Ben Christman, Queen's University Belfast School of Law, has posted
A Brief History of Environmental Law in the UK, which appeared in
Environmental Scientist 22 (2013): 4-8. According to the abstract, “This article examines the trends from four key ages of UK environmental law (industrialisation, post-WWII, late 20th century and 21st century) and concludes with a forecast for the future of environmental law in the UK.”