Brexit & Environment: taking the EU side into account
With the EU Withdrawal Bill entering Committee Stage this week, discussions on Brexit and environment turn inwards – asking how ...
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Brexit raises questions regarding the UK energy mix as well as UK participation in a broader EU energy market.
While EU law lets each country decide its own mix, Brexit is likely to impact different components of the UK’s. A government decision to leave Euratom will make it more difficult for the UK nuclear sector to develop further, while leaving the EU would free the UK from renewable targets. Brexit is further seen by some actors as opening the way for fracking, at least in England.
The broader EU energy market is currently undergoing significant changes as the EU is developing its Energy Union. Planned interconnectors between the UK and France and between Northern Ireland and the Republic are, for now, going ahead irrespective of Brexit.
Read our Energy chapter in our Expert Review on the EU referendum and the UK environment (published April 2016).
Read all our relevant blog posts (most recent firsts) below:
With the EU Withdrawal Bill entering Committee Stage this week, discussions on Brexit and environment turn inwards – asking how ...
read moreThe Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy published the long-awaited Clean Growth Strategy last week, setting out the ways ...
read moreEnergy, the environment and climate change were barely mentioned during the EU referendum campaign, and Theresa May has since spent ...
read moreThis blog post summarises Prof Chris Hilson’s (University of Reading) introduction to the Brexit and the Environment roundtable organised by ...
read moreIn a new blog post for The UK in a Changing Europe, Viviane Gravey, Andy Jordan and Charlie Burns react ...
read moreOn Monday, the Commons ECC published its last report, "The energy revolution and future challenges for UK energy and climate ...
read moreRemain and Leave are finally talking about the environment in the EU referendum campaign. Most environmental professionals and green charities ...
read moreIn an opinion piece for Euractiv, Viviane Gravey, Andy Jordan and Charlotte Burns (lead authors of the expert review) discuss ...
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