Green groups in last-ditch bid to block UK’s Australia trade deal
by Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#61H8Y)
Activists file formal complaint alleging government has breached international law in signing deal
Environmental campaigners have launched a last-ditch legal bid to prevent or delay the UK's trade deal with Australia, owing to concerns over its impacts on the climate and the natural world.
A group of seven environmental and farming organisations has filed a formal complaint alleging that the UK government breached international law in signing the deal, which they fear is about to pass into law without any further in-depth parliamentary scrutiny.
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