United Kingdom: Environment

On 11 March 2025, the Government published the heavily anticipated Planning and Infrastructure Bill (the "Bill").

Farming, housing, habitats and infrastructure are some of the major uses of land across England. The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is currently reviewing land use...

World Earth Day had me thinking: is additive manufacturing really that environmentally friendly? According to this article by Roland Berger, the answer seems to be "yes if done in the right way".

On 27 March 2011 the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) laid a report before Parliament on company reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

On 27 March 2012 the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) published long awaited proposals to simplify the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC), the mandatory UK-wide scheme in respect of carbon emissions.

John Hurdley, Partner at Bircham Dyson Bell LLP believes that The Secretary of State has played a careful hand and taken sensible measures with regard to the plan for managing and harnessing the increasingly scarce but vital resource of water - set out in the Water White Paper.

Farming, housing, habitats and infrastructure are some of the major uses of land across England. The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is currently reviewing land use...

Everyone has a part to play as the world moves toward 2030 and 2050 – important goal posts for carbon reduction in the fight against climate change under the Paris Agreement.

It has been estimated that around half of all approved drugs are either natural products, derivatives of natural products, or synthetic compounds inspired by natural product pharmacophores (Newman and Cragg,

Chemicals widely used across different industries are linked to health issues and environmental pollution.

Legend has it that the first coffee consumers were goats – and that the energetic properties of coffee were discovered by Ethiopian farmers who noticed their goats were far more animated after consuming coffee cherries.

The UK Government proposed legislative changes to streamline environmental compliance for housing developments, introducing Delivery Plans and a Nature Restoration Fund. These plans centralize environmental assessments, fund interventions, and simplify nutrient pollution considerations for developers.