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Environment weekly highlights—31 October 2019

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Published on: 31 October 2019

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This week's edition of Environment weekly highlights includes the announcement by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) that the Environment Bill has passed its second reading unopposed by any MPs and is now progressing to Committee stage, details from the Mayor of London report which shows a significant drop in air pollution in London following the introduction of the world’s first ultra low emission zone, and information on the government’s new £370m investment in PhDs in biosciences and artificial intelligence. This edition also includes the latest Brexit news and developments, including further no-deal Brexit guidance from Defra on moving CITES specimens. In addition, this week’s highlights includes a round up of the latest Health and Safety Executive prosecutions, the Environment Agency’s (EA) report on the environmental performance of regulated businesses in England, details of the government’s objection to calls for a biomonitoring scheme for residents near the Grenfell Tower site, and findings by the EA that there has been an increase in serious pollution...

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