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Green Brexit

'Legacy of weakening': Is the government failing on its 'green Brexit' pledges?
'Legacy of weakening': Is the government failing on its 'green Brexit' pledges?

Greener UK claims many UK protections on chemicals, nature, waste and air quality are weaker now than they were under the EU

  • Politics
  • 16 March 2021
Sustainable Farming Incentive: Defra plots first post-Brexit green farming subsidy pilot
Sustainable Farming Incentive: Defra plots first post-Brexit green farming subsidy pilot

Sustainable Farming Incentive trial to kick off later in 2021, as Defra develops new environmentally-focused approach for supporting farmers now the UK has left the EU

  • Politics
  • 11 March 2021
Could a greener post-Brexit trading policy soon take shape?
Could a greener post-Brexit trading policy soon take shape?

Government confirms the Interim Office for Environmental Protection is to be up and running in July, as independent advisors warn Ministers against 'race to the bottom' on food and farming standards

  • Policy
  • 02 March 2021
'Shocking': Overfishing tips UK cod, herring, and crab stocks into 'critical state'
'Shocking': Overfishing tips UK cod, herring, and crab stocks into 'critical state'

Audit by conservation group finds six out of 10 fish stocks in UK waters are being overfished or are already in a 'critical state'

  • Supply chain
  • 22 January 2021
Green Brexit or race to the bottom? Five key green business takeaways from the UK-EU trade deal
Green Brexit or race to the bottom? Five key green business takeaways from the UK-EU trade deal

On Christmas Eve the UK and EU averted a damaging no-deal scenario, but the resulting trade deal still leaves many outstanding questions about the UK's environmental policy prospects unanswered

  • Policy
  • 05 January 2021
'A huge relief': Historic UK-EU trade deal avoids cliff-edge Brexit for green businesses
'A huge relief': Historic UK-EU trade deal avoids cliff-edge Brexit for green businesses

Brexit deal finally brokered on Christmas Eve, but big questions remain over long term ramifications for environmental standards and green trade

  • Politics
  • 24 December 2020
Just wishing Brexit done is not a recipe for future environmental success
Just wishing Brexit done is not a recipe for future environmental success

Decisions made over the coming weeks and months will define the UK for generations - the government must choose higher green standards, stronger protections and global leadership, argues Greener UK's Benjamin Halfpenny

  • Politics
  • 10 December 2020
Nursed ratchet: Brexit talks end where they began, with a stand-off over sovereignty and standards
Nursed ratchet: Brexit talks end where they began, with a stand-off over sovereignty and standards

A UK-EU trade deal hangs in the balance as diplomats battle to resolve the irresolvable conundrum created by the UK's desire to maintain access to the world's largest market without abiding by its rules

  • Policy
  • 07 December 2020
'Public money for public goods': Agriculture Bill becomes law
'Public money for public goods': Agriculture Bill becomes law

Landmark legislation passes into law, but concerns remain over how new Environmental Land Management System will be enacted

  • Legislation
  • 11 November 2020
Are the government's green farming reforms at risk of 'sabotage'?
Are the government's green farming reforms at risk of 'sabotage'?

The government insists its plans are on track, but with just weeks to go before the UK leaves the EU farming subsidy regime, campaigners and farmers alike are 'hugely concerned' about the lack of clarity over what comes next

  • Legislation
  • 26 October 2020
Government confirms post-Brexit plans for vehicle emissions standards
Government confirms post-Brexit plans for vehicle emissions standards

Department for Transport publishes responses to consultations on how to regulate emissions standards for cars, vans, and lorries from January

  • Automotive
  • 14 October 2020
Government again rejects pleas for green safeguards in Agriculture Bill
Government again rejects pleas for green safeguards in Agriculture Bill

Farmers, opposition MPs and environmental campaigners accuse government of broken promises after failing to back UK food and environmental standards in farming legislation

  • Politics
  • 13 October 2020
Successful UK carbon pricing reform needs new carbon taxes and a new net zero-aligned carbon market
Successful UK carbon pricing reform needs new carbon taxes and a new net zero-aligned carbon market

Dr Ben Caldecott argues the row currently raging between Treasury and BEIS over whether to introduce a new carbon tax or UK emissions trading scheme presents a false choice

  • Carbon Trading
  • 13 October 2020
'Very concerning': Crunch time for 'green Brexit' as trade deal deadline looms
'Very concerning': Crunch time for 'green Brexit' as trade deal deadline looms

Reports may have suggested that the UK and EU have reached agreement on incorporating the Paris Agreement into any trade deal, but with just 12 weeks to go until the Brexit transition period ends huge uncertainties and risks remain for the green economy...

  • Politics
  • 09 October 2020
Free trade, free speech, environmental free-for-all?
Free trade, free speech, environmental free-for-all?

From XR protests and trade board appointments to Brexit brinkmanship and transport funding, the government's triangulation on green issues points to a high stakes autumn

  • Policy
  • 07 September 2020
Brexit: October trade talks deadline stokes fears for environment
Brexit: October trade talks deadline stokes fears for environment

Green figures slam growing prospect of no-deal Brexit as 'seriously bad' for environment and COP26 climate summit

  • Politics
  • 07 September 2020
Defra plots green planning rules overhaul as it promises nature-friendly recovery
Defra plots green planning rules overhaul as it promises nature-friendly recovery

Environment Secretary George Eustice announces £9m for policy pilots as he promises to 'build back greener' after Covid-19 and Brexit

  • Politics
  • 20 July 2020
Environment Secretary George Eustice: 'Building back greener means what it says'
Environment Secretary George Eustice: 'Building back greener means what it says'

Environment Secretary George Eustice's speech at Green Alliance event setting out his vision for a green recovery from the coronavirus pandemic

  • Politics
  • 20 July 2020
'Let's get going' - Great, but where to?
'Let's get going' - Great, but where to?

  • 14 July 2020
'Let's get going'? Green economy urged to prepare for Brexit, but huge uncertainties remain
'Let's get going'? Green economy urged to prepare for Brexit, but huge uncertainties remain

As government launches Brexit PR offensive and news emerges of new lorry parks in Kent, many questions remain unanswered on the future of green standards and governance

  • Policy
  • 13 July 2020
New Trade and Agriculture Commission fuels green group's post-Brexit fears
New Trade and Agriculture Commission fuels green group's post-Brexit fears

Government insists new group will help ensure 'environmental standards in food production are not undermined', but big green NGOs appear to have been frozen out of influential body

  • Policy
  • 10 July 2020
'Time is running out': Green groups issue dire warning on post-Brexit environmental safeguards
'Time is running out': Green groups issue dire warning on post-Brexit environmental safeguards

Environmental standards 'likely to be weaker' from 2021 under current government plans, Greener UK warns

  • Legislation
  • 19 June 2020
Reports: EU pushes back on UK emissions trading scheme plan
Reports: EU pushes back on UK emissions trading scheme plan

Reuters reports that proposals to link EU and UK ETS unlikely to gain Brussels approval without fresh safeguards

  • Carbon Trading
  • 10 June 2020
'The war is definitely not over': New front opens up in the battle of the chlorinated chicken
'The war is definitely not over': New front opens up in the battle of the chlorinated chicken

Government steps up efforts to assure farmers it will not allow an influx of products made to lower US standards, but experts fear major loopholes remain

  • Policy
  • 08 June 2020
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