Articles by Michael Barlow

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EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation: Are you prepared?

28 July 2026

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Environment Matters - Natural Capital: where are we now? In conversation with Oxygen Conservation - S3E4

16 July 2026 • 6 min read

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The Roll‑Out of Digital Waste Tracking in the UK: What You Need to Know

6 May 2026

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Environment Matters - Destination: Unknown? What the PFAS Plan could mean for PFAS regulation in the UK - S3E3

30 April 2026 • 5 min read

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Environment Matters - Choppy Waters: navigating the Government’s reform of the English water sector - S3E2

31 March 2026 • 5 min read

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Categorising environmental harm - South East Water v Environment Agency

31 March 2026

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EU Regulation on Deforestation-free Products (EUDR): What’s next for UK companies?

12 March 2026

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Environment Matters - Regulatory & Governance: balancing economic growth with environmental protection - S3E1

26 February 2026 • 7 min read

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FCA launches consultation on new sustainability disclosures for listed companies

13 February 2026

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A New Vision for Water: The Long-Awaited White Paper on Reform to the Water Sector

23 January 2026

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What to expect from environmental law in 2026 – Waste and Circular Economy

16 January 2026

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What to expect from environmental law in 2026 - Chemicals

15 January 2026

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What to expect from environmental law in 2026 - Natural Capital and Air and Emissions

14 January 2026

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What to expect from environmental law in 2026 - Water

13 January 2026

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What to expect from environmental law in 2026 - Regulation and Governance

12 January 2026

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What to expect from environmental law in 2026

9 January 2026

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UK Emissions Trading Scheme: A review of the changes made or proposed in 2025

30 December 2025

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Updated Environmental Improvement Plan Published

12 December 2025

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Environment Agency Launches Consultation on Industrial Emissions Permitting Reform

29 August 2025

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Launch of version 3 of Woodland Carbon Code

15 August 2025

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A shallow dive into the Independent Water Commission’s final report on the water sector

23 July 2025

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Environment Matters S2:E3 – The path forward for transition plans

10 July 2025

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Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum Policy Conference 2025 – Key Takeaways

17 April 2025

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PFAS: Emerging Threat to Environmental Risk – A Legal Perspective

17 April 2025

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Environment Matters S2:E2 – Environmental Impact and Regulation of PFAS

9 April 2025

Legal updates

AMP 8 – A new transformative period begins

1 April 2025

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Changes to Phase 4 of the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme

18 February 2025

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PR24 WINEP: water companies commit to environmental investment of £22.1 billion over the next five years

17 February 2025

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Deposit Return Scheme on track to be introduced in 2027

31 January 2025

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Environment Matters S2:E1 – Special Edition: Looking ahead to 2025

30 January 2025

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The ‘finance COP’: where did we get to and what’s next?

16 January 2025

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What to expect from environmental law in 2025

9 January 2025

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Changes to the Climate Change Agreements Scheme: Government publishes response to consultation

20 November 2024

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Government releases 30by30 criteria for nature conservation and next steps to achieve it

12 November 2024

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ESOS Phase 3: Navigating ESOS Action Plans and Annual Progress Updates

7 November 2024

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UK and Welsh Governments launch an Independent Commission into the water sector

23 October 2024

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Budweiser fails to comply with packaging legislation

28 August 2024

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PFAS rethink: WHO preparing to scrap drinking water guidelines for PFAS

28 August 2024

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Environment Agency consults on changes to its regulatory appeal process

1 August 2024

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Statutory nuisance - Court of Appeal finds there is no power for a local authority to vary an abatement notice

29 May 2024

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Supply chain ESG disclosure sector spotlight video series

28 May 2024

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UK Government Announces Plans for a Groundbreaking Nuclear Fuel Facility

15 May 2024

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Environment Matters S1:E6 – The future of waste

17 April 2024

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DEFRA announces launch of Water Restoration Fund

11 April 2024

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EU Council Approves Revised Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive after Compromise

27 March 2024

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Forever Chemicals – no longer ‘forever’?

12 March 2024

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Environment Matters S1:E5 – Climate change and sustainability in supply chains

14 February 2024

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Key changes to Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme

16 January 2024

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Environment Matters S1:E4 – Special Edition: Reflecting on 2023 and looking ahead to 2024

10 January 2024

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Environment Matters S1:E3 – How to prepare for changes to environmental enforcement: the introduction of Variable Monetary Penalties

13 December 2023

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Environment Matters S1:E2 – How to navigate natural capital opportunities

7 November 2023

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DEFRA confirms its waste carriers, brokers and dealers regime is to be aligned with Environmental Permitting Regulations

6 November 2023

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Thoughts on the Westminster Forum water pollution event

26 October 2023

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Ban on certain single-use plastics comes into force

16 October 2023

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Environment Matters S1:E1 – How to avoid risks and protect your business from greenwashing

11 October 2023

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DEFRA announces changes to Variable Monetary Penalties

13 July 2023

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Government announces new Nature Markets Framework

12 April 2023

Podcasts

The Net Zero podcast episode 3 - Water issues in hydrogen consenting

15 March 2023

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OEP seeks to intervene in Supreme Court appeal for the first time

22 February 2023

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How credible are your carbon credits?

1 February 2023

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Ban on single-use plastics in England

19 January 2023

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Government misses date to set new environmental targets

14 November 2022

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PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ working group proposed at UK Chemical Stakeholders Forum

3 November 2022

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Best Available Techniques - the move from EU BAT to UK BAT

26 October 2022

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UK Government publishes initial consultation response on developing the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS)

14 September 2022

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UK Government publishes ESOS Phase 3 consultation response

17 August 2022

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Walking the talk with ESG

8 August 2022

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Opportunities and challenges from soil carbon credits

26 July 2022

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What does the further delay of COP 15 on biodiversity tell us?

27 June 2022

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Plastic Packaging Tax comes into force

31 March 2022

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Supporting the Green Recovery - opportunities for the water sector

1 December 2020

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Launch of the water sector's routemap to Net Zero by 2030

12 November 2020

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The regulatory environment is key for private sector infrastructure investment

24 September 2020

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Institute for Government report on delivery of Net Zero

10 September 2020

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Nuclear for Net Zero

23 June 2020

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Hydrogen and water mix to drive net zero

10 June 2020

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Is a citizen's assembly the best way to reach consensus about how to achieve net zero?

24 January 2020

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Tackling emissions from domestic properties

5 November 2019

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The Environment Bill - enforcing the commitment to net zero?

21 October 2019