Office for Environmental Protection

Think tank and Office for Environmental Protection believe case on housing energy efficiency standards could set significant precedent around how much environmental factors should be considered in government policymaking

Office of Environmental Protection warns legal targets to improve water quality in rivers, lakes, and coastal areas are likely to be missed

The Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) is just the latest body to argue the UK is starting to fall behind its European neighbours in the adoption of environmental policies and regulations

Office for Environmental Protection issues damning verdict on the state of the environment in England, as it slams the lack of policy progress and action from government to reverse nature's decline

Office of Environmental Protection identifies 'possible failures to comply with environmental law in relation to regulatory oversight of untreated sewage discharges'

Environment Secretary insists 'no loss of environmental outcomes' from ditching water pollution requirements for housebuilders, but OEP maintains proposals amount to 'clear regression'

Government responds to criticism from the Office of Environmental Protection over failure to complete post-implementation reviews of green laws

But green groups and government watchdog the OEP warn environmental protections still under threat under government’s controversial Retained EU Law Bill

National Audit Office becomes latest body to warn of risks to natural environment due to lack of effective oversight for green regulations in England

Office for Environmental Protection warns Defra, BEIS, and other departments have not been completing legal-required reviews to assess effectiveness of green laws