Climate & Environment
‘This is a real setback’ - EU Environment Committee fails to approve Nature Restoration Law
The committee was split down the middle on the controversial proposed legislation, with 44 votes for and 44 votes against
The European Parliament’s Environment committee has failed to reach agreement on the Nature Restoration Law, following a key vote today.
The law proposes targets for restoration of nature across Europe, with specific targets around the rewetting of peatlands, including some that are currently in agricultural use. The rewetting of agricultural land has proved particularly controversial in Ireland.
The committee was split down the middle on the controversial proposed legislation, with 44 votes for and 44 ...
