Defra

Controversial appointment will mean one of the Conservative's leading environmental champions will remain in government

New analysis reveals targets covering air pollution, water quality, recycling, tree planting, renewable energy and biodiversity are all on track to be missed in the coming years

Woodland Carbon Guarantee to provide farmers and landowners with long-term contracts to fund CO2-sequestering tree planting

Environmental consultancy Anthesis and waste analytics company Topolytics secure grant funding to help digitise tracking of household and commercial waste

Fresh ONS assessment of UK carbon impact shows that when imported emissions are taken into account UK emissions peaked in 2007 rather than 1972

Prime Minister will lead new Cabinet-level body to oversee decarbonisation drive across Whitehall

Flurry of announcements as government confirms plans for Green GB Week, tables Environment Bill, and promises fresh action on transport emissions

Long-awaited legislation to deliver new environmental regulator and legally binding green targets

The government is preparing to publish its long-awaited Environment Bill - and its contents will be crucial to post-Brexit green governance

The long-awaited Environment Bill is expected to set out details of UK's post-Brexit green regulatory regime - and sources expect a 'thundering big bill'