Environmental Audit Committee

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
A 'sea change'? Government unveils plans to halt sewage flows into UK waters

Policy

A 'sea change'? Government unveils plans to halt sewage flows into UK waters

Proposals come as water companies admit to discharging raw sewage more than 372,000 times into England’s rivers, estuaries, and seas last year

clock 31 March 2022 • 3 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
'Disappointing and piecemeal': Government accused of failing to deliver much-needed green skills overhaul

Skills

'Disappointing and piecemeal': Government accused of failing to deliver much-needed green skills overhaul

Official response to Environmental Audit Committee report on green skills appears to reject calls for immediate changes to national curriculum and training schemes

clock 20 January 2022 • 3 min read
Sewage, agriculture, and plastic pollution to blame for England's woeful river quality, MPs say

Policy

Sewage, agriculture, and plastic pollution to blame for England's woeful river quality, MPs say

Environmental Audit Committee calls on government to lead crack down on water pollution

clock 13 January 2022 • 3 min read
Government announces partial U-turn on water company sewage rules

Policy

Government announces partial U-turn on water company sewage rules

It comes just a day after the government published 1,200-word defence of its decision to vote against stricter legal controls on pumping raw sewage into rivers and seas

clock 27 October 2021 • 5 min read
Net zero skills gap: Environment Audit Commitee calls for clarity over government's green jobs plans

Skills

Net zero skills gap: Environment Audit Commitee calls for clarity over government's green jobs plans

MPs call for 'detailed, actionable delivery plan' to prepare the UK's workforce for the net zero transition

clock 25 October 2021 • 5 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