Lead regulation comes shooting back: dynamic (dis)alignment - Brexit & Environment
Is the UK about to align with the EU? Or keep on diverging? Why not both? Lead shot ban reveals how complex regulation (dis)alignment gets.
Are we heading towards dynamic alignment on the environment? Should we want to?
New blog post by our three co-chairs revisits the #leadshot case as Defra moves towards a ban... and finds how you can both align and diverge at the same time.
www.brexitenvironment.co.uk/2025/08/15/l...
15.08.2025 09:59 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
How green do you want your UK-EU βresetβ to be? - Brexit & Environment
What place, if any, for environmental issues in new EU-UK discussions?
Ahead of next week's UK-EU #reset summit, our latest blog post asks: what room, if any is there for the #environment? And is it time for a measured or more ambitious ask?
From @vgravey.bsky.social, Charlie Burns & Andy Jordan @tyndallcentre.bsky.social
www.brexitenvironment.co.uk/2025/05/12/h...
12.05.2025 17:18 β π 2 π 4 π¬ 0 π 3
Minister Muir announces independent review to strengthen environmental governance
Three independent experts have been appointed by DAERA Minister Andrew Muir to conduct a review of environmental governance in Northern Ireland,
Our co-chair @vgravey.bsky.social has been appointed as new chair of NI panel tasked with a review of #environmentalgovernance in #NorthernIreland π
So...expect a bit less NI content on the blog for the foreseeable π
www.daera-ni.gov.uk/news/ministe...
19.11.2024 12:46 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Finally took time to migrate this account from the other place....
-> imported some tweets (but lost links) using
#Porto
-> searched for accounts we followed that had already made the move with
#SkyFollowerBridge
Looking fwd to sharing more on environment in the UK/beyond on a less toxic platform!
15.11.2024 00:16 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
New blog post on #GeneralElections2024 by @Geo_Asiamah - as the UK heads to the polling stations tomorrow, how ambitious are key UK parties on the environment?
03.07.2024 08:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
π° πΏ Dive into the latest insights from Prof. @MariaLeeLaw on our blog! π Finch in the Supreme Court and thinking about legal stock... Check it out now β‘οΈ #Brexit #Environment #LegalThoughts πβ¨
28.06.2024 11:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
π New on our blog! @CharlieBEU dives into the Prospects of the European Parliament Elections for the Environment. Check it out here: #europeanparliament #euelection2024 #environment
29.05.2024 13:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
New blog post from Prof Colin Reid @LawDundee @UKELA_LAW looking at #vapes and #gluetraps and what those two cases tell us about the UK #internalmarket and #intergovernmentalrelations
17.05.2024 14:50 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This Monday @UKELAWalesCymru is organising an event "The Future of Environmental Principles, Governance and Biodiversity in Wales" to discuss the Welsh proposals for #principles #watchdog and #targets
Still time to register π
11.04.2024 11:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
New blog post from @VGravey on the return of the Assembly and Executive in #NorthernIreland
What priorities for the new @daera_ni minister?
As post suggests, Andrew Muir faces very busy in-tray...
07.02.2024 15:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
New blog post out on environmental #principles - what is happening in #NorthernIreland?
Post by @VGravey investigates what the watchdog's report on environmental principles policy statement tells us, as statement itself is not public. πΆππ³
22.11.2023 16:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
New on our blog: @Geo_Asiamah delves into the labyrinth of post-Brexit energy governance in the UK. It's a rollercoaster of policy shifts, where green aspirations collide with fossil fuel realities.β‘ππ #EnergyPolicy #Brexit #UK
10.08.2023 12:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
New on our blog! Dr. Viviane Gravey @VGravey examines the state of UK environmental governance, 7 years post Brexit referendum. Discover the challenges and progress made in this insightful piece. #Brexit #Environment #UKPolicy ππ¬π§
31.07.2023 11:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
π’ New blog alert! ππ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ Check out our latest post featuring Prof Colin Reid's insightful analysis of environmental governance and rights in Scotland. #EnvironmentalGovernance #EnvironmentalRights #Scotland
19.07.2023 12:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
1/π’ The long-awaited report on the effectiveness of governance arrangements under the Scotland Continuity Act 2021 was released last week! Key takeaways below π #ContinuityAct #EnvironmentalGovernance
#Brexit
#Scotland
05.06.2023 14:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
New post on our blog - Check out @jfgmoulton latest blog where he examines if the Conservative government's "Green Day" is a true turning point for environmental policies. #Conservatives #GreenDay #EnvironmentalPolicies #BlogPost"
05.04.2023 15:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Check out our new blog post! @climatepolitics explains the government's 'green day' and how it fits into the larger environmental picture.
#greenday #sustainability #environment #UKgov #blogpost
04.04.2023 15:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
New response from @OfficeforEP to the NI #CircularEconomyStrategy - as with prior NI strategies, OEP recommends stronger "evidence base, targets, and actions"
22.03.2023 13:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Concluding our Windsor Framework blog series, @Geo_Asiamah explores the effects of the framework on agri-food governance. Don't miss it!
#Brexit
#WindsorFramework
#NIProtocol #StormontBrake
#AgriFoodGovernance
13.03.2023 13:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
As we continue to wrap our heads around the #WindsorFramework, we've got not 1, not 2 but 3 blog posts coming up on B&E on its consequences for environment, environmental governance and agri-food π¦ πποΈπ!
07.03.2023 13:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
New Post on our blog - Part 2 of β¦@aglawfoodieβ© and β¦@mdobbs26β© thoughts on The Agriculture (Wales) Bill β How can the support system be improved? #Wales #Brexit #AgricultureBill
23.02.2023 15:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
New post on our blog - @aglawfoodie and @mdobbs26 take on the Agriculture (Wales) Bill : is it really a step change for farming policy post #Brexit? How can it be improved?
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22.02.2023 11:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This afternoon our co-chair @VGravey was giving evidence to the Public Bills Committee on #REUL - you can watch back the short session there
08.11.2022 17:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
New post from @CarolineKuzemko takes stock of where we are in the UK-EU Climate and Energy relationship...and where we need to be. ππ¬οΈ
27.10.2022 07:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
While politics in Westminster are in flux... the Truss government policy agenda continues, with profound impact on the UK's #environment.π¦π¦πΈοΈ
This is particularly the case in #NorthernIreland - facing upheaval of Protocol Bill and Retained EU Law Bill all with no Executive.
18.10.2022 09:17 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Our #REUL Bill series continue - after a first post from @MariaLeeLaw @UCLlaw_env detailing concerns about the Bill for democracy in Westminster
10.10.2022 10:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
New blog post by B&E associate Prof @MariaLeeLaw @UCLlaw_env on new #retainedEUlaw #REUL bill, its worrying implications for the UK's environment and Government's 'disdain for process' ππ³π₯π
29.09.2022 14:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Busy day for the environment in the UK today... ππ¦π¦π
You may have heard about the #BrexitFreedomsBill, its sunset clause and the many challenges it will create for maintaining environmental standards in the UK
22.09.2022 17:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
At @IEEP_uk event on divergence @RSBenwell alerts to risk of wholesale divergence in new Bill announced today and speaks of pressure on government to get rid of the 'peskier' targets such as on water, at a time of heightened awareness of water pollution
22.09.2022 13:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
How unsurprising...
04.07.2022 15:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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