Environmental lawyers are urging EU leaders to resist lobbying efforts by companies that want fossil fuel gas labelled as ‘environmentally sustainable’ for investment purposes.
Scotland’s lax transparency rules are leaving voters in the dark about the scale and nature of political lobbying, a coalition of campaigners is warning.
Faith leaders from across the religious spectrum, including the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, have taken part in a ‘Walk of Witness’ from St Martin-in-the-Fields church in Trafalgar Square, past Downing Street to Parliament where they joined The Time is Now mass lobby of Parliament.
ClientEarth lawyers have warned that people and wildlife will suffer exposure to pesticides that can cause hormone-related diseases if an attempt to illegally weaken European Union regulation is not blocked.
The Electoral Reform Society is calling for an urgent review of House of Lords protocol, after an investigation found that retired peers can give guests access to bars and restaurants in the chamber for the rest of their lives.