Environmental Audit Committee
MPs demand fashion bosses come clean on industry's pollution impacts
Environmental Audit Committee writes to industry executives demanding more detail on how fashion retailers are mitigating their environmental impact
Is the government really 'coasting on climate change'?
The government's response to the Environment Audit Committee report on green finance lays bare the good, the bad, and the ugly of the UK's decarbonisation efforts
MPs: Heat wave resilience 'a matter of life and death'
Environmental Audit Committee warns government must respond to climate-related heat risks that pose a major threat to health
Theresa May confirms plan for new Environment Act
Prime Minister tells Liaison Committee government will introduce the first Environment Bill since 1995, covering air quality and other post-Brexit 'opportunities'
MPs to examine environmental footprint of UK fashion industry
Inquiry will explore the carbon impact, resource use and water footprint of growing throwaway 'fast fashion' sector
MPs call for mandatory climate risk reporting
Following inquiry into green finance, Environmental Audit Committee concludes large companies and asset owners - such as pension funds - should be forced to report their exposure to climate change risks and opportunities
'Worryingly complacent': MPs warn too many pension funds are failing to engage with climate risks
Environmental Audit Committee finds a majority of large pension funds are addressing climate change, but warns a number of funds are ignoring strategic risks
'Short on detail': Clean investment slump puts government policies under the spotlight
Environmental Audit Committee calls for urgent plan to boost green investment and close Clean Growth Strategy 'policy gap'
MPs urge government to require financial regulators to engage with climate risks
Environmental Audit Committee calls on Michael Gove to use powers under Climate change Act to require regular climate risk reports form pensions and financial regulators
Government accused of 'dragging its feet' on plastic waste
Environmental Audit Committee slams government for not committing to decisive action on deposit return schemes for plastic bottles and enhancing producer responsibility
'Significant gaps and weaknesses': Ministry of Justice in the dock for poor environmental performance
Environmental Audit Committee slams Justice Department for multiple sustainability failures
This government's post-Brexit plans for chemicals threatens human health and the environment
Labour's Kerry McCarthy argues that the government's approach to chemical regulation post-Brexit is jeopardising the health of the public, animals and the natural environment
Latte levy? MPs urge radical action to cut coffee cup waste
Environmental Audit Committee report offers up strong brew of anti-waste measures to curb disposable coffee cup waste - including 25p charge on single-use cups
MPs target packaging firms in calls for tougher action on plastic waste
Environmental Audit Committee calls for national deposit return scheme for plastic bottles and for more of the financial burden for plastic recycling to be shifted onto industry
Green Lunch with… Mary Creagh, MP
The chair of the Environmental Audit Committee joins us at The Thomas Cubbit to talk cycling, Brexit, and polar bear testicles
The Lancet: Air, water and soil pollution costs globe $4.6tr a year
Comprehensive Lancet research says governments have neglected tackling pollution that causes immense economic damage and nine million early deaths a year
ClientEarth launches legal challenge over EU car emissions test rules
Green law group claims new EU regulations allow automakers to keep car emissions control systems secret from the public, potentially allowing for another 'dieselgate' scandal
MPs to reopen inquiry into plastic bottle use
New inquiry will look into the viability of deposit schemes and taxes as ways to reduce impact of plastic waste on the environment
Environmental Audit Committee: Government has 'no strategy or vision' to meet Sustainable Development Goals in UK
Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee issues withering analysis of UK progress towards UN's 2030 sustainability and climate targets
Green and pleasant land? What Brexit could mean for farming and habitats
Will the UK maintain strong environmental protections alongside support for sustainable farming post-Brexit?
Super inquiry launched by Parliament into air pollution crisis
'Unprecedented' move sees four Parliamentary committees team up to scrutinise government action to clean up Britain's toxic air
MPs launch plastic bottle and coffee cup inquiry
Environmental Audit Committee aims to follow success of microbeads inquiry with new investigation of disposable drinks packaging
MPs raise formal concerns over Green Investment Bank restructuring ahead of sale
Letter from Environmental Audit Committee to BEIS seeks reassurance over potential impact of restructuring on GIB's green credentials
Deploy Environmental Protection Act to ringfence green standards post Brexit, urge MPs
Environmental Audit Committee warns Brexit could lead to a decline in environmental protection in the UK without action
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