Press releases

Press releases

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The future of environmental justice? 40+ NGOs write to PM for assurance that the UK will uphold the Aarhus Convention

Published on: 4 November 2025

Today, over 40 of the biggest environmental NGOs and several King’s Counsel Barristers have written to the Prime Minister to ask that the UK Government reaffirm its commitment to the Aarhus Convention and reject any move to weaken the public’s right to defend the environment in court.

Mercury fillings are taking a bite out of British wildlife and river health

Published on: 30 October 2025

Nature groups are warning that mercury fillings should be banned across Great Britain.

Only nature can put the ‘net’ in ‘net zero’

Published on: 29 October 2025

The Government has just published its Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan (read here) which details how the UK will reduce emissions in line with the Climate Change Act. Wildlife and Countryside Link, the biggest environmental coalition in England, wants to see nature put at the heart of net zero plans. Please find a reaction below:

Young homebuyers being forced into urban nature deserts, new research finds

Published on: 26 October 2025

New research by Wildlife and Countryside Link highlights how reforms to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill are needed to help close the nature access gap for the next generation.

Decisive Supreme Court judgment upholds essential wildlife laws

Published on: 22 October 2025

Wildlife and Countryside Link has welcomed a Supreme Court judgment upholding the Habitats Regulations

Nature at risk: report warns of ‘evidence black hole’ in Planning Bill

Published on: 18 October 2025

A new report by Wildlife and Countryside Link, a coalition of 90 nature organisations, has warned that there is no scientific evidence that the proposed “Nature Restoration Levy” will work for most wildlife.