UK government falling ‘far short’ on environmental improvement, watchdog warns
The UK government’s progress on delivering its 25-year plan to improve the environment has “fallen far short”, with many “extremely worrying” trends remaining unchecked, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has warned today.
In its independent assessment of 32 trends across the natural environment, the post-Brexit environmental watchdog concedes that it has “little good news” after uncovering a “chronic decline” in specieContinue reading this with an IEMA membership
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