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Government loses second legal battle over air pollution
The environment department (Defra) should scrap its 2015 air quality plan and urgently draw up a new strategy to bring the UK into compliance with air pollution laws, the High Court has ruled.
The case, bought by lawyers at ClientEarth, concerned the UK’s repeated failure to meet the limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) set by the EU Air Quality Directive. Defra’s data shows that NO2 is responContinue reading this with an IEMA membership
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UK off track for net zero by 2030, CCC warns
Only a third of the emission reductions required for the UK to achieve net zero by 2030 are covered by credible plans, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has warned today.
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Ahead of the UK general election next month, IEMA has analysed the Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat, and Green Party manifestos in relation to the sustainability agenda.
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