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The government’s guessing game on future environmental governance

This blog was first published by Business Green. On 6 November, the Environmental Audit Committee published the government’s response to its report into the 25 year environment plan and Defra’s
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The people have spoken: they want products that last and recyclable packaging

Environmentalists have long grappled with problems of ‘climate fatigue’ and the paralysis that can result from the threat of impending disaster, especially if that disaster is approaching slowly, “like a
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You can’t reach net zero without resource efficiency

Earlier this week, the climate minister, Claire Perry, asked the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) to investigate a pathway for the UK to become a net zero emissions economy. This
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Brexit deal must safeguard environment standards on the island of Ireland

This post is by Mike Walker, Brexit advisor to the Irish Environmental Pillar and Donal McCarthy, senior policy officer at the RSPB and member of Greener UK’s ‘EU-UK negotiations group’. The
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Why the UK’s ageing infrastructure might be an advantage in the digital revolution

This post is by Chris Fry, director of infrastructure and regeneration at the engineering, design and consultancy company Ramboll. It first appeared on BusinessGreen. As a global company with a strong
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The Environment Act should be a Sustainable Economy Act

This post is by Michael Jacobs, director of the IPPR Commission on Economic Justice and former Downing St adviser (2007-10) on environment and climate change. Crunch time is coming. Over
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What Brexit could mean for future EU environmental action

This blog is by Nigel Haigh, founder member and former chair of Green Alliance, and honorary fellow at IEEP. It is taken from a speech he gave recently at the
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How not to solve plastic pollution

“As petroleum came to the relief of the whale,” said an 1878 promotional pamphlet for the world’s first industrial plastic, “so has celluloid given the elephant, the tortoise, and the
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