- Lexis®PSL Environment weekly highlights—28 April 2016
- In this issue:
- New Planning module now live
- Headlines (News updates & analysis)
- Climate change—175 signatories to Paris Agreement
- Climate change—HFCs and a Montreal Protocol amendment
- Climate change—Recommendations on fifth carbon budget set out by Climate Change Committee
- Air pollution—Committee says action needed to combat air pollution
- Transport emissions—Research on vehicle emissions testing published
- Transport emissions—Mandatory reporting obligation for ships to report fuel consumption
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- Hazardous waste—RWM response to geological disposal consultation
- Access to environmental information—Updated environmental information guidance
- Marine licences—MMO guidance on exempted activities
- Invasive species and weeds—EU rules to tackle plant health risks
- Conventional oil and gas—Pollution Prevention and Control (Fees) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2016
- Water industry regulation—Enabling effective competition in new connections
- Relevant updates from other practice areas
- New and updated on Lexis®PSL Environment
- Related weekly highlights
- New Practice Notes
- Updated Practice Notes
- New Purpose Built Blog pieces
- Latest Q&As
- Useful information
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Article summary
Welcome to the weekly highlights from the Lexis®PSL Environment team for the week ending 28 April 2016. This week’s edition of Environment highlights includes updates on climate change, air pollution, transport emissions, hazardous waste, access to environmental information, marine licenses, invasive species and weeds, and water industry regulation. New content includes Practice Notes on the 1979 Geneva Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution, fluorinated greenhouse gases, and a Q&A on maintenance of a culvert which serves a number of properties. Updated content includes the Impact of the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015. We have also launched a new Planning module, which is available free of charge to customers who currently subscribe to Lexis®PSL Environment.
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