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The Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee yesterday held the first oral evidence session of its "UK Deepwater Drilling - Implications of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill" inquiry.

The environment calendar highlights key dates for proposed and existing legislation and policy and closing dates for consultation papers relating to major environment issues in the EU and England.

The announcement last week that Siemens, a German company, has won preferred bidder status to build 1,200 new trains for Thameslink placed blame at the door of procurement rules set out by the previous government - but Nick Maltby, commercial partner, believes that's not the case.

Every year in Europe, an estimated 4–9% of unsold textiles are destroyed before being worn. According to the European Commission...

Anyone with a passing interest in recycling will have seen at least one article or report in the past few years of the huge environmental impact of the fashion...

According to an EU study in 2014, more than half of UK consumers take environmental considerations into account when buying products, meaning that they are heavily influenced by environmental claims.

Competing ESG standards threaten to trip up even the most well-intentioned of companies.

Fashion brands are taking a hard look at their environmental impact and measures to address their sustainability. With consumer demand driving new levels of action and honesty...

The Court of Appeal have ruled that a landowner can be held criminally liable for a breach of the environmental permitting regulations carried out on their land by a third party where they have knowledge of the regulated act taking place.

The Sustainable Markets Initiative's General Counsel Office and Legal Charter 1.5 have launched a free training programme designed to equip legal professionals with the knowledge and capabilities needed to advise clients on climate change, nature loss, and related systemic risks. Developed by practitioners for practitioners, the modular programme covers foundational topics from the scale of environmental crises to their implications for professional duties, contracts, disputes, and transactions.

A discussion on the Government's proposals for the coastal projects and investments.

The Environment Agency has published a new annex to its Enforcement and Sanctions Guidance to cover breaches under the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme...

The Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) have recently launched a new Publicly Available Specification (PAS) meaning that there is now a published standard for the recycling of plasterboard into quality assured gypsum.

Over the last year or two, we have seen a rise in both the volatility and frequency of extreme weather events.

The Federal Government has announced the appointment of an independent panel (Panel) to review the integrity of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs).

Shepherd and Wedderburn is proud to have signed up to become a ‘Climate City Champion' as part of the Sustainable Glasgow Green Economy Hub Charter...

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