Lawyers have warned the UK’s environmental watchdog that the 2024 ‘emergency authorisation’ of a pesticide which poses a serious risk to honeybees and waterways may be yet another instance of the government breaching environmental law.
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Farming minister Mark Spencer must now decide whether to follow expert advice and European standards, or to allow an authorisation of the banned chemical in the new year.