Legislation

Budget 2020: end for red diesel tax ‘loophole’ and roads spending bonanza

In today’s Budget, Chancellor Rishi Sunak included several measures that will impact on the nation’s air quality, including a £27bn investment into UK roads, the partial end of a controversial red diesel tax break, a £304m fund for councils to reduce nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions and the extension of the Plug-in Car Grant until 2023.

Legislation Local Government

Councils and air quality: a legal perspective

Legislation

Environment Bill returns to Parliament

Health Legislation

Campaigners asking government to strengthen air quality aspects of Environment Bill

Legislation Local Government

Greater Manchester misses clean air deadline blaming government uncertainty

Legislation

UK citizens legal right to clean air could be ‘cast aside’ after Brexit

Legislation

Council officer handed suspended jail term for falsifying air quality data

Legislation

Wales targets cars, wood-burners, bonfires in new Clean Air Plan

Legislation

Climate change refugees: the landmark case of Teitiota v New Zealand

Climate change causes immeasurable damage world-wide; however, its effects are not felt evenly throughout the world and small Pacific island populations are some of the most vulnerable. Economically developed nations continue to cause environmental degradation yet are often able to remain comfortably removed from the consequences of their actions and decisions. It is within this paradox that the case of Teitiota v New Zealand has occurred.