Coverage of WWF's Living Planet Report, the Fisheries Bill 'watershed moment', and salt marsh helps save a Cumbrian farm
On today's blog we look at WWF's Living Planet Report 2018 and the use of salt marsh land to graze cattle.
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UK signs global commitment to eliminate plastic pollution
Coverage of the UK's commitment to remove plastic pollution.
Coverage of the Committee on Climate Change's coastal erosion report
Media coverage on the Committee on Climate Change's coastal erosion report.
EU waste incineration emission regulation
On the second edition on today's blog we clarify our position on a story in The i on emissions, and cover British Spirits and Sparkling Wine Week.
Fisheries Bill launch, £60,000 fund to develop and test pollinator habitat mapping, and the EU vote on single-use plastic
Fisheries Bill launch The Telegraph, Independent, ITV, Press and Journal, Express and Star, the National are among the media that have covered the government's launch today of the Fisheries Bill. The Fisheries Minister George Eustice was also interviewed on Radio …
Biosecurity & EU exit and sales of veterinary antibiotics
Coverage on the House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee report into biosecurity after EU Exit and the annual Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance and Sales Surveillance (VARSS) report.
Secretary of State meeting with the family of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse
Secretary of State meeting with the family of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse The Secretary of State Michael Gove has today met the parents of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, the teenager who died after suffering an allergic reaction to a Pret A Manger baguette. Natasha’s …
Microplastics research
Coverage of new research into microplastics.
Plans to ban plastic straws, cotton-buds, and stirrers
Coverage of our consultation on banning plastic straws, cotton-buds, and stirrers.
Call for evidence on National Parks and AONBs, Morecambe flood defence opening and post-Brexit farming in Northern Ireland
Coverage of our call for evidence on National Parks and AONBs, the Morecambe flood defence opening and post-Brexit farming in Northern Ireland