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Wolds oil drilling plans quashed in landmark ruling, BBC News (Jul 11, 2024)
Cumbria coalmine was unlawfully approved, government says, theguardian.com (Jul 11, 2024)
As effluent from sewage works and agricultural pollution flow freely into rivers, researchers and local citizens are urgently seeking to clean up the UK's waterways. New wildlife-rich wetlands could be an answer, bbc.co.uk (Jul 05, 2024)
May 2024[edit | edit source]
Edinburgh Council bans advertising for fossil fuel companies, airlines, airports, fossil-powered cars, SUVs, cruise ships and arms manufacturers on council-owned advertising spaces, badverts.org (May 29, 2024) — across England, one-third of local authorities now have some form of restrictions on harmful advertising
April 2024[edit | edit source]
Thames21 welcomes Government’s plan to ban plastic in wet wipes, thames21.org.uk (Apr 22, 2024)
March 2024[edit | edit source]
New Sheffield ad ban shows how councils can act on harmful advertising, adfreecities.org.uk (Mar 19, 2024)
Dorset Wildlife Trust partners with Natural England to acquire Lyscombe Farm, dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/news (Mar 08, 2024)
February 2024[edit | edit source]
‘Does rewilding sort climate change? Yes!’: UK expert says nature can save planet and not harm farming, theguardian.com (Feb 25, 2024)
‘Like the flip of a switch, it’s gone’: has the ecosystem of the UK’s largest lake collapsed?, theguardian.com (Feb 19, 2024)
A final line of defence: combatting the slow, agonising death of the River Wye, riveractionuk.com (Feb 09, 2024)
Government in court over chicken poo in River Wye, BBC News (Feb 07, 2024)
Pesticides urgently need reform – the UK’s overdue action plan must make these drastic changes, theconversation.com (Feb 05, 2024)
January 2024[edit | edit source]
Brexit divergence from EU destroying UK’s vital environmental protections, theguardian.com (Jan 19, 2024)
Nature in England at risk due to government failures, says environment watchdog, theguardian.com (Jan 18, 2024)
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