Weakened Environment Bill?
The Environment Bill, currently at the House of Lords Committee stage, replaces EU law with Government’s legal responsibility for our environment’s care and protection, ranging from pollution, plastics to water and waste management, and habitat restoration. Unlike Ministers’ acceptance of the Climate Change Committee’s net-zero carbon emissions target by focussing on clean technologies by 2050, this Bill’s weakly worded targets give no set date for the Government to halt th
Environmental Neglect
The Environment Bill, currently at the House of Lords Committee stage, replaces EU law with Government’s legal responsibility for our environment’s care and protection, ranging from pollution, plastics to water and waste management, and habitat restoration. Unlike Ministers’ acceptance of the Climate Change Committee’s net-zero carbon emissions target by focussing on clean technologies by 2050, this Bill’s weakly worded targets give no set date for the Government to halt th