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The authoritative Committee on Climate Change (CCC) says moratorium on fracking must remain unless and until there is an in-depth study into climate impacts.

'Deposit return scheme' charging customers a levy for drinks containers paid back when they return them for recycling may not happen until late 2024.

Greener UK coalition says there is still a chance to enhance environmental protections in final 'report card' on Brexit.

Think tank calls for greater local stewardship of the net zero climate transition with community energy, heating, housing and natural assets.

New legislation aims to tackle 'premature obsolescence' in electrical goods and make them more energy efficient.

Rishi Sunak's 'super deduction' budget announcement represents a massive tax break for fossil fuel companies - just ahead of the COP26 talks.

Public Accounts Committee in UK says no co-ordinated plan, with clear milestones, to achieve legally binding goal to cut emissions by 100 percent by 2050.

The UK Government focus on electric cars is opposed by researchers of climate science, transport policy, engineering and urban planning.

Common Wealth think tank argues steel contributes 15 percent of the UK’s greenhouse gases from industry and must be decarbonised.

Public Accounts Committee slams Tory government for 'disappointing' progress on its own 2018 25-year environment plan.

The HS2 tunnellers must dig through 30 years of protest history to find the secret to success.

Bottom trawling could be prohibited in four English offshore marine protected areas, including Dogger Bank.

The UK Government delays passage of the The Environment Bill, not expected to become law until autumn.

Academics and campaigners write to Boris Johnson as MPs discuss Environment Bill.

Low carbon? Hydrogen greenhouse emissions globally are more than twice that of the entire UK economy.

The announcement that UK will end public investments in overseas fossil fuels is welcome, but campaigners cannot take their foot off the gas.

UK government 68 percent carbon target 'important but not sufficient. A more ambitious cut is both feasible and necessary.'

The multi-billion European Common Agricultural Policy will be replaced post-Brexit with some payments linked to environmental stewardship.

A response to the UK Prime Minister’s plan to end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030.

What areas does Boris Johnson's plan focus on and why are they important?

Funding will not 'remotely meet the scale of what’s needed to tackle the unemployment emergency and climate emergency we are facing'.

Boris Johnson's Tory government yet to deliver the scale of investment needed to lead the world towards a low carbon future.

The Prime Minister will say the coronavirus crisis should be used as a catalyst to make the UK world leader in clean power generation.

RSPB says UK failing to protect land and sea habitats and reverse the slide towards extinction for threatened species.