Legislation

Government unveils new legislation that aims to give local authorities greater control over bus services and reverse decline in number of journeys

Group of eight NGOs and business groups warn current rules are allowing large numbers of developers to avoid paying into Biodiversity Net Gain schemes

Survey of people in 22 countries shows more than three in five support the prosecution of business leaders and governments who cause serious damage to the environment

As the climate crisis proves, free market is as much of an oxymoron as definitely, maybe

Members of Climate Group's SteelZero initiative call on government to include plans for lower emission steel supplies in promised Industrial Strategy

Legislation will strengthen regulators' powers to ban bonuses and impose tougher penalties on water firms, including custodial sentences for executives who break the law

Environmental campaigners slam soft drinks brand's campaign to bring back plastic straws as 'misleading' and 'dangerous'

DESNZ confirms it will not contest legal action against Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas projects, but insists licenses have not been withdrawn as new environmental guidance could yet allow projects to proceed

Chemicals sector stakeholders urge government to set out 'clear vision' for industry's future in forthcoming Industrial Strategy

Campaigners to argue bloc's 2030 targets are out of step with Paris Agreement and not derived from 'best available' climate science