Unless you have been living under a rock these past few months, you will be well aware that the UK voted to exit the EU in June. The result came as a shock, even to those who voted for a Brexit. It's not the result most expected and it's not the outcome the majority of the UK's environmental sector wanted either. The UK has not officially left the EU yet. The UK government will have to plan exit negotiations and trigger Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon to do that. According to a UK cross-party environmental committee, Britain's exit from the EU would be bad for the UK's environment policy. The group says that EU membership has been a crucial factor in shaping UK environmental policy. There is going to be a lot of discussion and uncertainty in the next weeks and months over the two-year process towards exit and its eventual effects.
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