough for India' could be good enough for the UK.

Controversial Tory bill set to inflict further damage on businesses, with no clues yet about incoming legislation.

Delays to environment bill expected to leave gap in replacement for EU regulator

Ministers have approved the emergency use of neonicotinoids against the advice of their own experts in a move branded ‘unacceptable’ by environmental groups.

EU laws that have protected hundreds of conservation sites and the species that live in them for decades could be watered down or lost with the EU withdrawal bill.

A backlash against Boris Johnson’s plan to cut Britain's carbon emissions is gaining prominent backers in the U.K. — and they're dusting off the playbook used by the Brexit campaign.

Brussels official says UK has ‘non-regression obligation’ to protect waters as part of trade deal.

Water companies in the UK have been accused of failing to monitor the amount of sewage pumped into the sea at popular beaches across the country.

Leading British business groups and unions have called on Rishi Sunak to delay post-Brexit plans to shred all retained EU laws by 2023.

UK government plans to scrap thousands of EU laws at the end of 2023 should be reconsidered, according to a cross-party group of Senedd members.

Pascal Canfin says UK’s zero tariff demands will be rejected, amid conflicting messages.

The health and safety industry has warned the government that it might not be a good idea to throw out every European-related law.

Tariff hit for electric vehicles likely to be £2,800 per car, with risks to UK’s net zero plans.

The former Green Party co-leader argued the new bill launches "an attack on nature like we've never seen before".

Promises that exiting the EU would leave the UK better placed to protect the environment lie in tatters.

Chemicals giant Ineos has been accused of exploiting Brexit to pressure ministers to get rid of environmental legislation. Ineos, which is one of the leading firms pushing to frack for shale gas across the UK, lobbied the government to roll back measures that mean energy-intensive industries pay to develop low-carbon power sources.

Ministers are facing a clash with opposition and Conservative MPs over their plans to scrap EU-era laws copied over to UK law after Brexit.

We are candidates standing as independents in the upcoming MEP elections. The Climate & Ecological Emergency Independents are inspired by the Youth Strikes 4 Climate, Greta Thunberg and the Extinction Rebellion movement.

Ministers criticised for failing to fight for ‘ambitious’ commitments to cut CO2 emissions.

As the possibility of a no-deal Brexit scenario increases, and the government publishes its “no-deal preparedness” notices, it is worth taking stock of the sheer variety of problems that would arise with a no-deal Brexit – and the devastating consequences that would arise from such a legal limbo. Here’s what we know so far.

Five leading green organisations have called on Theresa May to delay Brexit to avoid losing environmental protections created by “decades of campaigning”.

The PM's EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill not only drives the hardest Brexit of all, it shuts MPs out of negotiations on the UK's future relationship with the EU

The scenario which now looks plausible is this: the UK heads for a hard Brexit completely cutting ties with the EU, and turns itself into a low-tax, low-standards economy, destroying decades of law building up environmental protection.

UK preparing to lift tariffs on palm oil from Malaysia as price for joining CPTPP trade agreement. / Britain is preparing to sign off on a post-Brexit trade deal that campaigners say will encourage further destruction of nature, threaten the habitat of orangutans in Malaysia and make a mockery of the government’s claims of being committed to tackling deforestation abroad.

Historic progress: the European Parliament voted to ban electric fishing (571 votes for and 60 against) on 16 April 2019.

Far-right president Bolsonaro's response to fires criticised around the world.

The head of the Environment Agency has called for less rigorous measures to determine water quality in England’s rivers, lakes and beaches after Brexit – a move which would allow the government to classify more waterbodies as being at a high standard.

The head of the Environment Agency has endorsed a proposal to weaken laws on cleanliness of polluted rivers, lakes and coastlines after Brexit.

This report identifies and then looksfurtherat the currentlymost prominent options (as at thestartof February2019) for the UK’s departure from the EU. In particularit considersthe current Withdrawal Agreement reached between the EU and the UK,together with the associated Political Declaration;and some of the alternatives, notably “no deal”,and choosing to remainin the EU.

Environmentalists fear Northern Ireland could be left behind when it comes to protecting important species and habitats after Brexit. Much of the current protection is based on EU law, backed up by the threat of fines from a European court.

Environment Secretary George Eustice sought to reassure campaigners, but fears Government will let green standards slide remain.

The world’s most widely used insecticides will be banned from all fields within six months, to protect both wild and honeybees that are vital to crop pollination.

The European Parliament and EU member states clinched an agreement late last night (13 February) over new technical conservation measures for fishing, which includes an EU-wide ban on the controversial pulse trawling starting from mid-2021.

The European Union has banned all non-recyclable plastic waste being shipped to developing nations from 1 January.

MEPs have the power to approve, amend or reject nearly all EU legislation. / So what have they achieved in this five-year term?

The European Union is offering assurances on funding for poorer members and countries’ ability to choose their own energy mix, as it strives for a deal next week on a tougher target to cut greenhouse gas emissions, according to EU documents and sources.

The European Commission has approved, under EU state aid rules, a scheme to support electricity production from renewable energy sources in Lithuania. The measure, open to all types of renewable generation, will contribute to the EU environmental objectives without unduly distorting competition.

The ‘overwhelming majority’ of member states want the 2050 target included in the EU’s strategic agenda.

Ursula von der Leyen pledges ‘unprecedented’ investments in clean technologies. / The EU is preparing to take on President Joe Biden’s showpiece legislation, which has turbocharged green investment in the US, by loosening restrictions on subsidies in Europe and accelerating permits for new projects.

The number of EU countries on board with a pledge to go carbon neutral by 2050 has grown rapidly in recent months – with 18 out of 28 now supporting the policy.

The European Union's legislature is calling for a ban on electric pulse fishing by which some fish are startled up from the seabed and easily scooped up in nets.

The European Parliament's environment committee has criticised the EU-UK trade agreement's lack of clarity in climate and environmental provisions.

The European Parliament has voted against opening trade talks between the EU and the United States amid fears over Donald Trump‘s trade and environmental policies.

Concern that new strategy, which also includes protecting primeval forests, ‘lacks tools’.

"Bloody EU, promoting international train travel to save the planet," Best For Britain said.

The environment is one of the flagship policy areas of the European Union, and is often heralded as being one of the body’s greatest success stories.

Brussels and London’s failure to agree on post-Brexit arrangements endangers the European space programme, with the first victim possibly being the monitoring of the EU Green Deal, if no solution is found by mid-2024, EURACTIV has learnt.

The European Commission will propose on Tuesday (14 January) how the EU can pay for shifting the region’s economy to net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050 while protecting coal-dependent regions from taking the brunt of changes aimed at fighting climate change.

Future British governments could be unable to repeal new laws on workers’ rights, the environment, and health and safety, under the terms of the EU’s proposed Brexit trade deal.

Brussels also plans 'Just Transition Mechanism' to regenerate coal mining and oil regions after transition.

European Union and Mercosur negotiators met in Brazil on Tuesday and Wednesday to try to reconcile their different positions and complete a trade deal that has been in the works for two decades, three diplomatic sources told Reuters.

Europe delivered two groundbreaking initiatives last week to counter the global climate change crisis: a European Union climate deal, committing the EU to more than halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and reach zero net emissions by 2050; and the publication of a first-of-its-kind of regulation, the EU’s sustainable finance taxonomy...

“Europe is setting new and ambitious standards, paving the way for the rest of the world.” / The European parliament has voted to ban single-use plastic cutlery, cotton buds, straws and stirrers as part of a sweeping law against plastic waste that despoils beaches and pollutes oceans.

Green politicians to push agenda urging climate action, social justice and civil liberties.

The European Environment Agency (EEA) is an agency of the European Union, whose task is to provide sound, independent information on the environment. The EEA aims to support sustainable development by helping to achieve significant and measurable improvement in Europe's environment, through the provision of timely, targeted, relevant and reliable information to policymaking agents and the public.

Everything from travel to air quality has been looked at in order to create ‘a growth that gives back’

The European Green Deal is a set of policy initiatives brought forward by the European Commission with the overarching aim of making Europe climate neutral in 2050.

The goal of making the EU climate neutral by mid-century is likely to set off a political battle.

Air pollution enforcement and chemical regulations could be undermined after UK leaves EU, say campaigners.

Prof David King, the former chief scientist, has expressed alarm at the prospect of Boris Johnson becoming prime minister because the Tory MP oversaw “devastating” cuts in efforts to tackle the climate crisis when he was foreign secretary and then wanted to hush them up.

'Trade campaigners have welcomed the release of leaked papers detailing trade talks between the Trump administration and British government officials, which show the US government pushing Britain into as hard a Brexit as possible because they see this as the best way of benefitting the US economy. This comes at the expense of standards, protections and livelihoods in Britain.'

The government hasn't yet decided on a new scheme, and many in the rural communities are concerned a 'funding gap' will appear.

A new parliamentary report warned the “blind optimism” shown by Tory ministers could force many small and tenant farmers in England out of business - but environment secretary George Eustice insists UK farmers are better off since Brexit.

Union and consumer groups warn post-Brexit trade policy must hold food imports to same standards as UK.

Fish farming companies are being allowed to breach environmental limits and pollute lochs because of export problems caused by Brexit.

Absurd though it may seem, as the formal Brexit process reaches its endgame, fisheries might yet be the issue that determines whether the negotiations succeed or fail.

East Midlands airport has been accused of causing sewage fungus in the River Trent with pollution up to 32 times worse than raw sewage. The Environment Agency is investigating.

Citizens of Europe, if I am taking the liberty of addressing you directly, it is not only in the name of the history and values that unite us. It is because time is of the essence. In a few weeks’ time, the European elections will be decisive for the future of our continent.

Brazil’s handling of forest fires set to top agenda of G7 countries at meeting in Biarritz this weekend

A pro-EU campaign is pouring cash into a concerted effort to unseat 44 high-profile 'Blue Wall' Tory MPs, the Mirror can reveal.

The government has already scrapped 140 European environmental regulations since Britain left the EU, Thérèse Coffey has said.

The decision by Rishi Sunak to cut domestic flight taxes was met with opposition by climate groups and Labour figures

‘We need urgent action to restore the abundance of our insect populations, not broken promises that make the ecological crisis even worse,’ says Wildlife Trusts

The so-called “green Brexit” promised by the government has not been delivered, a coalition of environment groups says.

Environmental standards are at risk across the board, from wildlife and habitats to water and air quality, a risk assessment shows

Brexit is making the UK's transition to net-zero "more complex", a new report has warned, stating that Covid-19 has further delayed efforts to set strong decarbonisation policies for an independent UK.

Activists file formal complaint alleging government has breached international law in signing deal.

The European Union will need to “re-orient most, if not all” of its policies in order to protect vulnerable regions and workers in industries affected by the transition to a green economy, the EU Commission’s vice-president Frans Timmermans has said.

The UK could find itself off the hook over cases such as breaches of air pollution levels and a failure to act on peat bog burning, which campaigners say can exacerbate flooding.

With political chaos brewing in Northern Ireland because of trade rules, a related threat means that post-Brexit UK market rules could stop Scotland setting higher environmental standards than other parts of the UK.

Publication of UK REACH's priorities for upcoming year prompts concern of growing regulatory gap between EU and UK on hazardous chemical regulation.

A resurfaced Parliament clip from 2019 shows the moment Theresa May confirms to Zac Goldsmith that Brexit won't cause environmental standards in the UK to slip.

Study for German Green party says backstop could let UK flout EU green and social standards.

REUL: Scant time remains to assess which former EU legislation to keep, amend or revoke – and the environment is likely to pay the price. / While we were EU members, the UK adopted some legislation created by the EU. Jacob Rees-Mogg called them “diktats” and promised that after Brexit we’d “take back control of our laws”. This is disingenuous: the UK was fully involved in drawing up EU law.

We can't simply sit back and assume vital protections for healthy air, clean beaches and precious wildlife will remain in place. / It’s often said at green-tinged events that no-one in the Brexit referendum voted for a poorer environment. What they’re saying - correctly - is that there’s no public mandate for lower environmental standards.

Threshold for exemption from regulations lifted from 50 to 500 workers – and to include EU ‘retained law’.

Accusations come as PM is set to meet Irish taoiseach Leo Varadkar in Dublin.

Fishing rows notwithstanding, much of Europe looks on at the UK’s plight with astonishment – and even, still, sympathy.

Only one in 10 voters wants the UK to abandon European regulations on the environment, labour market and food safety, according to a poll.

Leaked copy of plan suggests UK will be told to match EU on workers’ rights, environmental protection and state aid

Brexit poses a huge risk to UK wildlife and habitats and a new environmental law will be needed, MPs have said.

UK has not reciprocated after EU banned import of pot plant soil, in which some species can travel undetected. / Invasive species are increasingly likely to come to Britain because of lax post-Brexit trade rules, experts have warned.

Wanting to forge new trading relationships after Brexit and securing them are two very different things.

The Wildlife Trusts is to take legal action against the UK government over its decision to allow a pesticide that is almost entirely banned in the EU.

However, there are fears these breeding programmes designed to save critically endangered species could now be jeopardised by Brexit. / Zoos in Kent say they are being prevented from transferring animals because of red tape.

Europe has long struggled with overfishing. The EU has set itself the target of fishing within scientifically advised limits by 2020. Now that the UK is set to leave the EU, their fishing regulations are less certain.

Londoners’ lives are being put at risk by the Government’s bungled post-Brexit targets to tackle toxic air, a watchdog warned on Tuesday.

The government would do well to read the House of Lords EU committee report on Brexit impacts, recently debated in the Lords.

After string of nuclear power failures, leaving EU could compromise nation’s ability to share clean electricity with European nations.

Big majority in EU parliament vote for corporate due diligence along entire supply chains, including for UK businesses.

German chancellor also shares views on Brexit and climate crisis in interview. / Europe must reposition itself to stand up to the challenges posed by its three big global rivals, China, Russia and the US, Angela Merkel has said before her final European election as German chancellor.

arning that UK in danger of sliding back to 1970s reputation as ‘dirty man of Europe’.

Brexit negotiator links free-trade deal to workers’ rights and environmental protection.

Greener UK claims analysis shows rhetoric on environment not being matched by action.

There are more EU era environmental laws to review after Brexit than had been previously known, the environment secretary has suggested.

The Environmental Audit Committee’s pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Environment (Governance and Principles) Bill identifies serious concerns with proposed legislation to protect the environment if the UK leaves the European Union. The Report describes the bill as lacking coherence, with many Government Departments exempted from their environmental responsibilities.

Proposals to replace EU rules ‘downgrade’ green principles, says cross-party committee.

HOLYROOD has been urged to withhold consent to the UK Government's so-called Brexit freedoms bill. / The plans to scrap at least 2,400 laws carried over from the UK’s 47-year membership of the EU have proved controversial.

The director general of the National Trust said that investment zones ‘represent a free-for-all for nature and heritage’.

The UK's largest environmental charities have slammed the government for not doing enough to encourage an uptake in nature-friendly farming methods to tackle climate change.

Leave voters' disregard for the facts extends far beyond the NHS and the economy.

An independent environment watchdog has been established to make sure Scotland is meeting the highest standards on everything from pollution to wildlife conservation.

A small group of rightwing MPs are jangling Tory nerves and using questions about living costs to undermine climate action.

'It is prudent that schools begin to plan for possibility of disruption following Brexit'

Nation’s largest wetland among protected sites in danger, with European authorities able to intervene when other legal challenges have failed.

An open letter from joint CEOs Miriam Turner and Hugh Knowles to the Department of Trade on possible trade deals with the US.

79 organisations have joined together to write an open letter to the Prime Minister urging her to change the Government's trajectory on environmental deregulation, which is set to harm our people, planet and prosperity.

Legal experts say bill is badly designed and ‘undemocratic’. / Opposition parties will next week try to delay government plans for a bonfire of nearly 4,000 EU laws and key workers’ rights from the UK’s statute books after Brexit.

A report published today with the respected WWF, RSPB and the Wildlife Trusts makes a considered case for EU membership and finds that - on balance- we should vote to remain in a reformed European Union. To put it simply, we need to be part of the pack if we're going to have a say on the big, environmental matters.

A plan by Boris Johnson’s government to change the regulation of chemicals after Brexit risks making the UK a “dumping ground” for harmful substances, experts and campaigners have warned.

On Feb 28, 2019, the US Trade Representative (USTR) published the US negotiating position on a post-Brexit US–UK trade deal. USTR made clear that the UK must abandon the EU's high food safety, animal welfare, and environmental protection standards as a condition for agreeing the kind of deal many Brexiteers desire.

This Communication explains the measures that the Commission adopted today, 19 December 2018, in response to that call, together with other crucial steps in the implementation of its Contingency Action Plan.

Brexiteers hail new law despite not needing to be outside EU to implement it.

Government criticised over ‘indefensible’ proposal that could undermine climate efforts while yielding benefit of only £1.38m.

Laws that could disappear include ban on animal testing, workers’ rights and environmental protections.

Business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg’s new Brexit Freedoms Bill claims replacing or repealing all retained EU laws will bring unfettered growth. It’s dangerous and untrue.

Ministers have refused to sign safeguards, potentially spelling disaster for farmers after Brexit.

Campaigners say direct links between capitals could significantly reduce carbon emissions.

The BBC’s Analysis editor Ros Atkins looks at the controversy surrounding the government’s plan to scrap thousands of EU-era laws.

Waste water plants have been told they may be allowed to discharge effluent that has not been properly treated due to chemical shortages caused by Brexit and the pandemic.

The simple fact is that membership of the EU has been essential for environmental protection.

‘Allure of fusion makes it a good distraction from the failures of current government’s science and climate policy’

IoD and unions among groups writing to government, saying move would cause business chaos, harm rights and threaten environment.

‘Releasing information for public scrutiny is a key pillar of our democracy,’ says Greenpeace

The supply chain crisis has sparked a relaxation of rules on dumping waste water.

Company denies ‘sweet deal’ that will import sugar cane from countries with lower employment and environmental standards.

Seven years since the referendum, how have the “promises” made by the most prominent Brexiteers panned out? Here’s a rundown of the 10 most spectacular untruths.

This note summarises the evidence so far of the impacts on Brexit on Scotland. It sets out early evidence related to areas such as trade, the workforce and EU programmes.

The Australian and UK governments are at odds over why key climate targets were stripped out of a future trade deal.

Europe’s bid to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 will aim for a just, rapid shift away from high polluting industries and technologies.

Scientists say we have five years to change course on climate change. The next European parliament term is five years – they are a matter of life and death.

This Communication sets out a European Green Deal for the European Union (EU) and its citizens.

Strategy report setting out the big future challenges for the EU – and Scotland’s contribution to that European future

The negotiations which will set our relationship with our closest neighbours for the next generation are being rushed in a reckless game of chicken.

Zac Goldsmith’s claims that Brexit could help the environment have been utterly demolished this week.

Wildlife, air quality and fish stocks are all at risk as ministers water down EU regulations.

In 11 key policy areas, POLITICO reporters look ahead to March 30, 2019.

At risk are vital environmental and wildlife protections my colleagues and I worked tirelessly to establish in the European Parliament.

TORY ministers caved in to Australian ministers’ climate demands during talks on a post-Brexit trade deal, according to a leaked government email.

Conservative MPs have urged the government to use its Brexit freedoms to ditch the EU’s cautious approach to making sure pesticides are safe for human consumption.

A Tory peer recently ennobled by Boris Johnson has urged the prime minister to remove EU consumer and worker protections now that Brexit has happened.

Analysis from EU’s scientific risk assessors finds neonicotinoids pose a serious danger to all bees, making total field ban highly likely

One of the supposed ‘benefits’ of Brexit was the ‘bonfire of Brussels red-tape‘ which was promised by libertarian Brexiteers. Two weeks into the administration of Liz Truss, the new government announced that they were planning to revoke 570 environmental laws which, in order to continue environmental protections, were rolled over from EU law after Brexit.

Analysis finds changes such as removal of blanket ban on hormone-disrupting chemicals. / The UK has been accused of “silently eroding” key environmental and human health protections in the Brexit-inspired rush to convert thousands of pages of European Union pesticide policy into British law.

20 sites fail safe bathing criteria stoking fears UK will once more be ‘dirty man of Europe’ after Brexit

UK businesses are paying 10 per cent more than their EU counterparts to trade their emissions following Brexit.

Campaigners say revoking of post-Brexit protections amounts to legislative vandalism. / Hundreds of Britain’s environmental laws covering water quality, sewage pollution, clean air, habitat protections and the use of pesticides are lined up for removal from UK law under a government bill.

A report commissioned by Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland

London MEP says it is 'clear the government cannot be left to its own devices when it comes to keeping our water sources safe'.

Government has astonishing record of fighting demands to meet legal obligations.

British goods face tariffs of up to 60 per cent while many imports won't be charged any under latest Tory plans.

Brexit was supposed to lead to a new era of green agriculture, but farmers are on the brink as they can't access the government environmental subsidy schemes

According to experts, the best long-term environmental and economic measure Tory ministers could adopt is a close relationship with the EU market.

Environment secretary George Eustice wants to tear up a key piece of European law that environmentalists say protects cherished habitats in the UK.

The British government secretly dropped a series of climate pledges in order to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with Australia, leaked emails appear to show.

Proposals due to be published on Thursday by the UK Government will see powers in at least 70 policy areas previously controlled by the EU flow instead to Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast

From the ‘red-tape’ slashing desires of the Brexiters to the judgment of green professionals, all indications are for weaker environmental protections.

Rhetoric that government will develop gold standard fisheries is ‘a joke’, campaigners say.

A new waste strategy was drawn up by the Government in 2018 but, five years on, there are no delivery dates for it, according to a new report by the independent spending watchdog.

Instead of protecting the natural world, the proposed Office for Environmental Protection ‘could undermine the rule of law’, and lead to worse damage than under EU, lawyers say

Welsh Liberal Democrats have welcomed a proposed new bill which will protect Welsh farmers from being undercut by food trade deals which do not meet environmental and animal welfare standards.

In the face of “no deal” environmental aims are made more challenging. Stephanie Hilborne, The Wildlife Trusts' Chief Executive, explains the effects it could have on the natural world.

Brussels firms up position and bloc’s unity before tough talks on future relationship with UK.

Huge sections of the UK coastline were too polluted for swimming until EU legal action forced the government to clean up.

In the 1990s almost all rubbish in the UK went to landfill. Today nearly half of household waste is recycled, thanks to EU legislation.

The Government has effectively made it cheaper for firms to pollute in Britain in what some see as another anti-green move by Rishi Sunak’s administration.

They want to tear up our green regulations so they can plunder and pollute the environment for profit.

They will be joined by a young bull from Germany in mid-August, whose arrival was delayed by import complications related to Brexit.

Many environmental regulations based on EU law, Institute of European Environmental Policy warns.

The government’s “Brexit freedoms bill” could see all legal protections from pesticides abolished, wildlife campaigners have warned, putting insects, wildlife and human health in danger.

A bill to remove EU-derived laws that include 570 environmental regulations will cause serious ecological harm, charities and MPs have warned.

‘Michael Gove is barking up the wrong tree and knows it,’ says Greenpeace.

Ellie Newis reviews two of the flagship free trade agreements that were supposed to reignite the UK economy.

Rachel Donald looks at how the Trade Minister’s justification for a zero-tariff trade deal with Malaysia only accelerates global deforestation.

Angry MPs say the move threatens jobs, the environment and the NHS in a cliff-edge crash-out on WTO terms.

David Briggs on why sustainability and the EU make good business sense.