Brexit

Six months in: the government’s environment report card

Posted by Flo Stuart-Leach - 11th July 2018
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It’s now six months to the day since our government launched its 25-year Environment Plan: its strategy for cracking down on plastics, helping wildlife to thrive, protecting our environment post-Brexit and more. We were told the government’s plan would “improve the environment over a generation.” Green… Read More

In Pictures: Preserving our environment after Brexit

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 18th June 2018
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In the UK we have rich and diverse wildlife, a thriving renewable energy scene, and beautiful, clean beaches. At present, it’s the EU who upholds our environmental standards through legal frameworks like the Birds Directive or Bathing Water Directive. Here’s a glimpse… Read More

Will George Eustice finally create a fair deal for small-scale fishermen?

Posted by Alix Foster vander Elst - 15th September 2016
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(Guest blog by Frances Rankin) Fisheries Minister George Eustice was at the House of Lords yesterday, facing questions on the future of the fishing industry after we leave the EU. Eustice called Brexit an opportunity to take a serious look at shares of allocations both within… Read More

4 species that were saved by the EU

Posted by Fran Grobke - 12th September 2016
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Among the many, many things that the EU regulates, are a handful of little-known laws that have helped protect the UK countryside. They are called the Birds and Habitat Directives. The Birds Directive provides a legal framework, binding for all EU countries, for the protection… Read More