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26.07.2021The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) is calling for evidence on the funding resources available for councils working on net zero and how clear are the expectations about their role in reaching this target by 2050.
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01.07.202125 year environment plan | biodiversity net gain | Climate Change | climate crisis | England | Environmental | environmental audit committee | nature crisisGovernment policies and targets to improve the natural environment are ‘grandiose statements lacking teeth’ and all too often government departments spend more on practices that exploit the natural environment than conserve it, according to the Environmental Audit Committee.
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22.02.2021Climate Change | climate crisis | Coronavirus | England | Environmental | environmental audit committee | nature crisisThe Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has stated that it is ‘vital’ that the recovery of nature is prioritised in the UK's economic recovery efforts alongside action on climate change to grow back better from the Covid-19 pandemic.
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26.07.2018Climate Change | Environmental | environmental audit committee | heatwaves | Housing | Met Office | UKLocal spatial plans and urban development must be at the forefront of adapting to soaring temperatures as “a matter of life and death” in the next 20 years, according to an influential group of MPs.
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25.07.2018air pollution | Brexit | Environmental | environmental audit committee | Health | Policy & Politics | UKMPs are demanding that the government should set up an independent oversight body to ensure that environmental governance, enforcement and policy currently carried out by the European Commission are not lost after Brexit.
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15.03.2018air pollution | air quality | clean air | Climate Change | dft | environmental audit committee | Health | nitrogen dioxide | UKThe Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Environment Audit; Health and Social Care; and Transport Committees have said the government is ‘more concerned with box-ticking’ than taking ‘bold, meaningful action’ when it comes to tackling the UK’s air quality.
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23.02.2017air pollution | Environmental | environmental audit committee | Heathrow expansion | Infrastructure - Transport | London | UKThere has been little sign of a "step change" in the government’s approach to mitigating the environmental impacts of a third runway at Heathrow Airport, say MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee.
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05.01.2017The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has called on the government to introduce a new Environmental Protection Act as part of its EU Article 50 negotiations to maintain the UK’s environmental standards.
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05.09.2016air pollution | Climate Change | Environmental | environmental audit committee | Infrastructure - Transport | low emission vehicles | UKA clear strategy is needed by the Department for Transport (DfT) to increase the use of ultra-low emission vehicles and reduce air pollution, says the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC).
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