Environment secretary promotes UK-EU food deal in Northern Ireland

19th May 2026 Author: Alfie White Environment secretary Emma Reynolds travelled to Northern Ireland last week to outline the benefits of the new UK-EU food and drink deal to key stakeholders in the country’s agri-food sector. Environment secretary Emma Reynolds. Source: GOV.UK. The environment secretary recently appeared at the Balmoral Show and Belfast Harbour, where…

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Circular economy offers the EU win-win on environment and economy | Press releases

Press releasePublished 19 May 2026 Imageudmila Miklošová, Environment&Me 2025 / EEA Stepping up a circular economy offers the European Union the potential for significant positive impacts on Europe’s environment and poses an untapped and strategic economic opportunity in terms of better access to materials and the creation of new businesses. Three new assessments on circularity, published today by the European Environment Agency (EEA), also stress the need to accelerate investment in circularity efforts…

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Police and Crime Commissioner pledges ‘hostile environment’ for car criminals in Berkshire – Reading Today Online

THAMES Valley Police and Crime Commissioner, Matthew Barber, has pledged a ‘hostile environment’ to those who seek to commit vehicle crime in Berkshire, as he launches a new strategy to tackle vehicle crime. The Vehicle Crime Strategy was launched on Monday, May 18, at a tool marking event in Bracknell–with tool marking for tradespeople described…

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Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit

Last updated: 19 May. 2026 Please see below comments in response to today’s Environmental Audit Committee evidence session on biodiversity loss and threats to national security [1], prompted by the recently published National Security Assessment of global biodiversity loss [2]:  Lieutenant General (Rtd) Richard Nugee CB CVO CBE, former Non Executive Director, UK Ministry of Defence: “National…

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Winvic launches ESG whitepaper – “a defining moment for the built environment sector”

PLG roundtable (image credit: Winvic) Winvic Construction Ltd has officially launched an ESG whitepaper calling for regulatory action to accelerate net zero across the built environment.  Published in conjunction with the Westminster body, The Policy Liaison Group (PLG) on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), the whitepaper – From Commitment to Compliance: Why the UK Net…

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