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Environment weekly highlights—17 January 2014

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Published on: 17 January 2014

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Table of contents

Environmental regulation
Environmental sentencing—Court of Appeal decision in R v Sellafield; R v Network Rail
Environmental Permitting—Environment Agency consults on draft standard rules for clinical waste
Energy
Electricity market reform—DECC consults on competitive allocation of contracts for difference
Electricity market reform—DECC consults on industry code and licence modifications
Electricity market reform—analysis of the EMR delivery plan
Energy Efficiency Directive—DECC consults on provisions on gas and electricity billing
Energy efficiency
Green deal—DECC consults on amending the information in section 77A statements

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Article summary

Weekly round-up of news and analysis in environmental law in England and Wales. This week’s highlights cover (1) Environmental regulation; (2) Energy; (3) Energy efficiency; and (4) Emissions trading.

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