Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nature Friendly Wind Farms: Crown Estate to invest £50m in marine protection measures

Owner of much of UK's coastal seabed aims to balance the need for green energy with a focus on enhancing marine biodiversity

08 June 2022 • 2 min read

'Time to crack on': How government can act now to 'close the loop' and deliver a circular economy

Aldersgate Group delivers lukewarm assessment of government’s efforts to deliver a circular economy in its latest report on how to enhance resource efficiency

15 July 2021 • 8 min read

'Shocking absence of leadership': Government accused of failing to tackle fast fashion impacts

Research reveals that just 19 policies have been introduced to tackle negative impacts of fast fashion since 2007 - compared to 689 to try and tackle obesity

06 July 2021 • 3 min read

Natural capital: Carbon sink value of UK waters estimated at £57bn

Carbon sequestration in and around UK waters trumps value of potential fossil fuel extraction in these areas, Office for National Statistics estimates

07 April 2021 • 2 min read

'World leading'? Environment Bill returns to Parliament as calls grow for stronger post-Brexit safeguards

Legislation returns to Parliament amid fierce criticism from campaigners over a number of key amendments and concerns that delays could put UK's environment in legal limbo once Brexit transition period ends

04 November 2020 • 8 min read

Transport

Road haulage groups accused of lobbying against air pollution efforts

DeSmog investigation uncovers lobbying by some road and freight trade bodies that may have delayed and watered down local UK measures to tackle illegal levels of air pollution

06 October 2020 • 8 min read