A post-EU environmental watchdog could be ready soon Russell Hart / Alamy Stock Photo
The government has begun preparations to have its environmental watchdog ready within a month of a no deal Brexit, a source close to the process has told New Scientist.
In a sign of how seriously the government is taking the prospect of the UK exiting the EU without a deal on 31 October, work is underway to have a version of the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) established almost immediately to avoid a substantial hiatus in environmental protection. Government staff are already in place. “Plans are…
