Legislation

Legal challenges against controversial plans will now be considered in a three-day hearing

National Audit Office claims plan to mobilise investment in net zero innovation lacks sufficiently defined outcomes and clear stewardship

Government announces fresh funding for up to 25 agricultural projects that support sustainable food production and protected sites

Auto giant Stellantis urges government to revisit Brexit trade rules or risk seeing electric vehicle manufacturing capacity migrate to the EU

EU Retained Law Bill proposes ditching around 300 green laws this year, while handing Ministers powers to 'weaken environmental rules with impunity' going forward, campaigners warn

Report into the impact of the European Green Deal on energy security, prices, jobs, and investment claims the bloc's green transition is 'set in stone'

UK government accused of 'lagging behind' in delivery of new legislation after 'successful' shared e-scooter trial by CoMoUK

The government will try and argue its bonfire of regulations will not weaken environmental protections, just as it is trying to convince people it is serious about onshore wind development - but such gaslighting will be met with a weary scepticism

Laws, regulations, treaties and decisions related to habitats, air quality, climate change, renewable energy, farming and fishing proposed for scrapheap under government plans

But more than 1,000 EU-derived laws are still set for the chop this year and it remains unclear how many have climate and environmental policy implications