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The [[Environment Bill]] sets a new framework for environmental governance now that the UK has left the EU<ref name="GOV">[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environment-bill-2020/10-march-2020-environmental-governance-factsheet-parts-1-and-2/ .Gov.uk]</ref>.It aims to respond to growing public demand for action to address environmental challenges including biodiversity loss, climate change, [[waste]] and pollution of the air, water and land<ref name="GOV" />. It also aims to drive the long term action nature needs to recover, through legally binding targets, the creation of a new environmental enforcement body (the [[Office for Environmental Protection]]) ([[OEP]]) and will place environmental principles in law for the first time<ref name="GOV" />. | The [[Environment Bill]] sets a new framework for environmental governance now that the UK has left the EU<ref name="GOV">[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environment-bill-2020/10-march-2020-environmental-governance-factsheet-parts-1-and-2/ .Gov.uk]</ref>.It aims to respond to growing public demand for action to address environmental challenges including biodiversity loss, climate change, [[waste]] and pollution of the air, water and land<ref name="GOV" />. It also aims to drive the long term action nature needs to recover, through legally binding targets, the creation of a new environmental enforcement body (the [[Office for Environmental Protection]]) ([[OEP]]) and will place environmental principles in law for the first time<ref name="GOV" />. | ||
The Bill has now | The Bill has now received Royal Assent and has become the [[Environment Act 2021]]. | ||
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