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REA 2019 Election Manifesto
REA 2019 Election Manifesto
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REA outlines five manifesto pledges essential to achieving Net Zero
In advance of the upcoming election, the REA is urging all political parties to adopt five manifesto pledges or risk missing the UK’s legally binding Net Zero targets.
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REA Briefing: Environment Bill
A summary of the Environment Bill aims, outlined in July 2019 and brought forward in the Queen’s Speech 2019.
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Future Gas Series report published
Policy Connect recently published the final report of their Future Gas Series .
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Labour publishes Thirty by 2030 report
Last week Labour endorsed the Thirty Recommendations by 2030: Expert Briefing for the Labour Party report
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REA seeks MPs support on Environment Bill
The REA has been seeking support from MPs to scrutinise the Environment Bill
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REA attends launch of ENA’s Decarbonisation Pathway project
The REA attended the launch of the ENA’s report ‘Pathways to Net-Zero: Decarbonising the Gas Networks in Great Britain
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The state of soils in England
The state of soils in England
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Consultation on changes to Standard Rules Permits
The Environment Agency have released their consultation on the revision of the standard rules sets for biowaste treatment. The consultation runs until 13th January 2020.
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BBC reports PM to Chair Cabinet Climate Change Committee
BBC reports that the Prime Minister is to Chair a newly-formed Cabinet Committee on Climate Change. Committee first mooted by Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom to the BEIS Committee on 15 October.
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Government hint at the creation of a cabinet sub-committee on climate change in response to CCC
Earlier this afternoon Andrea Leadsom MP stated that the Government could ‘potentially’ introduce a new cabinet sub-committee on climate change in the Government’s response to the CCC’s annual progress report.
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REA respond to DEFRA’s Committee inquiry into peatland degradation in England
REA respond to DEFRA’s Committee inquiry into peatland degradation in England
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Prorogation sees Trade and environmentally friendly bills dropped amid Extinction Rebellion protests
On Tuesday evening Parliament was prorogued seeing a number of bills dropped including the Agriculture, Trade and Non-Domestic Ratings Bills.
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Bioenergy Strategy: Phase 3
Bioenergy Strategy: Phase 3
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EA to review all 13 Quality Protocols
Quality Protocols (QPs) are end of waste frameworks, recognised by the Environment Agency and used by industry on a voluntary basis to identify the point at which waste, having been fully recovered, may be regarded as a non-waste product. This means the waste derived material can be used in specified markets without the need for waste regulation controls.
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Keep it clean – A composters guide to household garden waste
Since 2017 the UK has been swept up in the Blue Planet effect. A grass roots revolution sparked by one infamous episode has seen awareness of plastics in the ocean sky rocket and contributed to the use of single-use plastic bags in major supermarkets dropping by a third in the past year.
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Members Briefing – Preparing for Brexit August 2019
Members Briefing – Preparing for Brexit August 2019
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REA targets plastics in garden waste following 90% slash in plastic bag sales
The Government has today announced that the sale of single-use plastic bags from the largest retailers have fallen 90% following the introduction of the 5p charge on single use carrier bags in 2015.
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REA calls upon new Government to honour net zero commitments
Coming into this role, Boris Johnson has a lot of work ahead of him, from appointing the new cabinet to working towards Brexit, the next few months are set to be full steam ahead. However, in this time it is crucial that the UK’s commitment to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 does not slip. In order to achieve our legally binding targets and rectify the policy gap highlighted in the Committee on Climate Change’s recent progress report; a far-reaching, long-term and bold approach to policy making.