‘As the new academic year begins, a survey of councils shows many are enforcing laws preventing parking immediately outside the school gates, using CCTV cameras and mobile monitoring vehicles to crack down on parents flouting the rules.’
The Guardian, 6th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Serious pollution incidents in the UK from livestock farms are now a weekly occurrence, leading to damage to wildlife, fish, farm livestock and air and water pollution.’
The Guardian, 21st August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government has won the latest court challenge over the UK’s air pollution crisis.’
The Guardian, 5th July 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Lorries that are illegally polluting the atmosphere via emission “cheats” face a crackdown, with random checks beginning in August.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th June 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Environmental lawyers are taking the government to the high court for a third time in a bid to remove “major flaws” from minister’s plans to tackle the UK’s illegal levels of air pollution.’
The Guardian, 31st May 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Last November the judge decided that the UK’s air pollution plans under EU and domestic laws were not good enough. The case has a long, and unedifying back-story of Government not doing what the law says it should do.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 16th May 2017
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Environment lawyers are expected to take the government back to court over its controversial plans to tackle the UK’s air pollution crisis. They say the proposals are so weak they flout ministers’ obligation to protect public health.
The Guardian, 6th May 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Government has confirmed that it will not appeal last week’s High Court judgment which ordered it to produce its air quality plans by 9 May, it has been reported.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd May 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The government has been ordered back to the high court to explain its last-minute bid to delay publication of the UK’s clean air plan.’
The Guardian, 25th April 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Environmental lawyers at campaign group ClientEarth set deadline amid concern over repeated delays to publication of Government’s key plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.’
The Independent, 11th April 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Thames Water has been fined a record £20m after pumping nearly 1.5 billion litres of untreated sewage into the River Thames.’
BBC News, 22nd March 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In an unprecedented move, four House of Commons select committees are to investigate the state of air pollution in cities across the country.’
The Independent, 20th March 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘More than 35,000 motorists have joined a class action lawsuit against VW in England and Wales over the emissions scandal.’
The Guardian, 20th March 2017
source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has rejected a judicial review challenge brought by four local authorities over the Transport Secretary’s decision to back a third runway at Heathrow Airport.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th January 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘More than £1.5m will go to projects that help wildlife and the environment as companies pay for breaking green laws, the Environment Agency has said.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Southern Water has been fined a record £2m for flooding beaches in Kent with raw sewage, leaving them closed to the public for nine days.’
The Guardian, 19th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The rogue practice of removing vital pollution filters from the exhausts of diesel vehicles has suffered a blow with the Advertising Standards Agency for the first time banning an advert for the service.’
The Guardian, 14th December 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Four local authorities have formally served legal papers accusing the Government of unlawfully supporting the expansion of Heathrow.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th December 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘R (ClientEarth No.2) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Garnham J, 21 November 2016. A quick follow-up ruling to the judgment of 2 November (here) in which the UK’s air pollution plans under EU and domestic laws were found wanting by the Administrative Court. The pollutant was nitrogen dioxide – a major product of vehicle exhaust fumes.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd November 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘It was reasonable for a council to apply for an interim injunction against a company over allegations of a bad odour from its vegetable processing plant, a High Court judge has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd November 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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