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In this issue: Key developments Air emissions and climate change Energy efficiency and buildings Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental disputes and proceedings Environmental enforcement and prosecutions Environmental information ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Nature, biodiversity and habitat protection Waste Waste producer responsibility regimes Water, flooding and drainage New and updated content Key developments Environmental Improvement Plan New Environmental Improvement Plan: the Government have published a fresh Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) under the Environment Act 2021 (EA 2021). This iteration is intended to tackle the weaknesses of the 2023 EIP, yet uncertainty lingers over whether the pace is adequate, whether the route to delivery is sufficiently defined, and whether the resources required to deliver it are in place. Authored by Clare Parry, barrister at Cornerstone Barristers. See News Analysis: Environmental Improvement Plan...

In this issue: Key developments and materials Air emissions and climate change Energy for environmental lawyers Environmental information Environmental taxes, reliefs and incentives ESG and sustainability Hazardous substances and chemicals Marine Nature, biodiversity and habitat conservation Waste Water, flooding and drainage Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments and materials Implementation of the Environmental Principles Policy Statement in England From November 2023, UK ministers—and officials acting for them—have been obliged to give due consideration to an Environmental Principles Policy Statement (EPPS) when shaping policy, one of four cornerstones of environmental governance created by the Environment Act 2021 (EA 2021). On 27 February 2025, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) presented to Parliament and released its review of the early operation of this requirement. The OEP notes encouraging initial indications, but finds limited demonstrable evidence so far of the EPPS influencing policy outcomes. It sets out eight...

In this issue: Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Confidential information International Public procurement Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Latest Q&As Advertising, marketing and sponsorship UK cookie-banner offenders are edging towards enforcement action, with hopes that AI will uncover more, the ICO says. Firms that continue to run unlawful cookie banners online are now squarely in the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) sights, its chief said, as he unveiled a parallel ‘hackathon’ to develop artificial intelligence (AI) tools to locate non-compliant sites. Information Commissioner John Edwards told a conference that enforcement will shortly follow for several of the UK’s biggest websites already found to breach the rules. He also used his remarks to stress that society’s use of AI is his office’s most significant and immediate priority. See News Analysis: UK cookie-banner offenders heading for enforcement, with hopes on AI to track down more, ICO says. ASA rulings—28...

Background Decommissioning nuclear sites means addressing redundant plants that have finished their working lives. Planning for this work runs in parallel with the licensing framework overseen by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR). Its goals are to return the land to a condition suitable for alternative use, and to achieve both de-licensing and de-designation of the site. ONR identifies two decommissioning strategies used or considered in the UK: Immediate dismantling removes structures and radioactive materials soon after shutdown, aiming for swift release from nuclear regulatory oversight and constraints on future use. Deferred dismantling places the facility, including some or all radioactive material, into a safe storage state once nuclear fuel has been taken out. The plant is then decontaminated and taken down later, often several decades afterwards. Historically, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) preferred the deferred route, but, in April 2024, announced that its subsidiary Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) would move towards a...