But long-term targets on water quality, air pollution, biodiversity, and waste prompt calls for greater ambition from environmental and business groups
The UK Government has confirmed plans to pay farmers and other landowners for creating woodlands, in the same week that its post-Brexit environmental watchdog has been granted its full legal powers.
Green Alliance celebrates launch of Office for Enviornment Protection, arguing body must be 'proactive and fearless' in enforcing environmental regulations
It comes just a day after the government published 1,200-word defence of its decision to vote against stricter legal controls on pumping raw sewage into rivers and seas
To say it has been a busy week for green policy announcements in the UK would be an understatement. Here, edie recaps the key changes from the Net-Zero Strategy, Heat and Buildings Strategy, Environment Bill and HM Treasury.