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    • 19 January 2021 - UN committee urges EU to comply with international law on access to justice
    • 15 January 2021 - Ineos cuts major plastics investment in wake of court action, reports say
    • 14 January 2021 - NGOs urge the European Parliament to end secrecy in how fishing rules are enforced
    • 18 December 2020 - Resist BP and gas industry lobbying to call gas ‘sustainable’: lawyers
    • 17 December 2020 - EU ministers rush access to justice position at expense of legal compliance
    • 17 December 2020 - Final court hearing: Brussels authorities deny toxic air indicated by own monitoring stations
    • 17 December 2020 - First EU fishing limits post-Brexit miss the mark on sustainability, ClientEarth 
    • 16 December 2020 - Excessive air pollution contributed to Ella’s death - ClientEarth comment
    • 16 December 2020 - EU court overrules plastics lobby, confirms BPA dangerous for wildlife
    • 15 December 2020 - Media alert: Final court hearing in Brussels toxic air case this Thursday
    • 10 December 2020 - Media alert: After injunction success, NGOs head back to court to block Ineos plastic plant
    • 07 December 2020 - Poland’s energy sector shakeup would torpedo EU climate targets – report
    • 04 December 2020 - Polish Government to face EU’s top court for systemic failure to safeguard protected forests
    • 03 December 2020 - Datteln IV: ClientEarth joins legal action against Germany’s newest coal plant
    • 01 December 2020 - Thousands of dolphin deaths likely in Spain and France as EU fails to act
    • 26 November 2020 - Media reaction: Fisheries Act fails to deliver UK environmental leadership
    • 25 November 2020 - State aid: European Commission pauses over German lignite deals
    • 23 November 2020 - New EU air data confirms current laws do not protect people’s health – ClientEarth lawyers
    • 18 November 2020 - ClientEarth welcomes the UK ban on sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2030
    • 16 November 2020 - Strengthen microplastics ban, experts urge EU in new report
    • 13 November 2020 - Flemish court backs move to block Antwerp plastics plant
    • 10 November 2020 - CJEU toxic air ruling must prompt “complete turnaround” in Italy – ClientEarth
    • 9 November 2020 - Ineos faces emergency legal action to block Antwerp plastics plants
    • 2 November 2020 - Pension legal settlement could set off domino effect
    • 28 October 2020 - NGOs applaud UK government suggestion to close Dogger Bank to fishing
    • 23 October 2020 - European Parliament CAP vote shamefully disregards climate mandate – ClientEarth lawyers
    • 22 October 2020 - Bududa landslide victims take Ugandan Government to court
    • 21 October 2020 - ClientEarth publishes key principles for ‘Paris-aligned’ strategies
    • 19 October 2020 - Stronger laws key to protect nature in the EU and globally – ClientEarth lawyers
    • 14 October 2020 - Commission proposal to strengthen access to justice tackles main obstacle but falls short overall
    • 14 October 2020 - EU Commission presents its plan to tackle methane emissions – ClientEarth reaction
    • 14 October 2020 - ClientEarth welcomes ambitious EU chemicals strategy
    • 13 October 2020 - Leeds abandons Clean Air Zone plans – ClientEarth reaction
    • 13 October 2020 - Media reaction: Stronger control of EU fisheries should extend to its imports – ClientEarth lawyers
    • 8 October 2020 - New data shows 75% of UK ‘zones’ illegally polluted – don’t pause action now, say lawyers
    • 8 October 2020 - Court cases double German air pollution cuts – new analysis
    • 1 October 2020 - State aid for recovery is either green or illegal – ClientEarth lawyers
    • 1 October 2020 - Marine experts call for end to illegal fishing on the Dogger Bank in new report
    • 30 September 2020 - Torres Strait Islander claimants in historic climate case ramp up their campaign
    • 23 September 2020 - Breaking: EU’s biggest coal plant must negotiate closure with environmental lawyers, court decides
    • 18 September 2020 - Dieselgate anniversary: lawyers demand facts as consumers still in dark over potential emissions manipulation
    • 16 September 2020 - New report addresses dangerous gaps in EU rules on hormone disruptors
    • 8 September 2020 - UK’s biggest seafood businesses urge Government to put sustainability at heart of Fisheries Bill
    • 7 September 2020 - Report: Green investments can generate up to 6 times more jobs in the Belchatow region than is currently created by the lignite complex
    • 26 August 2020 - ClientEarth responds to new UK consultation on pension schemes
    • 19 August 2020 - A “short-sighted” decision – ClientEarth responds to Clean Air Zone plans being paused in Leeds
    • 14 August 2020 - Australian Government denies responsibility for climate-threatened Torres Strait
    • 7 August 2020 - Republic of Congo passes historic new forest governance laws to help preserve world’s ‘second lung’
    • 21 July 2020 - ClientEarth appeals High Court judgment upholding approval of Drax gas plant
    • 10 July 2020 - European Ombudsman: Commission must answer questions over failure to consider environmental, social impacts of South American trade deal
    • 8 July 2020 - Lawyers warn Commission over ‘illegal’ and conscious failure to align CAP reform proposal with Green Deal
    • 2 July 2020 - Commission takes legal action against France, Spain and Sweden to protect marine mammals
    • 2 July 2020 - Tackle illegal logging or face court, Commission warns Romanian government
    • 25 June 2020 - EIB fights scrutiny of “green” decisions in court
    • 24 June 2020 - British public oppose government support for polluting vehicles
    • 22 June 2020 - Lawyers reveal German coal law lets companies “hold government to ransom” on climate action
    • 22 June 2020 - ClientEarth joins court case which could transform French electricity market
    • 17 June 2020 - BP greenwashing complaint sets precedent for action on misleading ad campaigns
    • 15 June 2020 - EU failed to consider environmental and social impacts of South American trade deal: complaint
    • 11 June 2020 - Savers: Pension funds should say how much they invest in fossil fuel companies
    • 5 June 2020 - Deforestation-free businesses and finance should be new norm in UK: briefing
    • 4 June 2020 - Court challenge to “illegal” Lisbon airport plan over wetland threat
    • 3 June 2020 - UK car industry wants £1.5bn scheme for diesel and petrol cars
    • 3 June 2020 - Reintroducing harmful subsidies with Covid-19 excuse would threaten fisheries sector, lawyers warn
    • 3 June 2020 - Companies must commit to climate conditions to receive UK assistance: ClientEarth
    • 27 May 2020 - Questions remain unanswered about BPs climate ‘advocacy’: ClientEarth
    • 26 May 2020 - Scientists call for immediate EU action to protect dolphins and porpoises following NGO request
    • 26 May 2020 - Germany sued over major national air pollution failures
    • 22 May 2020 - ClientEarth responds to High Court judgment on Drax gas plant approval challenge
    • 20 May 2020 - Greater Manchester delays its plans to tackle air pollution – ClientEarth reaction
    • 20 May 2020 - Lawyers react to new EU strategies: ambition welcome but policy clashes must be resolved
    • 20 May 2020 - PLN 1bn hit for companies as Poland’s newest coal project becomes stranded asset
    • 15 May 2020 - EU issues legal warning as Bulgarian and Polish governments block right to clean air
    • 1 May 2020 - Trouble for automakers as EU top court advisor condemns defeat devices
    • 30 April 2020 - Approval of Europe’s largest gas plant unlawful: ClientEarth lawyers
    • 30 April 2020 - EU Ombudsman deplores Council’s disregard for democracy following lawyers’ complaint
    • 30 April 2020 - Major Ineos plastics refinery faces delays after legal action
    • 30 April 2020 - Update: High Court challenge to UK government over Drax gas plan decision
    • 24 April 2020 - Lawyers warn Timmermans over climate impact of proposed investment treaty reform
    • 22 April 2020 - Environmental groups pursue new legal action over destruction of Romania’s natural forests
    • 6 April 2020 - Barclays’ pioneering climate resolution presents “historic opportunity” – lawyers
    • 13 March 2020 - Court greenlights EUGAL gas pipeline, despite ignored climate impacts
    • 12 March 2020 - Lawyers act as public money used to evict people for coal mines in Romania
    • 11 March 2020 - ClientEarth welcomes cash influx to fight air pollution
    • 11 March 2020 - Court hearing as German landowner challenges Nord Stream 2 on climate grounds
    • 6 March 2020 - Environmental lawyers respond to a major new move by the UK’s financial regulator on climate risks
    • 4 March 2020 - “Start now, not in ten years’ time” – ClientEarth responds to the European Climate law
    • 3 March 2020 - Two biggest recipients of EU fisheries fund misused EU tax payer money, report finds
    • 2 March 2020 - Lawyers call for EU crack down on illegal waste burning in coal plants
    • 27 February 2020 - Back climate resolution to fulfil legal duties, Barclays directors urged
    • 20 February 2020 - ClientEarth lawyers respond to FRC climate reporting review
    • 14 February 2020 - Climate victory: Companies put Poland’s last new coal plant on ice
    • 12 February 2020 - ClientEarth reaction to BP ceasing advertising campaign
    • 12 February 2020 - EU announces legal action against Romania for illegal logging of Europe’s last natural forests
    • 30 January 2020 - The UK Environment Bill is another missed opportunity for clean air: environmental lawyers
    • 30 January 2020 - Lawyers challenge UK Government approval of Europe’s largest gas plant
    • 17 January 2020 - Immoral, short-sighted and a climate failure: lawyers respond to Germany’s coal phase-out plan
    • 13 January 2020 - New Greek power plant cancelled in major NGO court win
    • 4 December 2019 - Lawyers take action against BP's climate "greenwashing" advertising campaign

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