The Bill brings our national legislation fully into line with one of the more important EU instruments for environmental policy – the IPPC directive. However, it does more than that. The opportunity is taken to make significant progress in a range of critical areas across the environmental agenda. The Bill modernises the law governing EPA licensing generally, provides an enhanced focus for the EPA to secure energy efficiency from licensable activities and empowers it to regulate greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change. The Bill also gives public authorities important new powers in relation to the implementation and enforcement of environmental legislation and makes important changes to the legislative codes relating to litter, particularly waste management.