Environment

Farm groups have expressed their bitter disappointment after Senedd members voted not to annul Welsh Governments controversial new water regulations yesterday.

NFU Cymru has instructed its lawyers to challenge the lawfulness of the Welsh Government’s new water regulations.

The site will reopen after the Department for Transport announced E10 petrol will be introduced at petrol pumps from September

The First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, has been accused of misleading the Senedd over agricultural pollution.

The First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, has been accused of ‘misleading’ the Senedd over agricultural pollution.

Tree planting initiatives must not be exploited by super rich landowners to the detriment of food production, a Worshipful Company of Farmers virtual question time was told.

Environment Agency (EA) bosses have told Ministers they need a greater budget if they are to ‘reverse the decline in nature’.

Another application to release lynx in Kielder Forest in the Scottish Borders looks doubtful, the National Sheep Association (NSA) has said. 

Farm leaders have reacted with fury after the Welsh Government announced its intention to press ahead with a ‘lazy cut and paste’ of the EU Nitrates Directive, making the whole of Wales a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ).

Farm leaders have reacted with fury after the Welsh Government announced its intention to press ahead with a lazy cut and paste of the EU Nitrates Directive, making the whole of Wales a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ).