Daily Telegraph on our recycling record
In today’s blog, we look at coverage in The Telegraph on the Defra Estate’s recycling rate – but fails to properly reflect the complete picture.
In today’s blog, we look at coverage in The Telegraph on the Defra Estate’s recycling rate – but fails to properly reflect the complete picture.
In today’s blog, we respond to the Public Accounts Committee report on government’s action to improve the environment.
There is widespread coverage of our announcement today that householders in flood-hit areas who install property flood resilience measures – such as flood barriers, air brick covers, and flood resistant coatings on walls – could obtain discounted insurance premiums.
There is coverage following our announcement on plans to bring forward legislation to prevent the burning of heather and other vegetation on protected blanket bog habitats.
Today, the International Coffee Organisation (ICO) officially welcomed the UK as its newest individual importing Member. This took place at a virtual ceremony hosted by the ICO. The United Kingdom has completed the process of accession to the ICO and …
Today we look at widespread national and regional coverage of the government’s plans for the next phase of its strategy to eradicate bovine tuberculosis in England by 2038.
As the Government confirms the Environment Bill will be carried over to the next parliamentary session, we look into the next steps for the landmark Bill.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has today (25 January) announced a new international coalition to tackle the impacts of climate change. The news has been covered by Reuters and France24, among other outlets.
Today The Guardian has reported on the condition of flood defences across England, stating that thousands of people and businesses are ‘at risk from ruined assets’. However, the article did not recognise that when defences are listed as below the required condition it does not necessarily mean that they have structurally failed, or that performance in a flood is compromised.
The Government's commitment to ban plastic waste exports to non-OECD countries goes further than the EU’s ban on Y48 plastics, and work is underway to make this happen.
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