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Legal threat escalates over government's 'reckless' company bailouts
Legal threat escalates over government's 'reckless' company bailouts

Campaign group Plan B poised to file court action claiming government failed to take into account climate obligations when bailing out Covid-hit firms

  • Politics
  • 13 August 2020
Court of Appeal to hear legal challenge against Drax gas plant approval
Court of Appeal to hear legal challenge against Drax gas plant approval

ClientEarth wins right to appeal recent High Court decision which upheld planning approval for 3.6GW project

  • Energy
  • 22 July 2020
Heathrow third runway plans ruled illegal on climate grounds by court of appeal
Heathrow third runway plans ruled illegal on climate grounds by court of appeal

Judge confirms government has not sought permission to appeal, sparking major questions for the UK's wider airport expansion plans - but Heathrow insists it is working to 'fix' the issue raised by the court

  • Aviation
  • 27 February 2020
Legal challenge launched against plans to build Europe's biggest gas plant in Yorkshire
Legal challenge launched against plans to build Europe's biggest gas plant in Yorkshire

Drax Power wants to build gas turbines at its plant in Selby, North Yorkshire to replace its existing coal-fired units ahead of the government's coal phase-out in 2025

  • Energy
  • 30 January 2020
Governments and firms in 28 countries sued over climate crisis - report
Governments and firms in 28 countries sued over climate crisis - report

More than 1,300 legal actions over global heating brought since 1990, say researchers

  • Risk
  • 04 July 2019
'Dramatic growth': UN reports surge in green laws since 1972
'Dramatic growth': UN reports surge in green laws since 1972

But weak enforcement means many environmental threats continue to escalate

  • Legislation
  • 25 January 2019
Heathrow expansion faces yet more legal wrangles over climate impact
Heathrow expansion faces yet more legal wrangles over climate impact

Friends of the Earth claims decision to build a third runway at Heathrow is unlawful as it fails to take into account the UK's climate change obligations

  • Aviation
  • 08 August 2018
Global briefing...Heatwave melts Swedish mountain
Global briefing...Heatwave melts Swedish mountain

BusinessGreen brings you this week's green economy headlines from around the world

  • Management
  • 03 August 2018
Climate change made today's heatwaves more likely, but what does that mean for businesses?
Climate change made today's heatwaves more likely, but what does that mean for businesses?

As scientists confirm the current global heatwave was made twice as likely by manmade climate change, lawyers warn of increased risk of litigation relating to extreme weather events

  • Climate change
  • 27 July 2018
Is there a legal case for setting more ambitious UK carbon targets?
Is there a legal case for setting more ambitious UK carbon targets?

Campaign group Plan B will find out today whether it will be granted a full hearing to challenge the UK government over its failure to set more ambitions statutory emissions goals

  • Legislation
  • 20 March 2018
Could better understanding of climate science land more businesses in court?
Could better understanding of climate science land more businesses in court?

Increased ability to foresee climactic events is in turn heightening the need for businesses and governments to manage risk and harm, according to a new scientific paper

  • Climate change
  • 29 August 2017
ClientEarth challenges government over Clean Growth Plan delay
ClientEarth challenges government over Clean Growth Plan delay

Environmental law group raises possibility of legal action if government "continues to kick this can down the road"

  • Politics
  • 12 April 2017
ClientEarth sets 'red lines' as deadline looms for government's air quality plan
ClientEarth sets 'red lines' as deadline looms for government's air quality plan

Environmental law firm sets out four key conditions it says the UK's imminent plan for dealing with air pollution must meet

  • Policy
  • 07 April 2017
Air quality post-Brexit: Blue sky thinking or foggy future?
Air quality post-Brexit: Blue sky thinking or foggy future?

The government is being forced to take tougher action on air pollution because of EU rules, so how clean will our air be without them?

  • Legislation
  • 04 April 2017
Mainstream Renewable Power wins dispute over offshore wind contract withdrawal
Mainstream Renewable Power wins dispute over offshore wind contract withdrawal

Mainstream wins appeal over Low Carbon Contracts Company decision to terminate Contract for Difference for 450MW Neart na Gaoithe

  • Wind
  • 22 March 2017
Heathrow has got the green light, but could environmental concerns still stop the third runway?
Heathrow has got the green light, but could environmental concerns still stop the third runway?

Heathrow expansion faces host of potential legal challenges on air quality, noise and climate - Is Boris Johnson right, is a third runway undeliverable?

  • Aviation
  • 26 October 2016
Treasury accused of 'blocking' proposals to meet EU air pollution limits
Treasury accused of 'blocking' proposals to meet EU air pollution limits

ClientEarth's case against Defra over UK plans to meet EU regulations begins, as alliance of doctors and nurses urge bloder action to tackle air pollution

  • Legislation
  • 19 October 2016
UK air pollution court battle fast-tracked
UK air pollution court battle fast-tracked

ClientEarth's legal challenge over government air quality plans will now be heard by the High Court in October

  • Policy
  • 17 June 2016
A property investor's need-to-know guide for environmental risk
A property investor's need-to-know guide for environmental risk

CBRE's Julie Townsend explains the differences between UK and overseas environmental laws - and reveals how to steer clear of key risks

  • Risk
  • 10 June 2016
Good Energy to reignite battle with Ecotricity over 'greenest energy' title
Good Energy to reignite battle with Ecotricity over 'greenest energy' title

Good Energy says it plans to challenge ASA ruling declaring that its arch rival supplies "Britain's greenest energy"

  • Energy
  • 07 April 2016
Fund managers who ignore climate risk 'could face legal action'
Fund managers who ignore climate risk 'could face legal action'

Pension and investment fund managers have a duty to reduce the risk global warming poses to the world economy, green law firm warns

  • Legislation
  • 11 February 2016
How courts could force big emitters to clean up their act
How courts could force big emitters to clean up their act

ClientEarth's James Thornton says asking courts to issue rulings that force polluters to change their behaviour could be the way forward in the tricky arena of climate-related litigation

  • Climate change
  • 25 January 2016
Austria launches legal challenge against Hinkley Point subsidies
Austria launches legal challenge against Hinkley Point subsidies

The non-nuclear country claims subsidies granted to proposed nuclear plant are not 'in the general interest of all EU countries'

  • Nuclear
  • 07 July 2015
UK told Green Deal tax breaks are illegal

European Court of Justice rules lower VAT rates for energy saving contravenes EU law, potentially raising prices for homeowners

  • Taxation
  • 05 June 2015
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