UK withdrawal bill 'rips the heart out of environmental law', say campaigners
by Sandra Laville from Environment | The Guardian on (#359DT)
New bill omits key 'precautionary' principle requiring developers and industry to prove actions will not harm wildlife or habitats as well as 'polluter pays' protections
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The cornerstones of wildlife and habitat protection have been quietly left out of the withdrawal bill ripping the heart out of environmental law, campaigners say.
A key principle under EU law which provides a robust legal backstop against destruction of the environment - the precautionary principle - has been specifically ruled out of the bill as a means of legal challenge in British courts.
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