Environmental Regulation in the Post-Brexit Era
Picture courtesy of Kevinsphotos|Pixabay When it finally departed the EU on 31 December 2020, the UK government took back control ...
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“UK Regulation after Brexit – A Stocktake”
The full report UK Regulation after Brexit can be found here. When the UK departed the EU on 31 December ...
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Why Dynamic Alignment is Alive and Well: The story of lead shot and wetlands
Whether UK and EU negotiators would agree to include dynamic alignment in the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) has ...
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Envisaging the Future of Environmental Governance in Wales: The role of the Environmental Governance Stakeholder Task Group
In November 2020, the Welsh Government finally conveyed some further information relating to its arrangements for environmental governance in Wales ...
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Principles, Watchdog, Strategy and Dynamic Alignment: The new environmental governance arrangements in Scotland
In the week before Christmas, while many people’s thoughts were on what would emerge from the tireless work of the ...
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The Internal Market Bill: Why negative integration is causing such negative feelings
The UK’s Internal Market Bill, published in early September, has caused a stir right across the UK and in Brussels ...
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Integrating planning and environment, post-Brexit: Virtuous circle or downward spiral?
As the UK leaves the EU, we ask whether the planning system will retain an important role in supporting environmental ...
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United against Diversity? The UK Internal Market and environmental ambition
What will the Internal Market, as set out in the White Paper, mean for the UK environment? While our first ...
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Towards an Ever Closer Union?
The slogan “taking back control” always begged the question of who would eventually wield such control: – central government in ...
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Fake Newts! Should Environmental Impact Assessment be under threat?
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is being touted for significant reform in the UK, and Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic have ...
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Watchdogs Compared – and Reviewed?: Post-Brexit environmental governance across the UK (Part 2)
A key element in filling the post-Brexit environmental governance gap is the establishment of new environmental watchdogs that can go ...
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Environmental Principles Take Root: Post-Brexit environmental governance across the UK (Part 1)
In the first of two blogs, the new status of environmental principles across the UK is considered as progress is ...
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