ClientEarth

A new survey from ClientEarth shows the public wants urgent action on climate change, and strongly supports holding fossil fuel companies and the UK government accountable for the negative effects of climate change.

The European Commission has launched legal proceedings against the Polish government for breaking nature protection laws in its management of forests.

Spain’s coal mining companies may have to pay back up to €2 billion in government subsidies, after environmental groups alerted the European Commission that they could be using the money to support their ongoing activities, rather than to close down.

 MPs have voted to back Heathrow expansion but environmental lawyers have expressed serious doubts as to whether it is legally possible under air quality rules and say the government had misunderstood its legal obligations when recommending a third runway.