UK's green watchdog will be powerless over climate change post-Brexit

Environmentalists accuse government of using withdrawal of EU controls to weaken regulationMinisters are "deliberately weakening" the green watchdog that will hold the government to account after Britain leaves the EU, according to Labour's shadow Brexit minister.Theresa May pledged last January to create a "world-leading, independent, statutory body" to ensure ministers stick to their commitments - replacing the power of the European commission to take governments to the European court of justice (ECJ) for not fulfilling their obligations. Continue reading...