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Environment weekly highlights—30 April 2020

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Published on: 30 April 2020

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This week's edition of Environment weekly highlights includes updates relating to coronavirus (COVID-19) and the environment, including statements by the President of the COP26, Alok Sharma, and the UN Environmental Programme urging governments not to lose sight of the huge challenges posed by climate change when dealing with the ongoing pandemic, but rather to ensure that economic recovery plans help to create more sustainable societies. The on-going COVID-19 outbreak has also led to further regulatory position statements (RPSs) from the Environment Agency (EA) regarding landspreading slurry or milk (RPS C12) and the accumulation of radioactive waste (RPS C13) amid coronavirus, an extension to the closing date for the Department of Transport’s consultation on ending the sale of petrol, diesel and hybrid cars, and an announcement by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) of extensions to deadlines for farmers and land managers to apply for governmental support through the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and the Countryside Stewardship (CS) and Environmental Stewardship (ES) schemes. This week...

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