pesticides
Wildlife Trusts consider legal challenge against Defra authorisation of neonicotinoids
The Wildlife Trusts are exploring whether a 2018 decision from the UK Expert Committee on Pesticides could enable a legal challenge
'Environmentally regressive': UK government approves use of bee-harming pesticide banned in EU
Decision to temporarily lift restrictions of neonicotinoid insecticide on sugar beet crops prompts outcry from public and conservation groups
Agriculture Bill 'on track', but Green Brexit plans face fresh challenges
Agriculture Bill takes a step forward, as a reports emerge of row between Holyrood and Westminster over the government's post-Brexit plans for environmental and food standards
Global Briefing: Von der Leyen to ask states to ramp up climate goals
All the green business news from around the world this week
Kingfisher bans slug-killer metaldehyde from shelves
DIY retailer becomes first firm to stop selling pesticide this week ahead of UK ban slated for spring 2020
EU agrees total ban on bee-harming pesticides
The world's most widely used insecticides will be banned from all fields within six months, to protect both wild and honeybees that are vital to crop pollination
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