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UK unveils ‘carbon budget delivery plan’ to get back on track for net zero targets

Ed Miliband says pushing for renewable energy and lower emissions will reduce household bills and boost economy

The Guardian - UK

In China, Climate Litigation Starts With The State

With thousands of dedicated courts and more than a million recent cases, environmental and climate litigation is booming in China, but it often looks different to the trend seen elsewhere.

International Business Times

Around 500,000 more UK cars under investigation over emissions cheating

Dangerous car emissions have been linked to 16,000 premature deaths and 30,000 new cases of asthma in children

The Independent UK

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NGOs sue France for failing to recall millions of rigged diesel cars

Three NGOs are taking the French state to court over its failure to remove millions of diesel cars fitted with cheating software from the roads, nearly a decade after the so-called “dieselgate” scandal first broke.

Radio France Internationale

Environmental lawyers ‘heartened’ by another EU Court ruling backing bans on bottom trawling

Experts say the ruling is likely to have a positive impact on other legal cases on bottom trawling happening across the EU.

Euronews

‘A golden opportunity’: UK unveils plan to ban bottom trawling in more marine protected areas

It comes as pressure ramps up at UNOC in Nice, including with a satirical film featuring Stephen Fry and Theo James.

Euronews

‘Lacklustre’ EU Ocean Pact falls short of urgent marine protection needs, NGOs say

The EU is hoping to position itself as a leader in marine protection ahead of a UN summit on preserving the world's oceans next week.

Euronews

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‘A systemic problem’: Legal action targets EU’s failure to stop bottom trawling in protected areas

It is the latest in a stream of litigation from all corners of the EU over bottom trawling in protected zones.

Euronews

Dieselgate pollution killed 16,000 people in UK, study estimates

Experts decry lack of UK government action and warn a further 6,000 early deaths could occur

The Guardian - UK

NGOs file complaint against France, Germany, and Italy over destructive fishing practices

Five environmental organisations on Tuesday accused France, Germany and Italy of failing to stop destructive fishing, including bottom trawling, in protected areas in a legal complaint to the European Commission.

Radio France Internationale

‘Fishing in the dark’: Spain accused of turning a blind eye to illegal fishing in West Africa

NGOs claim Spanish authorities are turning a blind eye to their fleets' activities in Senegal and Guinea Bissau.

Euronews

‘All other avenues have been exhausted’: Is legal action the only way to save the planet?

The long read: Monica Feria-Tinta is one of a growing number of lawyers using the courts to make governments around the world take action

The Guardian - UK

Toxic water and a sickening stench: How pig-rearing has turned this Spanish town into ‘a dungheap’

Residents are too afraid to drink water from their local wells or open their windows for fear of the stench of nearby livestock operations.

Euronews

Bottom trawling in European waters costs society up to €11bn a year, new study finds

Ocean experts found that the economic costs mostly come from carbon emissions caused by churning up the seabed.

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Will fewer corporate reporting obligations jeopardise the EU Green Deal?

Cutting down on red tape to help boost companies’ competitiveness is the aim of a European Commission proposal to simplify corporate reporting obligations. But critics of the so-called Omnibus package claim the proposal is a step back for human rights and the environment.

Euronews

‘A bad joke’: Greece gives green light to oil drilling while expanding marine protected areas

Environmental lawyers say that the new concessions threaten endangered species in the biodiversity-rich Hellenic Trench.

Evening Standard

Government investigating dozens of vehicle models over diesel emissions concerns

The inquiry could result in thousands of cars being recalled.

The Guardian - UK

EU failing to enforce illegal fishing rules, say campaigners

Activists says EU court ruling on transparency makes mockery of laws to protect the environment

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The Guardian - UK

Watchdog investigates Defra over authorisation of bee-killing pesticide

Neonicotinoid was given emergency clearance under Conservative government in 2023 and 2024

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s climate action plan unlawful, high court rules

Environmental campaign groups took joint action against decision to approve carbon budget delivery plan

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Swiss women who won their human rights climate battle must inspire us all

Earlier this month, a group of older Swiss women won a landmark climate case at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. The court ruled that Switzerland’s weak climate policy had violated their rights to private and family life — an outcome that will change the legal landscape on…

The Guardian - UK

UK company directors may be liable for climate impacts, say lawyers

Legal experts say directors could face personal claims for failing to consider how businesses affect nature

The Guardian - UK

UK ministers in court again over net zero plans

Friends of the Earth dismisses government’s revised climate action plan as a ‘pipe dream’

The Guardian - UK

Drinks firms face EU-wide complaint over plastic bottle recycling claims

Consumer groups issue formal notice to European Commission over ‘greenwashing’ claims that bottles are ‘100% recyclable’ or ‘100% recycled’

The Independent UK

Environment campaign organisation loses High Court fight with Shell directors

ClientEarth, a shareholder in Shell, had raised concern about Shell’s ‘climate change strategy’ and wanted to make a ‘breach’ of duties claim.

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