Nearly three years after draft bill was published, activists say Environment Act must lead to real action

After 1,056 days, three Queen’s speeches, countless hours of drafting, campaigning, protest and debate, the first environment bill for 26 years has passed into law.

Environmental activists at the heart of first pressing for the bill and then attempting to make it the best it could be, said its enactment was momentous.

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