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Defra

Policy

Study: 10.5 million patients visiting UK hospitals in areas with dirty air

Study by UK100 and British Lung Foundation prompts calls for action to reduce transport and industrial emissions in cities

clock 19 August 2019 • 3 min read

Policy

Air pollution: Could a fuel duty hike and EV tax breaks help clean up our air?

Does the UK need a Committee on Air Pollution? Think tank Bright Blue sets out policy menu for tackling air pollution crisis

clock 13 August 2019 • 7 min read

Policy

'Damaging and unjustified': Groups warn of 'secrecy provision' in UK green watchdog plans

Amnesty International, NUJ, Greenpeace, and others warn restrictions in remit of proposed Office for Environmental Protection 'wholly at odds with public's right to information'

clock 10 August 2019 • 4 min read

Policy

Farmer and landowner 'clusters' offered £2.5m for green projects

Defra announces fourth round of Country Stewardship Facilitation Fund to support flood management, tree planting, and habitat protection projects

clock 06 August 2019 • 2 min read

Waste

Plastic bag use drops 90 per cent in England

The average person in England now buys just 10 single-use plastic bags a year, compared to 140 in 2014

clock 31 July 2019 • 2 min read

Politics

Green Tories Zac Goldsmith and Simon Clarke join ministerial line-up

Clarke will serve as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and Goldsmith will work across Defra and DFID as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

clock 29 July 2019 • 4 min read

Politics

Cabinet Reshuffle: Green Ministerial teams take shape

George Eustice returns to Defra alongside Therese Coffey, as allies of Boris Johnson are rewarded with key posts at Transport and Housing

clock 26 July 2019 • 3 min read

Politics

New Cabinet faces tidal wave of critical green policy decisions

Brexit will inevitably dominate, but Andrea Leadsom, Theresa Villiers, Grant Shapps, and Sajid Javid all face critical policy choices that will shape the green economy for decades to come

clock 25 July 2019 • 10 min read

Legislation

A transformative Environment Bill edges closer

As all eyes were on the announcement of a new Prime Minister, the government yesterday beefed up its Environment Bill plans - Greener UK's Ruth Chambers explains why it marks an important, but incomplete, step forward

clock 24 July 2019 • 4 min read

Rail

Network Rail tasked with boosting biodiversity around UK train tracks

Government publishes new strategy setting out how it expects Network Rail to protect and enhance the UK's railway line-side environment

clock 24 July 2019 • 3 min read
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