Press releases

• 12 May 2025 - Commission's access to justice reform bridges the gap between State aid decisions and environmental justice
• 12 May 2025 - EU Ocean Pact must confront destructive activities for the ocean, NGOs warn 
• 08 May 2025 - Europe turns its back on wolves and on science
• 6 May 2025 - Coca-Cola to revise ‘misleading’ recycling claims following legal complaint
• 25 April 2025 - Media reaction: World-first law banning fossil fuel ads survives Dutch legal challenge 
• 24 April 2025 - ClientEarth and Oceana sue the Spanish authorities for inaction on serious illegal fishing threat in West Africa
• 23 April 2025 - EU chemical reforms threaten to roll back public health protections
• 18 April 2025 - NGOs challenge European Commission's undemocratic Omnibus process
• 11 April 2025 - Media reaction: Fossil fuel ad ban is "bare minimum" to meet climate targets 
• 01 April 2025 - New report reveals INEOS' real impact as lawyers urge end to ‘Project One’
• 31 March 2025 - EU Parliament vote on environmental funding confirms green transition is non-negotiable 
• 26 March 2025 - Human rights court challenge launched against authorities as industrial pig-rearing pollution makes local life “unfeasible”
• 25 March 2025 - ClientEarth calls out EU for untransparent approach to chemicals regulation revision
• 21 March 2025 - Strengthening REACH: ClientEarth calls for stronger chemical protections, not loopholes
• 07 March 2025 - EU sets to weaken wolf protection - NGO warn of wider threats to nature 
• 24 February 2025 - Lawyers condemn the Omnibus proposal – a threat to the environment and EU competitiveness  
• 21 February 2025 - Due diligence and plastics: NGOs and Danone reach an agreement after mediation
• 20 February 2025 - France adopts PFAS restriction – ClientEarth urges EU and other countries to follow suit  
• 19 February 2025 - Lawyers raise alarm as Chevron eyes oil and gas drilling in Greece's marine havens
• 03 February 2025 - ClientEarth challenges the European Commission for ditching transparency rules
• 31 January 2025 - Lack of action on pollution violates right to life, Europe’s top human rights court rules
• 30 January 2025 - Court rules consent to drill Rosebank oil field was approved unlawfully, thanks to a judicial review case brought by UK NGOs Uplift and Greenpeace
• 29 January 2025 - UK airport expansion plans set to compromise climate targets
• 23 January 2025 - UK Government rejects the emergency use of bee-threatening pesticides
• 14 January 2025 - Environmental lawyers denounce obstructive lobbying on PFAS and warn of legal risks 
• 9 January 2025 - Netherlands faces court as pressure to end bottom trawling in marine protected areas mounts
• 18 December 2024 - Major UK bank penalised for "trying to have their cake and eat it too" on climate crisis
• 17 December 2024 - Commission to probe Greek oil and gas drilling after NGO intervention
• 11 December 2024 - Glyphosate approval is now in the European Court of Justice
• 10 December 2024 - EU-UK fishing limits gamble with ocean future as sandeel dispute continues | ClientEarth
• 10 December 2024 - Sandeel: Environment lawyers step in after EU starts legal fight with UK for protecting nature
• 9 December 2024 - EU chemicals companies repeatedly go unpunished for putting toxic substances on the market, new report shows
• 29 November 2024 - Italian gas platform dead in the water as lawyers defeat national government in court
• 14 November 2024 - No EU deforestation rules enforced until 2026 – lawyers react to “collective act of self-sabotage” | ClientEarth
• 12 November 2024 - Dutch Shell ruling disappointing but legal responsibilities for high-emitting companies still firmly in the spotlight
• 08 November 2024 - Ghana & EU announce new licences aimed at tackling illegal logging and exports
• 07 November 2024 - Ombudsman opens inquiry after EU trashes wolf protections
• 30 October 2024 - Media reaction: logic of multi-billion pound investment in carbon capture "hard to follow" in UK budget 
• 30 October 2024 - German authorities urged to investigate top three meat companies over human rights risks in Brazil
• 29 October 2024 - NGOs continue fight against bottom trawling in marine protected areas with lawsuit in Spain
• 22 October 2024 - NGOs back to top Italian court after Lazio region ignored ruling and failed to take action on toxic lake conditions
• 21 October 2024 - EU delayed bans for dangerous chemicals: Ombudsman
• 17 October 2024 - ClientEarth complaint targets BlackRock over misleading sustainability claims
• 15 October 2024 - Global biodiversity targets risk failing unless countries put nature laws in place
• 14 October 2024 - NGOs denounce the “alarming shortcomings” of the Draghi report
• 2 October 2024 - Commission announces plan to delay flagship anti-deforestation law – lawyers react | ClientEarth
• 1 October 2024 - 140 organisations call on new EU leadership to prioritise ocean health with new fund and ban on destructive activities
• 1 October 2024 - Lawyers warn of risk of legal action over misleading recycling claims, amid new revelations
• 30 September 2024 - NGOs take France to court over bottom trawling in Mediterranean 'protected' marine areas
• 25 September 2024 - Europe weakens wolf protection - major blow to science and biodiversity
• 24 September 2024 - Court hearing: ClientEarth in EU court to tackle illegal overfishing
• 23 September 2024 - Oil and gas drilling near protected Greek whale site set to go ahead - if Commission drops complaint
• 20 September 2024 - German state sued over absence of key pesticides law, as insect numbers drop
• 19 September 2024 - EU Ombudsman opens inquiry into legitimacy of CAP rewrite process
• 17 September 2024 - Von der Leyen’s mission letter to new EU Commissioner-Designate for the Ocean sparks concerns that ocean health may only exist on paper
• 17 September 2024 - Environmental groups are once again taking INEOS to court
• 13 September 2024 - Whitehaven court decision confirms serious stranded asset risk for investors 
• 5 September 2024 - EU court upholds secrecy on countries’ breaches of EU fisheries laws | ClientEarth
• 28 August 2024 - Iconic Swiss seniors climate judgment invoked in Polish Supreme Court citizen appeal 
• 24 July 2024 - Commission’s “anti-democratic” CAP revision escalated to EU Ombudsman
• 23 July 2024 - German government defeated in court on air pollution in EU first
• 18 July 2024 - Ryanair, Delta, Lufthansa, Easyjet among 71 airlines warned over potential greenwashing
• 18 July 2024 - Media reaction: UK's climate advisors outline urgent task for new government
• 8 July 2024 - Lawyers prompt UK environmental watchdog to investigate bee-threatening pesticides
• 28 June 2024 - Freshly re-appointed von der Leyen must boost action to protect Europeans from the threat of ecological collapse – ClientEarth
• 27 June 2024 - Glyphosate: EU Commission rejects request to cancel re-approval, NGOs go to EU court
• 26 June 2024 - New report : Progress made to protect Western Balkan rivers but systemic failures persist
• 25 June 2024 - ClientEarth proposes new legal guardrails to combat greenwashing in the transition finance market
• 20 June 2024 - UK Supreme Court has “changed the game” on climate decisions – ClientEarth
• 20 June 2024 - UK financial regulator opens one climate investigation, lawyer-led FOI reveals 
• 17 June 2024 - Historic win for EU's nature: EU Council seals the deal on Nature Restoration Law
• 13 June 2024 - EU has “legal duty” to ban PVC, NGOs tell European Commission
• 10 June 2024 - EU elections: Lawyers poised to ‘defend our future’ as new EU Parliament eyes environmental backtrack | ClientEarth
• 28 May 2024 - BLOOM and ClientEarth tackle trawling in Mediterranean 'protected' marine areas 
• 27 May 2024 - ClientEarth welcomes potentially game-changing Ecodesign Regulation
• 21 May 2024 - Media reaction: international tribunal issues landmark opinion on ocean protection and climate change | ClientEarth
• 16 May 2024 - Portugal abandons plans to build new airport on nature reserve following lawsuit
• 7 May 2024 - Legal first as Italy’s top court demands Lazio region reverse destruction of protected lake
• 3 May 2024 - Landmark High Court judgment finds government's climate plan 'unlawful' - again | ClientEarth
• 26 April 2024 - UK financial regulator falling behind on greenwashing enforcement, lawyers say 
• 24 April 2024 - European Parliament vote to tear apart EU’s Agri policy is ‘blatantly incompatible’ with the law – ClientEarth
• 24 April 2024 - ‘No time to waste’ – ClientEarth lawyers call for action on the ground as key environmental laws approved
• 19 April 2024 - EU elections: ClientEarth launches new legal approach for people and planet to thrive 
• 12 April 2024 - First-of-its-kind compensation right backed by EU ministers in new industrial emissions rules – ClientEarth 
• 11 April 2024 - MEPs weaken EU’s agriculture policy in undemocratic move that threatens people and farming – ClientEarth
• 9 April 2024 - Media reaction: Court ruling 'a European first for climate litigation' 
• 27 March 2024 - Latest authorisation of bee-threatening pesticide risks making 'emergency authorisation' meaningless - lawyers warn
• 21 March 2024 - We are excited to announce Emma Howard Boyd CBE as the new Chair of ClientEarth
• 20 March 2024 - Historic win against greenwashing as KLM’s advertising ruled illegal
• 15 March 2024 - CSDDD suffers horse-trading wars to finally get EU Members States’ vote – ClientEarth
• 15 March 2024 - ClientEarth receives £5 million Arcadia grant towards tackling global biodiversity challenges
• 13 March 2024 - EU court reprimands EU Council for withholding legal advice in win for ClientEarth
• 01 March - UK Government gives €700m backing to INEOS plastic plant in Belgium - lawyers react
• 27 February 2024 - European Parliament seals the deal on Nature Restoration Law
• 23 February 2024 - Colorado landowners and farmers sue oil and gas companies in landmark lawsuit over industry’s toxic ‘zombie wells’
• 22 February 2024 - 15 NGOs unite in renewed battle against Europe’s biggest plastics project
• 20 February 2024 - EU air quality law: lawmakers agree to protect people’s health
• 20 February 2024 - UK Government in High Court over 'inadequate' climate action plan - again
• 01 February 2024 - Polish energy giant sues former directors and insurer over failed coal power plant investment
• 25 January 2024 - NGOs initiate legal challenge against EU glyphosate re-approval
• 24 January 2024 - UK Government may have broken law on river pollution - watchdog confirms
• 11 January 2024 - EU’s top court falls short of applying clear overfishing rules across all EU fish stocks
• 23 December 2023 - Wolf protection rollback a sombre omen for wildlife protection in Europe – lawyers
• 20 December 2023 - Fossil fuel bond failure leaves UK's largest pension funds open to legal risk 
• 19 December 2023 - Dutch Court scrutinises sustainable flying ‘solutions’ in world-first greenwashing hearing
• 14 December 2023 - Transition plan requirement ‘only saving grace’ in the EU’s watered down corporate sustainability directive
• 14 December 2023 - NGOs urge European Commission to intervene as Greece flouts EU law for benefit of oil and gas activities
• 12 December 2023 - “Illegal. Again.” ClientEarth responds to annual fishing limits charade
• 11 December 2023 - EU says yes to €2.6bn coal deal set to doom Germany’s 1.5C hopes – ClientEarth reaction
• 01 December 2023 - Netherlands admits fraud likely across whole fisheries sector, as flagship court case concludes
• 29 November 2023 - Nature Restoration Law on homestretch after Environment Committee endorsement
• 22 November 2023 - Legal action ends immunity for illegal Romanian coal plants – and prompts reform
• 17 November 2023 - Lawyers warn watchdog over UK government's approval of bee-threatening pesticide
• 15 November 2023 - Court fails to engage with key climate risk arguments in Shell directors case dismissal
• 10 November 2023 - Nature Restoration Law one step closer to becoming reality – but with loopholes 
• 9 November 2023 - Member States set to undermine proposed air quality legislation, warns civil society
• 9 November 2023 - EU court again rules against Chemours on 'forever chemicals' 
• 7 November 2023 - Lawyers file complaint against Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Danone for misleading ‘100%’ recycling claims
• 6 November 2023 - King's speech media reaction: UK's fossil fuel push flies in the face of science and binding climate targets 
• 19 October 2023 - Top Italian court orders authorities to protect citizens from drinking water made toxic by hazelnut fertiliser run-off
• 19 October 2023 - Fisheries ministers poised to breach EU law and exacerbate Baltic ecosystem crisis, NGOs warn
• 28 September 2023 - One year on: Nestlé, Danone and others yet to make adequate progress on plastic pollution
• 27 September 2023 - UK government pushes climate action further off track with Rosebank approval
• 25 September 2023 - One year on from historic Torres Strait UN climate victory - no compensation despite legal finding
• 20 September 2023 - UK abandoning any vestiges of climate leadership with net zero rollback
• 20 September 2023 - Court hearing: Dutch authorities refuse to investigate violations of EU fisheries rules
• 13 September 2023 - MEPs back air quality law: EU people ‘one step closer’ to breathing healthy air
• 13 September 2023 - State of the European Union: focus shifts away from the Green Deal goals
• 25 August 2023 - UN warns Aramco and its financiers over their role in driving climate-fuelled human rights violations
• 1 August 2023 - Bulgarian supreme court allows coal super-polluter to operate despite recognition it breaches EU law
• 24 July 2023 - Commission faces court after approving multibillion French agri plan that breaks bloc’s own laws
• 24 July 2023 - ClientEarth to appeal High Court decision in case against Shell’s Board
• 20 July 2023 - Major blow for INEOS as court strikes down €3bn plastics project
• 20 July 2023 - Big Six senior leadership missing in action on climate reporting and audit 
• 12 July 2023 - European Parliament agrees to a weakened Nature Restoration Law
• 11 July 2023 - “Tragic” IED vote signals “genuinely alarming” state of EU politics – ClientEarth lawyer
• 10 July 2023 - Human rights issues in seafood value chains pose major legal risk – lawyers raise alarm | ClientEarth
• 07 July 2023 - UK Government faces fresh legal challenge over 'unlawful' climate plans
• 06 July 2023 - Top EU court confirms ‘once and for all’ that the EIB cannot avoid environmental scrutiny
• 06 July 2023 - Consumer, health and environmental protection groups urge justice for EU pollution victims  in crucial IED vote
• 27 June 2023 - Nature Restoration Law hangs in the balance: All eyes on European Parliament's Plenary vote
• 27 June 2023 - MEPs "make politics about people" with pro-health vote on air quality law
• 20 June 2023 - Member States to European Parliament: Europe needs a Nature Restoration Law now!
• 15 June 2023 - Nature Restoration Law lives to fight another day
• 15 June 2023 - EU top court advisor backs NGOs claims that unsustainable fishing limits are illegal
• 07 June 2023 - Landmark greenwashing lawsuit against KLM airline granted court permission
• 24 May 2023 - European Parliament Fisheries Committee shows blatant disregard for citizens’ concerns in damning nature restoration stance
• 23 May 2023 - Investor demand for stronger emission reduction targets maintained at Shell AGM
• 23 May 2023 - EU Nature Restoration Law: AGRI Committee votes against farmers’ future and food security 
• 23 May 2023 - Legal case demands prompt answer from incoming Enel leadership on planned gas plant
• 22 May 2023 - Unlawful State aid remains “immune to challenge” by civil society – ClientEarth reacts
• 19 May 2023 - ClientEarth challenges Court’s permission decision on groundbreaking claim against Shell’s Board
• 17 May 2023 - TotalEnergies fails to stop historic net zero greenwashing case from proceeding
• 04 May 2023 - Agricultural giant Cargill faces legal complaint over deforestation and human rights failings in Brazil 
• 25 April 2023 - EU Parliament committee votes to strengthen due diligence rules but cracks remain - ClientEarth 
• 24 April 2023 - All European children at high risk from air pollution, data reveals – parents urge action
• 20 April 2023 - KLM tells Dutch court it will pull ‘Fly Responsibly’ ads following greenwashing lawsuit
• 19 April 2023 - EU Parliament passes historic law to stop deforestation
• 19 April 2023 - Law Society guidance a "starting point" to consider professional and regulatory obligations
• 18 April 2023 - EU Taxonomy: Environmental groups take EU to court over ‘green’ gas label
• 17 April 2023 - Polish government urged to adopt climate law, amid broad public support
• 5 April 2023 - ‘Disappointing’ Schiphol judgment amid backdrop of aviation greenwash | ClientEarth
• 29 March 2023 - UNGA resolution ‘important advance’ in climate action – lawyers  | ClientEarth
• 22 March 2023 - New diesel emissions scandal: Lawyers take governments to task with call for manufacturers to foot the bill
• 16 March 2023 - EU Court ruling shows “blatant enforcement gap” of EU air pollution laws – ClientEarth
• 9 March 2023 - EU Court ruling “watershed moment” for coal-heavy regions
• 9 March 2023 - EU Court delivers final blow to plastics industry on BPA 
• 1 March 2023 - ClientEarth announces new Head of North America as part of global expansion
• 23 February 2023 - REUL Bill could undermine UK democracy, new legal analysis reveals
• 21 February 2023 -“Time to break the cycle” - lawyers call for urgent crackdown on overfishing after Commission admits more efforts are needed.
• 16 February 2023 - UK financial regulator faces legal challenge over fossil fuel company’s climate risk disclosures
• 9 February 2023 - EU Taxonomy: Environmental groups condemn Commission’s commitment to ‘sustainable’ label for fossil gas
• 9 February 2023 - ClientEarth files climate risk lawsuit against Shell’s Board with support from institutional investors
• 9 January 2023 - Danone to face French court over plastic megapollution
• 19 December 2022 - COP15: Final agreement shies away from real change to global economy to save biodiversity – ClientEarth
• 18 December 2022 - COP15: Draft agreement ‘does not embody promised Paris moment for nature’ – ClientEarth 
• 14 December 2022 - COP15 in deadlock as Global South stands firm on financing issues
• 14 December 2022 - Unlock onshore wind now or face €1.3bn loss to economy, Polish government warned
• 13 December 2022 - Annual fishing scandal: EU ministers gamble away future of critically endangered eel and other fish stocks
• 12 December 2022 - COP15 halftime report: Lawyers concerned as wordsmithing stalls progress
• 08 December 2022 - French justice system stalls under pressure to halt overfishing
• 08 December 2022 - England Chief Medical Officer warns about air pollution dangers – ClientEarth reacts
• 07 December 2022 - Cumbria decision “flies in the face” of UK’s climate commitments
• 07 December 2022 - Mercury alert on the Rhine: German coal state faces court action over illegal contamination levels
• 06 December 2022 - EU deforestation law a new ‘gold standard’ for forest protection
• 05 December 2022 - Over 140 international activists, music, film and art legends urge EU leaders to uphold Indigenous rights in major new deforestation law
• 29 November 2022 - ClientEarth withdraws Belgian central bank lawsuit after EU greens monetary policy
• 28 November 2022 - Environment Agency “missing in action” when it comes to enforcing key regulation on nitrogen pollution
• 24 November 2022 - European Parliament resolution ‘final nail in the coffin’ for Energy Charter Treaty 
• 22 November 2022 - Barbra Streisand, Coldplay among artists calling on EU leaders to keep historic deforestation law strong
• 21 November 2022 - EU rejection of reformed Energy Charter Treaty ‘historic moment’ for climate action
• 18 November 2022 - Italian mother joins EU air pollution fight, sues government for son’s right to healthy air
• 1 November 2022 - Air pollution bounces back across UK as government poised to scrap pollution laws 
• 26 October 2022 - Draft EU air law: risks being “more hype than bite” – ClientEarth
• 24 October 2022 - Belgians follow German citizens, sue government over air pollution human rights issues
• 19 October 2022 - Investors turn to courts after VW withholds climate lobbying details
• 17 October 2022 - REACH reform delayed – ClientEarth calls out “blatant and inexcusable short-termism”
• 17 October 2022 - EU Council is facing court to avoid repeat of dramatic Baltic fish stock collapse
• 12 October 2022 - Italian authorities sued as hazelnut fertiliser run-off poisons drinking water
• 28 September 2022 - Nestlé, Danone, others on legal notice over threadbare plastics approach
• 26 September 2022 - German citizens sue government as air pollution hits health
• 23 September 2022 - Torres Strait Islanders win historic human rights legal fight against Australia
• 19 September 2022 - EU Taxonomy: Environmental groups start legal action against ‘sustainable’ gas classification
• 16 September 2022 - EU Commission taken to court over unlawful decisions on bio-energy and bio-plastics
• 13 September 2022 - European Parliament ground-breaking vote on deforestation law a ‘big victory’ - ClientEarth lawyers 
• 8 September 2022 - Environmental groups allege Glencore’s net zero climate claims are misleading in new complaint 
• 8 September 2022 - Indigenous activists and NGOs urge EU politicians to protect Indigenous rights ahead of key deforestation law vote
• 31 August 2022 - Green groups welcome microplastics restriction but warn of shortcomings
• 04 August 2022 - Environmental, consumer groups announce groundbreaking greenwashing lawsuit against DC gas company
• 26 July 2022 - ClientEarth alerts Cumbria coal mine financier to legal risk
• 25 July 2022 - €3bn INEOS plastics project finally faces court action
• 18 July 2022 - Historic High Court ruling finds UK government’s climate strategy ‘unlawful’
• 06 July 2022 - Environmental lawyers eye legal action as EP greenlights gas in the Taxonomy
• 06 July 2022 - Claim filed against KLM over greenwashing allegations
• 30 June 2022 - Fishers and lawyers launch fresh legal action as Dutch authorities continue to enable fish fraud
• 29 June 2022 - CCC confirms major risk UK Government's net zero strategy will fail
• 28 June 2022 - EU Council’s attempts to water down new deforestation law ‘unjustified’
• 24 June 2022 - Energy Charter Treaty reforms will see fossil fuel companies obstruct climate action for years to come
• 22 June 2022 - EU nature restoration law: Huge opportunity to fight biodiversity and climate crises – NGO reaction
• 14 June 2022 - EU makes poor progress on milestones to deliver a healthy ocean by 2030.
• 14 June 2022 - ClientEarth says EP vote must be “final nail in the coffin” for gas in the Taxonomy
• 9 June 2022 - Lawyers decry government’s secrecy as net zero case hearing concludes
• 9 June 2022 - Legal action ‘a given’ as Belgian authorities renew support for INEOS plastics project – ClientEarth
• 7 June 2022 - Environmental groups challenge EU support for 30 fossil gas projects
• 1 June 2022 - EU’s detox pledge sabotaged by illegal delay to microplastics regulation
• 24 May 2022 - KLM airlines to face legal action over greenwashing
• 23 May 2022 - ClientEarth to sue over illegally lax EU-UK fishing limits
• 19 May 2022 - World’s top banks risk billions by investing in plastics – new report
• 18 May 2022 - ‘Catastrophic’ REPowerEU proposal prompts legal concerns over nature impacts – ClientEarth
• 13 May 2022 - EU Court rules Bulgaria broke pollution law – time to get rid of coal, say NGOs
• 12 May 2022 - EU court condemns Italy over illegal NO2 pollution
• 05 May 2022 - Top EU court adviser says individuals can sue EU governments over dirty air harm
• 27 April 2022 - Energy Charter Treaty fundamentally incompatible with EU law, study finds
• 25 April 2022 - EU Ombudsman reprimands EIB for lack of transparency on funding’s environmental impacts 
• 05 April 2022 - EU must leverage new industrial pollution law to slash “climate-sabotaging emissions” – ClientEarth
• 25 March 2022 -  EU ministers to face legal action for greenlighting ‘flagrant’ overfishing | ClientEarth
• 23 March 2022 - EU Commission plays into hands of anti-nature lobbies, ignores citizens
• 15 March 2022 - ClientEarth starts legal action against Shell’s Board over mismanagement of climate risk
• 09 March 2022 - European Parliament green lights EU support for gas infrastructure - ClientEarth reaction
• 03 March 2022 - Environmental groups sue TotalEnergies for misleading the public over Net Zero
• 02 March 2022 - UK Government must defend net zero strategy in court following case permission
• 02 March 2022 - ClientEarth statement on the invasion of Ukraine
• 28 February 2022 - ClientEarth responds to latest IPCC report on climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability
• 24 February 2022 - "Market signal" as Enel dumps gas conversions at multiple sites in Italy
• 24 February 2022 - Illegal logging of Romania’s natural forests increases despite court threat – new report
• 23 February 2022 - New EU corporate sustainability rules: A patchy starting point with need for improvement
• 23 February 2022 - Chemicals company suffers blow in EU Court on forever chemicals – NGOs reaction
• 22 February 2022 - Nord Stream 2 cancellation “only rational option” in face of energy crisis – ClientEarth lawyers
• 16 February 2022 - CJEU ruling against Poland and Hungary is a ‘win for rule of law and the environment’ - lawyers | ClientEarth
• 10 February 2022 - More than half a million citizens demand action to save thousands of dolphins from fishing nets in France and Spain
• 8 February 2022 - Legal first: CJEU must decide if ministers broke law with unsustainable fishing limits
• 4 February 2022 - Environmental lawyers take first step to challenge EU taxonomy in Court
• 2 February 2022 - Environmental lawyers sound alarm as ink dries on gas in EU taxonomy
• 21 January 2022 - Fresh legal action launched to block Ineos plastics project in Belgium ‘once and for all’
• 21 January 2022 - Environmental lawyers eye legal action over gas in EU taxonomy
• 12 January 2022 - ClientEarth sues UK Government over ‘pie-in-the-sky’ climate strategy
• 22 December 2021 - EU-UK agreement on fishing limits is bad news for vulnerable fish stocks | ClientEarth
• 21 December 2021 - New EU State aid rules greenlight public money for climate-damaging projects – ClientEarth reaction | ClientEarth
• 21 December 2021 - Court win: Game over for plastics lobby in BPA human health impacts case | ClientEarth
• 17 December 2021 - Ineos must prepare for fresh legal challenge over plastics project
• 15 December 2021 - ClientEarth on revamped EU law against eco-criminality: gaping holes but encouraging signs | ClientEarth
• 14 December 2021 - EU ministers risk overfishing while fate of EU-UK shared stocks is still up in the air
• 9 December 2021 - Experts highly concerned as EU body rejects proposal to exclude hazardous chemicals in diapers
• 9 December 2021 - Big Four auditors risk legal challenge on climate failings: ClientEarth
• 6 December 2021 - “Attack on our constitution” – ClientEarth responds to government’s plans for judicial review
• 3 December 2021 - Questions on legality of ECB lending remain after climate case ruling
• 3 December 2021 - Shell's Cambo exit: ClientEarth lawyers react
• 30 November 2021 - Hong Kong Christie’s auction of Xie Nanxing's f o r a d a c a s a #3– 'Artists for ClientEarth'
• 25 November 2021 - New data shows Bristol logged illegal pollution despite lockdowns
• 25 November 2021 - New data shows Greater Manchester logged illegal pollution despite lockdowns
• 25 November 2021 - Delay in proposed microplastics restriction leading to irreversible pollution
• 24 November 2021 - Lawyers flag uncertainties in Germany's dilute coal commitment
• 18 November 2021 - Supermarket group faces challenge over plastic failings
• 17 November 2021 - New EU soil strategy is “ray of hope” for health of people and nature – ClientEarth reaction
• 17 November 2021 - New EU deforestation law 'welcome, but weak': ClientEarth
• 15 November 2021 - ClientEarth reaction to COP26 climate summit
• 15 November 2021 - Fishers and NGOs urge EU countries to stop funding destructive fishing with public money
• 15 November 2021 - Thousands of needless air pollution deaths as UK government ignores health experts – ClientEarth reaction
• 15 November 2021 - More than half of EU’s air pollution deaths avoidable had leaders followed science – ClientEarth reaction
• 10 November 2021 - Media reaction: Environmental lawyers criticise the EU’s support for gas infrastructure 
• 9 November 2021 - Media reaction: UK Environment Bill falls short of world-leading ambition
• 9 November 2021 - New York Christie’s auction of Rashid Johnson’s Bruise Painting “Or Down You Fall” – ‘Artists for ClientEarth'
• 5 November 2021 - As world leaders pledge to end coal, Serbia lets polluters continue illegal operations
• 1 November 2021 - Fears UK set to greenlight Cambo on outdated climate risk analysis: lawyers
• 26 October 2021 - ClientEarth lawyers set out roadmap to file “breakthrough” resolutions on climate in Europe
• 22 October 2021 - UK breaching international environmental rights law, UN announces
• 22 October 2021 - European Parliament puts pressure on Commission to avoid public money for climate-damaging projects
• 21 October 2021 - EU continues to undermine international environmental treaty by seeking exceptional treatment on subsidies
• 21 October 2021 - ULEZ expansion a “lifeline for Londoners”
• 19 October 2021 - Banks’ unconditional support to plastic-heavy business must end – new report
• 15 October 2021 - New German coal end date means demolition must stop - ClientEarth
• 15 October 2021 - Christies auction of Cecily Brown’s There’ll Be Bluebirds – Artists For ClientEarth
• 7 October 2021 - Labelling gas as a green investment is "unlawful" - environmental lawyers
• 6 October 2021 - Lawyers lodge formal complaint as agriculture pollution pushes Spain’s Mar Menor lagoon to brink
• 5 October 2021 - ”Hard-won victory” - European Parliament opens EU courts to environmental defenders
• 4 October 2021 - Abandon Energy Charter Treaty or miss climate goals, lawyers warn Commission 
• 4 October 2021 - European citizens urged to join call to ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorships
• 30 September 2021 - Lawyers take Commission to court to end secrecy of pesticides approval
• 29 September 2021 - Australia doubles down on climate inaction in Torres Strait complaint
• 27 September 2021 - Revealed: the culprits behind unsustainable fishing limits in the EU. 
• 24 September 2021 - Media alert: NGOs renew fight to block Antwerp plastics plant as Ineos readies new permit
• 22 September 2021 - UK reaction: “Wake-up call” for UK Government as WHO drastically tightens its air pollution guidelines
• 22 September 2021 - EU reaction: “Wake-up call” for EU governments as WHO drastically tightens its pollution guidelines
• 14 September 2021 - NGOs in EU court battle against “forever chemicals”
• 14 September 2021 - Banks’ support of Cambo oil field operators is ‘hypocrisy’: ClientEarth lawyers
• 13 September 2021 - Trouble for Lisbon airport plan as top legal official backs calls to abandon project
• 9 September 2021 - Supermarkets could face legal action for failure to act on plastic – report
• 7 September 2021 - Clean air win in the House of Lords a “rebuke” for government – lawyers
• 7 September 2021 - Global climate laws falling short on reducing emissions, ClientEarth report finds
• 2 September 2021 - Companies cannot use ECT to sue governments for climate progress, top court says
• 26 August 2021 - Datteln IV: Court ruling puts German coal phase-out schedule in question
• 18 August 2021 - ClientEarth files complaints against Just Eat and Carnival over climate failings
• 9 August 2021 - IPCC report marks ‘final straw’ for hollow climate action: ClientEarth
• 27 July 2021 - Italy faces legal action as new gas project puts Venice’s dolphins in jeopardy
• 22 July 2021 - Gallery Climate Coalition, Christie’s and ClientEarth launch Artists for ClientEarth
• 21 July 2021 - Judicial review: Government ‘part-immunising itself against court rebuke’ - ClientEarth
• 15 July 2021 - Italy reported to EU over plastics law failure
• 14 July 2021 - New EU energy laws “clearly insufficient” for climate goals - ClientEarth responds to ‘Fit for 55’
• 13 July 2021 - EU pulls down barriers for public to challenge environmental wrongdoing in court
• 8 July 2021 - ECB new climate strategy harmfully missing urgency – ClientEarth reaction
• 30 June 2021 - EU countries must embrace new system to combat illegal fishing - new study
• 25 June 2021 - New farm policy deal sets EU green goals up for failure – ClientEarth reaction
• 25 June 2021 - NGOs call for banning all fossil fuelled vehicles in Brussels by 2030 at the latest
• 17 June 2021 - Government’s response to Ella report “a disgrace” – lawyers
• 16 June 2021 - Legal challenge in the Netherlands to close open door for illegal fishing
• 11 June 2021 - Italy’s biggest coal plant to swap one fossil fuel for another – ClientEarth reaction
• 10 June 2021 - EU Commission claims complying with access to justice law is to much work
• 10 June 2021 - Polish people take their government to court as climate impacts hit home 
• 8 June 2021 - Europe’s biggest coal operation to begin shutdown, Polish authorities announce
• 8 June 2021 - EU court to rule on Bulgarian super-polluter
• 3 June 2021 - EU-UK deal on fishing limits must pass the reality check on water
• 1 June 2021 - Bulgarian citizens turn to court over Sofia’s illegal air quality 
• 1 June 2021 - A new Clean Air Zone goes live in Birmingham
• 28 May 2021 - Polish government’s agreement with miners ‘very unlikely’ to get the green light in Brussels – environmental lawyers 
• 26 May 2021 - ClientEarth lawyers respond to ground-breaking Dutch court climate-ruling against Shell
• 20 May 2021 - EU Parliament champions compliance with international rule of law
• 12 May 2021 - Zero Pollution Action Plan presents next to zero increase in clean air ambition
• 2 May 2021 - Media reaction: Flexible catch limits could undermine EU, UK sustainability commitments 
• 29 April 2021 - Majority of Londoners support expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone
• 22 April 2021 - European Parliament vote takes EU closer to compliance with international access to justice law
• 21 April 2021 - Bad outlook for German coal companies as Commission casts doubt on compensation package
• 21 April 2021 - Brussels groups call for greater pollution action as coroner confirms lax laws are killer
• 21 April 2021 - Coroner issues report on preventing future air pollution deaths - ClientEarth reaction
• 19 April 2021 - Lawyers act as billions promised to Romania’s biggest coal operator breach State aid rules 
• 19 April 2021 - Fossil fuel advertising misleading on climate: lawyers
• 13 April 2021 - ClientEarth sues over climate impact of ECB policy
• 29 March 2021 - €3bn Ineos plastics project in doubt as company drops inadequate permit
• 24 March 2021 - Media reaction: ClientEarth responds to North Sea deal
• 22 March 2021 - NGOs win right to take EU Commission to court over environment-harming subsidies
• 19 March 2021 - EU Commission denounced for failure to consider environmental, social impacts of South American trade deal
• 18 March 2021 - UK on track to miss 2020 and 2030 legal targets for toxic pollution - government data show
• 15 March 2021 - First Clean Air Zone outside of London launches in Bath
• 10 March 2021 - Media reaction: UK Government’s draft policy statement on environmental principles
• 09 March 2021 - Plastic burning will make net zero impossible for waste sector
• 05 March 2021 - New maps reveal toxic air in Brussels has been going undetected
• 04 March 2021 - Top court confirms UK has broken air pollution law
• 02 March 2021 - Coal players should worry as Commission examines Germany’s promised payouts – ClientEarth
• 25 February 2021 - EU Commission illegally allowed use of toxic chemical DEHP in recycled plastic – Advocate General
• 25 February 2021 - EU court closes door to unjustified use of dangereous chemicals
• 24 February 2021 - European Commission urged to take Hungary to task for failing to protect its Great Lakes
• 17 February 2021 - Media reaction: Environmental Audit Committee report on the UK’s resilient recovery
• 11 February 2021 - HSBC told to back climate resolution in line with legal obligations
• 10 February 2021 - ClientEarth responds: Drax gas mega-plant in doubt
• 10 February 2021 - EU fight against illegal fishing must go digital, fast – new ClientEarth reports
• 4 February 2021 - RWE coal compensation claim shows why EU must leave Energy Charter Treaty – lawyers
• 4 February 2021 - Majority of largest UK companies ‘woefully’ failing on climate change reporting
• 29 January 2021 - ClientEarth and Brussels residents win five-year legal battle for clean air
• 27 January 2021 - ClientEarth wins court case against EIB over 'green' scrutiny  
• 26 January 2021 - Media reaction: UK Environment Bill is delayed again
• 25 January 2021 - Media reaction: Environmental Audit Committee's letter to the Bank of England
• 21 January 2021 - Court upholds gas plant approval but sets important climate planning precedent
• 19 January 2021 - Green groups petition EU over Bulgaria’s untackled SO₂ pollution
• 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