The UK government is providing a €700m (£600m) guarantee for the billionaire Jim Ratcliffe to build the biggest petrochemical plant in Europe in 30 years…
View More UK gives £600m backing to Jim Ratcliffe’s ‘carbon bomb’ petrochemical plantTag: Trade policy
Beef, soy and palm oil products linked to deforestation still imported into UK
Beef, soy and palm oil products driving deforestation are still being imported into the UK, despite government promises this practice would end, data has revealed.…
View More Beef, soy and palm oil products linked to deforestation still imported into UKImports of ivory from hippos, orcas and walruses to be banned in UK
Ivory imports from hippopotamuses, orcas and walruses will be banned under new legislation to protect the endangered species from poaching. The Ivory Act, passed in…
View More Imports of ivory from hippos, orcas and walruses to be banned in UKPlans by Westminster to block Scottish bottle deposit scheme a ‘travesty’
Blocking the Scottish deposit return scheme for bottles would be an environmental travesty, campaigners have said, in a growing backlash to the UK government plans…
View More Plans by Westminster to block Scottish bottle deposit scheme a ‘travesty’Prince Charles: small-scale family farms must be at heart of sustainable future
The Prince of Wales has called for small family farmers in the UK and across the world to come together in a cooperative movement using…
View More Prince Charles: small-scale family farms must be at heart of sustainable futureUK-US Brexit trade deal ‘could fill supermarkets with cancer-risk bacon’
British stores could be flooded with “dangerous” bacon and ham from the US, marketed under misleading labels, as the result of a transatlantic trade deal,…
View More UK-US Brexit trade deal ‘could fill supermarkets with cancer-risk bacon’Live farm animal exports to mainland EU at a standstill post-Brexit
Livestock and live shellfish exports from the UK to mainland Europe are at a standstill as producers struggle with post-Brexit transport conditions. In 2019, excluding…
View More Live farm animal exports to mainland EU at a standstill post-Brexit