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The EU has unveiled sweeping new plans that could crack down on everything from mini shampoo bottles and disposable coffee cups to excess packaging and virgin plastics

New report argues legally binding environmental standards required to combat ‘bad trade deals’ that threaten to undercut domestic farmers

PM faces calls to attend Montreal Summit and publish overdue domestic nature goals, as research highlights benefits of protecting 30 per cent of land and sea by 2030

National Trust, RSPB, and ZSL among coalition of groups backing complaint to the Office of Environmental Protection over government’s failure to set new set of legal green targets

WWF and ClientEarth lodge complaint with the Office for Environmental Protection over Environment Agency's failure to impose sanctions on farmers who breach pollution laws

Conservation charity becomes co-claimant in legal action against the government over alleged failures in plan to tackle sewage overflows

Australian court blocks coal mine plans, Ireland promises beefed up climate strategy, and all the green business news from around the world

Calls grow for a rethink of the controversial Retained EU Law Bill, amid concerns over threat to worker, consumer, and environmental protections

Open letter from environmental and health groups calls on Environment Secretary to move early to tackle ‘rapidly escalating threat’ from disposable vape units