Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environmentNature is not a blocker to housing growth, an inquiry by MPs has found, in direct conflict with claims made by...
Read MoreChanges intended to reduce ‘burdensome bureaucracy’ and make it easier to build windfarms, reservoirs and housingMinisters are making it easier to build new windfarms, reservoirs and large housing developments as part of a...
Read MoreExclusive: Tony Juniper, who will oversee nature restoration fund, says claims ‘not fully backed by evidence’The government’s leading environmental adviser has said ministers are wrong to suggest nature is blocking...
Read MoreLabour’s move to oppose erosion of EU-derived laws welcomed by environmental groupsMinisters’ plans to weaken river pollution rules are in tatters after they suffered two defeats in the House of Lords.Labour had made...
Read MoreParty’s apparent support for Tory move to axe controls on pollution caused by housebuilders is condemned by a range of environmental organisationsLabour will “lose public trust” over moves to clean up the...
Read MoreExclusive: Natural England chair Tony Juniper says government must work quickly to reconcile farming and natureEngland will not meet its biodiversity targets at current rates, the chair of Natural England has said, as he accused...
Read MoreMeeting with Ranil Jayawardena comes amid concern government could scrap nature recovery goalsThe head of Natural England and the chair of England’s largest landowners’ organisation are to meet the new environment...
Read MoreVisitors urged to ‘share the space’ but latest revision lacks clear rules over barbecues and dogs on leadsSeventy years ago, visitors to the countryside were warned in rhyme that the farmer would “frown”...
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