EAC

'Welcome shift in attitude': MPs and Ministers find common ground on 'unacceptable' water pollution

Policy

'Welcome shift in attitude': MPs and Ministers find common ground on 'unacceptable' water pollution

Environmental Audit Committee welcomes government's plans to boost research, enforcement, and investment to help tackle water pollution

clock 16 May 2022 • 3 min read
'A new metric': Link GDP figures to emissions targets, EAC urges Chancellor

Policy

'A new metric': Link GDP figures to emissions targets, EAC urges Chancellor

The Environmental Audit Committee has written to Rishi Sunak and National Statistician Sir Ian Diamond calling for the UK to adopt a more rounded definition of economic success

clock 06 April 2022 • 3 min read
Greener imports: Environmental Audit Committee calls for 'coordinated' carbon border tariff approach

Politics

Greener imports: Environmental Audit Committee calls for 'coordinated' carbon border tariff approach

MPs claim pros of carbon border adjustment mechanism outweigh cons, arguing that putting a price on imports could play a major role in reducing the UK's consumption emissions

clock 04 April 2022 • 5 min read
MPs warn lack of government progress on carbon capture is giving heavy emitters a 'free pass'

CCS

MPs warn lack of government progress on carbon capture is giving heavy emitters a 'free pass'

Environmental Audit Committee argues that net zero target loophole could undermine efforts to encourage heavy industries to prioritise cutting emissions

clock 29 March 2022 • 3 min read
MPs call for UK ban on trade and financing of deforestation-linked goods

Supply chain

MPs call for UK ban on trade and financing of deforestation-linked goods

Environmental Audit Committee report also describes government biodiversity efforts to date as 'lacking' and argues ‘bold and ambitious action’ is required

clock 30 September 2021 • 6 min read

Biodiversity

'Toothless policy and targets': Environmental Audit Committee slams government 'inaction' on nature protection

Major report from select committee on biodiversity and ecosystems slams government for weak nature protection targets and policy and points to failure to embed nature protection across government thinking

clock 30 June 2021 • 5 min read

Politics

Has axing the UK's Industrial Strategy undermined the government's net zero efforts?

Businesses left in dark over the future direction of the UK economy thanks to lack of industrial strategy, BEIS Committee argues

clock 28 June 2021 • 5 min read

Energy

MPs urge government to unlock potential of UK tidal power

The EAC has emphasised the potential of tidal power to both provide clean energy for the grid and provide broader economic benefits, in a letter sent to Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng

clock 01 April 2021 • 2 min read

Taxation

'Opportunity to reset': How MPs are urging the Treasury to use tax policy to drive green recovery

Environmental Audit Committee Chair Philip Dunne talks to BusinessGreen about the need for 'a tax system fit for net zero Britain' and the right time to judge whether the government has delivered on its green recovery promises

clock 17 February 2021 • 10 min read

Recycling

MPs to probe plans for deposit return recycling scheme in England

Environmental Audit Committee inquiry to look at potential design for government's aim to implement a deposit return scheme in England in 2023

clock 15 February 2021 • 2 min read