
This Friday’s edition of the Brexit Briefing is part of the series of posts to highlight articles published in the media covering Brexit from an environmental perspective.
The articles are presented in chronological order with the most recent articles first. They are not presented in any specific order of importance & are provided as a selected sample of news articles to promote understanding of the key environmental issues as they develop during the Brexit process.
The selected articles this week are:
Brexit chance to improve environment, NRW chief says (BBC, 27 July 2017)
Farming post-Brexit: the fate of agri-environment schemes (View from the Fence, 26 July 2017)
Brexit Counter-Revolution Still in Motion (CounterPunch, 26 July 2017)
Brexit ‘implementation phase’ would be in UK interest – Gove (Reuters, 26 July 2017)
Michael Gove has become something of an eco-warrior. But is he all talk? (TheCanary, 25 July 2017)
Post-Brexit trade deals ‘threaten UK’s animal welfare standards’ (The Guardian, 25 July 2017)
UK government tries to reassure Ulster farmers about post-Brexit subsidies (MercoNews, 24 July 2017)
Gove must follow through on talk of renewed waste plan (resource, 24 July 2017)
Post Brexit tranisitional period until 2022 ‘no big deal (The Scotsman, 23 July 2017)
Farming union labels Michael Gove’s vision for agriculture a ‘concern’ (FarmingUK, 22 July 2017)
Is there any such thing as a Green Brexit? (The New Economics Foundation, 21 July 2017)
Michael Gove’s green dream: like Brexit, the reality awaits (The Guardian, 21 July 2017)
Gove pledges to deliver a “green Brexit” (Adjacent Open Access, 21 July 2017)