Policy

Police, Environment Agency and the government all criticised by House of Lords committee over ongoing failure to get to grips with organised waste crime and illegal dumping that is estimated to cost the UK taxpayer £1bn a year

A failure of most countries to submit new national climate plans ahead of COP30 has left the UN struggling to calculate the likely trajectory for global greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade

Major new report urges business and policymakers to respond to escalating 'derailment risks', which could quickly undermine the global clean tech boom

Contract budget for Allocation Round Seven set at £900m for offshore wind projects and £180m for floating offshore wind farms

NFU Scotland welcomes the move and says it is in response to exceptional level of demand for farmer support

Government continues its controversial drive to streamline planning and permitting rules, with new move to exempt projects from environmental permits

Workforce 2030: Professionals body CIEEM urges Treasury to invest £650m in ecology skills and projects across UK to restore nature and boost economic growth

France orders oil giant to take down climate neutrality claim, MEPs back new soil monitoring law, and electric aircraft head for Korea

Parliament's Scottish Affairs Committee warns of looming employment gap, as North Sea oil and gas jobs decline and clean energy industries struggle to scale up quickly enough

The Tony Blair Institute has attempted to spark a debate over whether the government's clean power goal should be dropped - green businesses and investors are unlikely to welcome another unnecessary political row