Thoughts on the draft environment bill

Amidst the political debate/furore/row about our future relationship with the EU, the Westminster government has snuck out an early Christmas present. Yesterday Defra published the draft Environment Bill...
A critique of the Westminster Environment Bill

Following the General Election at the end of last year, several significant pieces of environmental legislation have been published: the Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment Bills. You can find a critique...
More on the new Environment Bill

Here's another guest blog, this time from my colleague Ali Plummer. This analysis was done with the expectation that today would see the second reading of the new Environment Bill. Obviously the Withdrawal...
Initial reaction to new Environment Bill

I have just emerged from a speech by Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers announcing the publication of a new Environment Bill . This comes a fortnight after we published the state of nature report...
Summer holidays

I'm off for my summer holidays and there's a very good chance I'll be visiting an RSPB reserve or two - hope you get the chance too. Your day out with nature could start here . I'm pften asked which is...