Green Brexit
How trade can help us reach our climate goals
There is a lot of fear new trade deals could undermine UK environmental protection, but as the CBI's Rain Newton-Smith argues, there are also significant opportunities to drive climate action
Currying favour: Concerns rise over threat to UK food standards from US trade deal
As XR activists block roads into Westminster, Defra fears the UK may also be blocking chances of an EU trade deal by compromising with the US on environmental standards
'Pretty grim': Greener UK slam Boris Johnson's Brexit deal as 'bad for the environment'
Prime Minister's plan would end commitment to level playing field with EU on environmental standards, sparking serious concerns among green campaigners
Get Net Zero done
With both Brexit and the net zero transition, the government has a clear goal and no clarity on how it intends to deliver
Threat to post-Brexit environmental safeguards escalating, green groups warn
Quarterly Brexit Risk Tracker from Greener UK group concludes environmental standards 'under greatest threat since start of Brexit process'
It's time for government to set a new environmental baseline
Regardless of the political chaos, the government must be clear on its legislative agenda for a green Brexit, argues Green Alliance's Ruth Chambers
Could Supreme Court ruling help deliver clarity on government's Green Brexit plans?
Parliament set to reconvene tomorrow following shock ruling that prorogation was unlawful, opening door for the revival of key green bills
Brexit: 'Lack of faith' between UK and EU threatens to derail climate action, study warns
Troubled Brexit negotiations could result in weakening green standards and reduction in Europe's diplomatic influence on climate action, new study warns
'Food security crisis': MPs warn UK food imports at huge risk from climate breakdown
Environmental Audit Committee predicts nearly a fifth of the UK's fruit and vegetables come from countries exposed to severe climate risks, as new study makes case for more plant-based diets
National Farmers' Union unveils vision for net zero emissions by 2040
Farming trade body sets out aims for habitat restoration, energy crops, meat productivity and government policy support
Green Great Britain Week postponed over EU exit clash
Event will now be held in early 2020 to enable government and businesses to 'fully focus' on Brexit
Agriculture Bill becomes latest casualty of Brexit chaos
A bill to introduce payments for environmental improvements by farmers fails to win time in Parliament to pass into law
Reports: Boris Johnson demanded break from EU green standards after Brexit
Prime Minister sought changes to terms of future relationship with EU that would renege on commitment to 'level playing field', reports suggest
Unchecked: The scandal at the heart of the UK's 'world class' environmental regulatory regime
The Prime Minister is right to say the UK has some of the most ambitious environmental legislation in the world, but as a new report reveals many of those rules are going unenforced
New campaign warns of UK's unchecked environmental 'enforcement gap'
Unchecked campaign launches with stark warning that funding for environmental enforcement agencies has been halved since 2010
Newts, vacuum cleaners, and 'the point of our exit'
Like a husband telling a suspicious partner he'll be home on time, Boris Johnson is telling the EU the UK wants to have 'world-class' environmental standards, but it also wants the freedom to change them if it chooses
'That is the point of our exit': Johnson raises prospect of UK environmental rules diverging from the EU
Prime Minister insists government remains committed to 'world-class' environmental standards, but insists laws and regulations to deliver them 'will potentially diverge from those of the EU'
MPs launch probe into UK green trading standards amid no-deal Brexit fears
International Trade Committee to look at how UK trade policy can drive high environmental standards and tackle climate change
'Damaging and unjustified': Groups warn of 'secrecy provision' in UK green watchdog plans
Amnesty International, NUJ, Greenpeace, and others warn restrictions in remit of proposed Office for Environmental Protection 'wholly at odds with public's right to information'
'Pretty furious': Green business leaders frustrated at Spending Review delay
Hopes for a net zero-focused Spending Review that boosts the green economy are receding, as business groups warn 'every day that goes by without clarity means more misguided investments and unseized opportunities'
A tale of three Green Brexits
As the summer of the countdown clock continues only one thing is certain for the UK's green economy - nothing is certain
Theresa Villers' first speech as Environment Secretary
The new Environment Secretary's address at the Countryfile Live festival yesterday - in full
Government doubles no deal funding as green concerns escalate
Treasury announces an extra £2.1bn in Brexit funding is set to be releases, sparking accusations that spending pledges do not add up
Government steps up Brexit planning, as NFU chief warns of 'impossibility' of high standards no deal scenario
Ministers warn government is now "operating on the assumption" of no deal Brexit, raising fears it could seriously erode environmental standards
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