15 April 2020 Human Rights Countries must not use the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to weaken environmental protection and enforcement, a UN independent human rights expert said on Wednesday. The appeal by David Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, comes after several governments have announced plans to lower environmental standards, Read more about COVID-19 environmental roll back ‘irrational’ and irresponsible’: rights expert[…]

Environment‘We must not go back to the status quo’ Harry Cockburn 23 hours ago The vast shutdown necessary to fight coronavirus in countries around the world has had rapid and profound impacts on the environment. In the UK, the shutdown has already seen a huge leap in air quality with measurements of toxic small particulate Read more about Coronavirus: Greener, more equal economy must emerge after impact of Covid-19, experts say[…]

Citing virus, EPA has stopped enforcing environmental laws Ellen KnickmeyerThe Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday abruptly waived enforcement on a range of legally mandated public health and environmental protections, saying industries could have trouble complying with them during the coronavirus pandemic. The oil and gas industry were among the industries Read more about Citing virus, EPA has stopped enforcing environmental laws[…]