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Brexit and the environment: The international dimension

In a blog post on the LSE EUROPP blog, Sebastian Oberthür (IES VUB), author of the International Policy chapter in ...

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23rd June 2016
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Four little-known EU rules which help protect Britain’s environment

Remain and Leave are finally talking about the environment in the EU referendum campaign. Most environmental professionals and green charities ...

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20th June 2016
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UK fisheries & the EU referendum: What’s the catch?

Compared to most environmental issues, the future of UK fisheries is being hotly discussed in the on-going EU referendum campaign. ...

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20th June 2016
Bird in bush (V Gravey)

Sovereignty, red tape… and the environment

Let us face it. Environmental protection has not been a major strand in the Brexit debate. It should be as ...

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16th June 2016
EU flag and UK phone booth

The EU referendum and the UK’s environment: What are the implications for democracy?

Environmental questions are increasingly being discussed in the EU referendum campaign, but often on their own, disconnected from the more ...

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13th June 2016
Houses in countryside

A tale of two policy areas: Why EU-UK environmental relations are more complicated than you think

Although the environment as has not yet become a central focus of debate between the two official campaigns, particular issues, ...

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31st May 2016
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The EU referendum, planning and the environment

In the May edition of the Town and Country Planning magazine, Richard Cowell and Sue Owens, co-authors of the Land ...

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29th May 2016
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What would Brexit mean for the environment in the EU?

In an opinion piece for Euractiv, Viviane Gravey, Andy Jordan and Charlotte Burns (lead authors of the expert review) discuss ...

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24th May 2016
IES Brexit event

Brexit and the environment: EU and UK environmental policies after 23 June

One month ahead of the UK referendum on membership of the European Union, we organised a round-table at the Institute ...

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24th May 2016
EU flag in trees by Niccolo Caranti

Where to find information on environmental issues in the EU referendum

As the referendum approaches and both sides work harder to capture the support of undecided voters, issues such as the ...

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16th May 2016
UK flags and French flag

What about devolution?

When talking about ‘Brexit’ and the UK-EU referendum, most discussions concerns the whole of the UK, yet a vote to ...

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13th May 2016
Hay in field

Agriculture and the EU referendum: Taking stock and peering forwards

In a blog post for the UK in a Changing Europe Initiative, Viviane Gravey and Andy Jordan (University of East ...

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11th May 2016