Article 359DT UK withdrawal bill 'rips the heart out of environmental law', say campaigners

UK withdrawal bill 'rips the heart out of environmental law', say campaigners

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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

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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