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Green groups sue Commission over withheld biofuels documents
9 March 2009 | Read the press release | Read the application (Summary pp5. -6)
On Monday 8 March 2010, a coalition of environmental groups filed a
legal action against the European Commission over its refusal to
release documents. The documents contain previously undisclosed
information on the negative climate impacts of widespread biofuels use
in the EU. The lawsuit, brought by ClientEarth, Transport &
Environment, the European Environmental Bureau, and BirdLife
International, alleges several violations of European laws designed to
promote transparency, democracy, and legitimacy in EU policy-making.
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Committee on Climate Change being ignored by Government
24 February 2010 | Read the press release
Today the House of Commons voted down an amendment inserting a commitment to an emmissions performance standard for UK coal power. ClientEarth shows how the government has parted ways with the advice of the independent Committee on Climate Change. The government is bowing to pressure from the energy industry and failing to confront the EU on its misguided policy on stringent national emissions standards.
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Commission withholding key research on environmental impacts of biofuels
12 February 2010 | Read the press release
The European Commission is refusing to release scientific research on EU biofuel policies, frustrating efforts to bring to light the environmental damage that would result from current biofuel policies. The research is likely to confirm the findings of numerous scientific studies that show several types of biofuels cause more emissions than conventional fossil fuels.
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Jackson Report offers no remedy for environmental cases costs risks
15 January 2010 | Read the press release
ClientEarth welcomes reccomentations in the Jackson Report intended to comply with the Aarhus Convention, but warns that those pursuing public interest cases will be ill-serfved if the reccomendations are implemented.
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Government out of time on London air pollution
11 December 2009 | Read the press release
Today the European Commission rejected the UK's application for a time extension to address the problem of dangerous airborne particles in London. ClientEarth's response calls for the government to provide the mayor with all necessary funding to address the problem.
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ClientEarth responds to Mayor Johnson's draft air quality strategy
5 October 2009 | Read the reponse
ClientEarth's CleanAir team has responded to the draft air quality strategy announced by Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, today. We highlight the fact that delays announced in the strategy undermine what might otherwise be the beginnings of a credible plan to address London's air pollution problems.
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ClientEarth calls on Mayor Johnson to retract WEZ statement
25 September 2009 | Read the letter
ClientEarth's CleanAir team have written to the Mayor of London Boris Johnson calling on him to publicly retract his statement asserting that the London congestion charging zone's western extension (WEZ) would definitely be removed next year. ClientEarth's activist lawyers make clear that his statement, made through his blog and other channels yesterday, could prejudice the statutory consultation he is legally obliged to undertake before a decision is made on whether to scrap the WEZ.
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Environmental justice case 'will establish fundamental rights for green groups'
21 September 2009 | UK press briefing | EU press briefing | Read the full press release
Legal challenges launched against the UK and the EU could break new ground for green groups and citizens seeking standing in courts throughout Europe.
ClientEarth will argue cases against both governments before the UN’s Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee on 23 and 24 September. The convention, ratified at both UK and EU level, gives individuals and NGOs rights to access to the courts on environmental matters and requires that cases must not be prohibitively expensive. ClientEarth has set out to prove that both the UK and the EU are in clear breach of their duties to give access to the courts.
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