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THE “green Brexit” promised by the government has not been delivered, with weaker environmental protections in areas such as biodiversity and air quality, campaigners warn.
Greener UK, a coalition of environmental groups, has been tracking progress on the government’s pledge — outlined by then-environment secretary Michael Gove in 2017 — to deliver a green Brexit, including a promise to maintain and enhance environmental protections.
The coalition’s final analysis concluded that protections related to climate, farming, fisheries and water quality are similar to 2016, but are weaker than they were for chemicals, biodiversity, air quality and waste.
From summit to summit, imperialist companies and governments cut, delay or water down their commitments, warn the Communist Parties of Britain, France, Portugal and Spain and the Workers Party of Belgium in a joint statement on Cop30
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results
