Policy

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

Businesses need help to cut through a proliferation of insufficiently scientific standards and advice, writes IPPR's Joshua Emden

But department reiterates that decisions on onshore wind farm planning applications will continue to be made at the local level

Calls are mounting for ministers to deliver a more detailed plan to fully decarbonise road haulage, as government touts legalisation of longer lorries as a climate win

FairCharge demands changes to Treasury rules that mean formerly fossil-fuelled cars converted to electric powertrains still face higher charges

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

Corporate leaders and Ministers met yesterday to discuss how to accelerate the net zero transition, but concerns are continuing to grow over the government's response to the global clean tech investment 'arms race'

Defra's IT and administrative systems 'at constant risk of failure or cyber attack', according to Public Accounts Committee

Record gains for the Green Party and a collapse in the Tory vote point to how environmental issues could prove key to the coming general election