It comes after a row over post-Brexit green laws between Michael Gove, the environment secretary, and the chancellor, Philip Hammond. A cross-party group of peers is planning a rebellion this week that would keep all the green protections currently in place, including the power to take legal action against the government. Unless we make these changes, you don’t do that.”Green groups immediately spoke out after Gove’s “Green Brexit” consultation, published last week, contained no commitment to give the new watchdog power to initiate legal action. Gove’s watchdog is a toothless mutt Chris Huhne, former climate change secretary“Michael Gove claimed to have been deeply moved by David Attenborough’s Blue Planet. “It is also very troubling that the watchdog will not enforce law relating to climate change, despite ministers’ claims of global leadership on this urgent challenge.

Source: The Guardian May 12, 2018 19:30 UTC