ClientEarth wins landmark case against the UK for failing citizens on access to justice
26 August 2010 | Read the full release
The government must fundamentally change the way UK courts operate to allow citizens access to environmental justice. The UK courts are out of line with all other EU countries on the costs citizens face when they fight for their rights.
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Groups formally challenge European Investment Bank for ignoring its own rules and signing €250m loan to steel giant
17 August 2010 | Read the press release
The European Investment Bank (EIB), the lending bank of the European Union, has repeatedly ignored its own rules in order to approve a low-interest public loan of €250m to ArcelorMittal, a global steel company that enjoyed revenues of $65.1bn in 2009.
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Mayor’s air quality strategy fails to meet legal responsibilities
13 August 2010 | Read the press release
The mayor is failing to discharge his legal responsibilities to clean up London’s illegal air pollution as his strategy does not contain measures that will bring the capital’s air quality within legal limits. On the final day of consultation on the Mayor’s Air Quality Strategy (MAQS) environmental law NGO ClientEarth’s response says the strategy needs drastic improvement.
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Abolishing the Western Extension Zone would increase London's illegal air pollution levels
02 August 2010 | Read the press release
The Mayor of London's proposal to remove the Western Extension of the Congestion Charging Zone (WEZ) is condemned by air quality, transport and environment groups [1], who say, among other things, it would increase air pollution and could result in European air quality laws being broken.
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UK company law’s environmental shortcomings leave investors at risk
13 July 2010 | Read the press release
UK company law is failing to protect not only the environment and global communities but by extension pension-holders and other investors in the UK.
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European politicians vote to ban illegal timber
7 July 2010 | Read the press release
ClientEarth celebrated today as MEPs voted for an outright ban on the importation of illegally harvested timber.
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The EU must learn from the IWC voting shambles
25 June 2010 | Read the press release
The EU must urgently seek clarification
from the European Court of Justice on voting procedures to prevent its
influence being undermined in future international negotiations.
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Boris fiddles while London's lungs burn
25 June 2010 | Read the release
It has been announced today that London has exceeded the maximum number of days in 2010 in which harmful levels of dangerous airborne particles may present under European law. ClientEarth's Alan Andrews calls for urgent action.
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