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Environment Secretary visits waste-fighting primary school and consultation on the close season for coarse fishing

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Photograph of Clear Public Space’s Luke Douglas-Home, pupils at Wilberforce Primary School, Environment Secretary Michael Gove and a teacher at Wilberforce primary school.

We look at the Environment Secretary's visit to a waste-fighting primary school and the Environment Agency's consultation on the future of the close season for coarse fishing.

Thursday 15 February: Canada visit, waste incineration, air quality and Supreme Court ruling

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Minister Coffey meets Canada’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna.

On today's blog we look at Minister Coffey's visit to Canada to discuss how we can turn the tide on plastic use; we respond to coverage on councils incinerating waste; we examine newly released emission statistics and we set out the Environment Agency's response to a Supreme Court ruling.