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UK urged to quit treaty that ‘puts fossil fuel interests before climate action’

The UK should follow other European countries in pulling out of a treaty that lets fossil fuel giants sue governments over their climate policies, campaigners have urged. The controversial Energy Charter Treaty was established in the 1990s when the ...

21 Nov 2022 at 12:53

Environment group waits for ruling in latest stage of fight with Shell directors

An environment campaign organisation is waiting for a ruling in the latest round of a High Court fight with directors of oil giant Shell. ClientEarth, which is a shareholder in Shell, has raised concern “climate change strategy” and wants to make ...

12 Jul 2023 at 17:49

Environment campaigners in latest round of fight with Shell directors

An environment campaign organisation is staging the latest round of a fight with directors of oil giant Shell. ClientEarth, which is a shareholder in Shell, is unhappy about the company’s “climate change strategy” and wants to make a “breach” of ...

12 Jul 2023 at 14:45

Environment campaign organisation loses High Court fight with Shell directors

An environment campaign organisation has lost another round of a High Court fight with directors of oil giant Shell. ClientEarth, a shareholder in Shell, had raised concern about Shell’s “climate change strategy” and wanted to make a “breach” ...

24 Jul 2023 at 11:44

Government acted unlawfully by approving climate plan, High Court told

The Government was “not even aware” of the risks involved with implementing its strategy to meet the UK’s climate targets, the High Court has been told. Three groups are taking joint legal action against the Department for Energy Security ...

20 Feb 2024 at 17:10

Campaigners in second High Court victory against Government over climate policy

Campaigners have scored a second legal victory against the Government over its “reckless and inadequate” climate policies after a High Court judge ruled it acted unlawfully by approving a plan to cut carbon emissions. Environmental ...

03 May 2024 at 14:39

Watchdog accused of failing to hold Environment Agency to account

The Environment Agency should be investigated for failing to seek out and punish farmers who were unlawfully causing nitrogen pollution but the watchdog was yet to act, two green groups have said. WWF and ClientEarth said it had ...

20 Dec 2023 at 15:23

Campaigners hail victory in challenge over Government net zero strategy

Campaigners have hailed a victory over the Government’s net zero strategy, after a High Court judge ruled the policy breaches its obligations under the Climate Change Act. Environmental charities Friends of the Earth (FotE) and ...

18 Jul 2022 at 23:57

Greenwashing ‘creates false confidence about climate crisis’

A failure to identify greenwashing creates a false confidence about how the climate crisis is being addressed, the outgoing chair of the Environment Agency will warn. Achieving climate resilience and nature recovery will ...

04 Jul 2022 at 10:03

Scrapping EU laws will undermine Parliament, say legal analysts

The Government’s controversial plan to scrap EU laws by the end of the year undermines parliamentary sovereignty, according to legal analysts. If passed, the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill would see around ...

23 Feb 2023 at 07:21

Watchdog investigates emergency authorisation for banned bee-killing pesticide

The environmental watchdog has launched an investigation into the Government’s emergency authorisation of a banned pesticide toxic to bees. The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) said it was seeking to determine ...

08 Jul 2024 at 16:25

Watchdog: Defra may have failed to comply with law over bee-killing pesticide

The Government may have failed to comply with environmental laws when it granted use of a banned pesticide toxic to bees, a watchdog has warned. The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) is investigating the ...

02 Dec 2024 at 15:19

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