Biofuels vote leaves the environment at risk

Today’s controversial biofuels vote in the European Parliament leaves wildlife and our climate at risk from damaging biofuels production. Melanie Coath - the RSPB's Senior Climate Change Policy Officer...
In search of the environment in the EU referendum debate

You won’t have failed to notice that the EU Referendum campaign is now well and truly underway. Representatives from both sides of the argument are now regularly popping up on the TV, radio and even the...
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...