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Lexis®PSL Environment weekly highlights—13 October 2016

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Published on: 13 October 2016
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Welcome to the weekly highlights from the Lexis®PSLEnvironment team for the week ending 13 October 2016. This week’s highlights includes feature articles on the international agreement on aviation emissions, the 2016 International Energy Agency report and VAT cuts on repairs in Sweden. It also includes news items relating to use maps relating to chemical safety, an updated regulation on authorisation of biocidal products, recent reports on climate change, changes to the non-delivery disincentive for CFD allocation, recent reports relating to energy efficiency and innovation, testing of new technology following the flood resilience review, several items on renewable energy, a proposed Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in London and publication by the Law Society of the response to its secondary legislation for Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2016 consultation. We also cover relevant updates from other practice areas and include updates from our legislation and consultation trackers. We have updated several of our practice notes relating to environmental damage, hazardous waste, environmental permitting, sewers and drains, fracking, the Capacity...

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