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Defra

Legislation

Government announces crackdown on polluting home fireplace fuels

Most polluting fuels for wood burning stoves including coal and wet wood to be phased out from 2021-23 as part of crackdown on particle pollution

clock 21 February 2020 • 4 min read

Legislation

Return of the Environment Bill

As the government's flagship post-Brexit green legislation makes its way through Parliament, there are a number of ways it must strengthened, argues Ruth Chambers of Green Alliance

clock 20 February 2020 • 4 min read

Risk

A harder rain's a-gonna fall

There have been repeated warnings about the UK's vulnerability to flooding - now the PM must put climate resilience at the centre of his 'levelling-up' agenda

clock 18 February 2020 • 5 min read

Politics

George Eustice named Environment Secretary in cabinet overhaul

Farming, Fisheries and Food Minister wins promotion to top job at Defra where he will be responsible for delivering government's post-Brexit environmental and agriculture legislation

clock 13 February 2020 • 3 min read

Politics

Cabinet reshuffle: Top green posts up for grabs as Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom and Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers sacked

Boris Johnson makes sweeping changes to top green jobs in government ahead of crucial year for UK's net zero strategy and COP26 preparations

clock 13 February 2020 • 5 min read

Biodiversity

'Trees are vital': Government dishes out first wave of Urban Tree Challenge funding

Thirteen projects set to deliver tens of thousands of new trees by 2021 as government looks to deliver on manifesto tree-planting pledges

clock 08 February 2020 • 2 min read

Legislation

Environment Bill leaves wriggle-room for weaker standards after Brexit, green groups warn

Proposed law offers no legal guarantees current UK green standards will not be weakened after Brexit, Greener UK warns

clock 31 January 2020 • 4 min read

Policy

Less meat, more trees: UK climate advisors urge overhaul of 'unsustainable' farmland management

Committee on Climate Change tells ministers radical change in how land is managed across UK required reach net zero emissions

clock 23 January 2020 • 4 min read

Policy

Defra launches natural capital tool to help businesses make greener decisions

Tool is the first time evidence and guidance about UK natural capital will be accessible in one place

clock 22 January 2020 • 2 min read

Policy

Deteriorating environment risks becoming 'drag' on economy, UK advisors warn

Natural Capital Committee gives scathing assessment of UK progress on environmental goals and calls for stronger green governance after Brexit

clock 17 January 2020 • 6 min read
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