Environmental Audit Committee

Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee calls on government to ensure delivery of next Carbon Budget is affordable, convenient, and attractive to the public

Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee launches inquiry into potential emissions, energy, and water impacts from UK's growing fleet of power-hungry data centres

Environmental Audit Committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ that environmental protection is blocking development

Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee urges government to introduce further safeguards to prevent additional runways at Heathrow undermining UK climate targets

Environmental Audit Committee calls for creation of single national flood reporting and information service to help households and businesses combat rising flood risks

Defra is widening protections from destructive fishing practices in UK seas, but has confirmed it is not planning 'to introduce whole-site bans on bottom towed fishing gear in MPAs'

Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee echoes calls from The Wildlife Trusts and Greenpeace for a ban on destructive activities in the UK's Marine Protected Areas

Environmental Audit Committee warns Planning and Infrastructure Bill could overshadow Biodiversity Net Gain and inadvertently undermine efforts to put UK on track to meet nature targets

Inquiry aims to explore measures government should adopt to keep airport expansion plans are in line with net zero targets

Barriers to long-term energy storage projects are to be identified and addressed, according to government response to recent EAC report