Post-Brexit options for UK chemicals law
What may happen to UK chemicals policy after Brexit? As a way of understanding why Brexit poses such challenges, I ...
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Who’s in charge here? Brexit, devolution and environmental governance
During the Brexit referendum campaign the cry of “take back control” was often heard but never followed up by clear ...
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The gilded green cage: Swiss agricultural policy and lessons for Brexit Britain
Switzerland sits outside the European Union (EU) and its’ much critiqued Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). From this position, Switzerland has ...
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Who’s afraid of the ECJ? Let’s debate environmental governance
Among the many proposals in Michael Gove’s thoughtful speech on the environment, one received less attention that we think it ...
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How will resources for the environment change post-Brexit?
Much has been said about the environmental consequences of Brexit, with the general admission being that Brexit will indeed be ...
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UK and Welsh waste policy after Brexit
While it is possible that UK policy will continue to track the progress made by EU-level policies for a circular ...
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Having the agri-food cake and eating it?
This week has seen the publication of two position papers from the UK government, on future customs arrangement and on ...
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A principled Green Brexit?
European Union (EU) environmental policy is one of the Union’s success stories. The EU has enabled its Member States to ...
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Can Brexit truly bring ‘better’ chemicals regulation?
On 20 July 2017, MP Mary Creagh asked Michael Gove to explain how chemicals will be regulated after Brexit. The ...
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Time for some experts?
Although during the EU referendum campaign some scepticism was expressed over the value of “experts”, there are times when specialist ...
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Green Gove woos environment sector: But what about devolution?
Despite a House of Lords report published last week warning that the impact of Brexit on the UK’s devolution settlements ...
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Gove’s speech on ‘Green Brexit’: Response from the Brexit & Environment team
Twitter is alive with delighted but wary environmentalists who have attended Michael Gove’s speech today in which he declared his ...
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