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November 17, 2019

New report finds key EU countries to blame for unsustainable fishing limits

Key EU countries have actively pushed for unsustainable fishing limits in the North East Atlantic while other countries have failed to stop them, according to a new report from ClientEarth.
October 14, 2019

Demand for urgent action on UK air pollution

The environmental and legal charity ClientEarth has urged the government to use the new Environment Bil to create stricter legislation on clean air and reduce the UK’s level of air pollution.
October 4, 2019

ClientEarth responds to government figures on air pollution

The government has published their latest figures on air pollution across the country.
January 11, 2019

Brussels residents’ right to breathe clean air before Court of Justice of the EU

ClientEarth and five local residents moved one step closer to protecting the health of Brussels citizens and their right to breathe clean air at a hearing before the EU’s top court.
December 1, 2018

Budapest authorities faces legal challenge over 'dismal' air quality plan

Environmental organisations have taken legal action against the authorities of Hungary’s capital Budapest over illegal and harmful levels of air pollution in the city.
July 11, 2018

UK Road to Zero strategy falls short on air pollution

The UK Government’s Road to Zero strategy, which sets out how it will support the move to zero tail pipe emissions from road transport, overlooks key opportunities to tackle air pollution, say environmental lawyers ClientEarth.
June 28, 2018

Serious doubts over legal basis for Heathrow expansion

MPs have voted to back Heathrow expansion but environmental lawyers have expressed serious doubts as to whether it is legally possible under air quality rules and say the government had misunderstood its legal obligations when recommending a third runway.
June 27, 2018

Greenpeace warns MPs of third Heathrow runway impact

Greenpeace have warned MPs of the environmental effects of voting for a third runway at Heathrow.
June 19, 2018

Diesel investigation hots up in Germany with Audi CEO arrest

The chief executive of carmaker Audi has been arrested in Germany by prosecutors probing the diesel emissions scandal.
June 11, 2018

Second German diesel ban by 2019

The regional court of Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia has ruled that the authorities must put a diesel ban in place by January 2019 to bring illegal levels of pollution in the city down, the result of legal action by Deutsche Umwelthilfe and ClientEarth.