Environmental Law

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New EU rules on deforestation have been postponed for a year under pressure from businesses and farmers. The landmark EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) aims to ensure that certain goods on the EU market do not contribute to deforestation and forest degradation in the EU and elsewhere in the world.

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Wolves are set to have their protected status in the EU downgraded with effect from next March. A proposal to downgrade the status of wolves from "strictly protected" to "protected" has been approved by the standing committee of the Bern Convention, which governs the conservation of European wildlif

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A public consultation has been launched ahead of a wide-ranging review of Irish wildlife legislation. The upcoming review will include the Wildlife Act 1976, the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000, the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 and related regulations.

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Environmental campaigners in Northern Ireland have succeeded in overturning a High Court ruling which paved the way for controversial plans to construct gas caverns under the seabed at Larne Lough. The Court of Appeal yesterday ruled in favour of Friends of the Earth Northern Ireland and community g

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The EU Nature Restoration Law (NRL) has received final approval and will become law within weeks after a last-minute breakthrough. The first-of-its-kind regulation on nature restoration aims to put measures in place to restore at least 20 per cent of the EU’s land and sea areas by 2030, and al

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Ministers have approved plans to streamline the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) licencing system, including by providing definite timeframes for licencing decisions. The Environmental Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 will also provide more options for the EPA to efficiently regu

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A private member's bill on the protection of hedgerows, drawn up with the help of the Climate Bar Association, has been introduced to the Dáil. The Protection of Hedgerows Bill 2024 was drafted by the Hedgerows Legislation Project, a working group of Comhshaol, the Climate Bar Association, an

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Limerick City and County Council has failed to justify its refusal to disclose information about potential lobbying by a property developer, the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (OCEI) has ruled. Environmental Trust Ireland requested information from Limerick City and County

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Company directors should consider their company's nature-related risks as part of their legal duties under the law of England and Wales, a legal opinion commissioned by Pollination Law and the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI) has found. Authored by a team of five barristers led by Shar

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A landmark legal challenge relating to the regulation of diesel car emissions in Northern Ireland returned to the High Court today for the first time since the return of devolved government. Friends of the Earth Northern Ireland, represented by The Public Interest Litigation Support (PILS) Project a

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