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Every week, the ENDS team runs down the biggest green news stories, shines a spotlight on some pretty nasty chemicals, and takes a forensic look at one of the more deep-rooted environmental issues facing us today. Read more on the issues covered at www.endsreport.com or follow us on Twitter @TheENDSReport
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy.This week, in a departure from business as usual, ECO Chamber host James Agyepong-Parsons sits down with the creators of Boy Wasted – a Smoke Trail production for ENDS Report and De Groene Amsterdammer, developed with the support of JournalismFund Europe. The investigation started with a photo: a concrete yard with piles of plastic, and lying on the ground was the body of a boy - grotesquely ripped apart.Who was he? And what really happened to him? All three episodes of Boy Wasted can be streamed on the Eco Chamber podcast feed now. In this bonus episode, we find out how this story came about and what we as listeners can do next.
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy.This week, ECO Chamber host James Agyepong-Parsons speaks with editor Jamie Carpenter about Reform UK’s party conference hosted at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham over the weekend. With prominent fringe events hosted by groups such as the US conservative think-tank, the Heartland Institute, we discuss how climate denialism has permeated Reform UK’s thinking around climate policy. And what does it mean now Steve Reed is leading the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government? And who is his replacement at DEFRA? This and more…PLUS: A new legal opinion casts doubt on Planning Bill protections, a new report suggests sewage capacity fears are holding up housing, and a first-of-a-kind local nature recovery strategy has been published.
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy.This week, ECO Chamber host James Agyepong-Parsons speaks with deputy editor Tess Colley about the chemicals industry’s attempts to influence UK politicians on regulating forever chemicals. But some experts have warned that their attempts to dissuade politicians from moving against PFAS chemicals like fluoropolymers are using “scaremongering” tactics from the ‘Big Tobacco’ playbook. The team will also speak with the Wildlife Trust’s senior land use policy manager Barnaby Coupe about a report published by the charity this week revealing the billions of litres of manure produced every year from intensive pig and poultry farms – and the environmental impact. PLUS: The slaughterhouse fined for pouring blood into a stream, the new leader of the Green Party and DEFRA’s new flexi-permit proposals for the industry and energy sectors.
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy.This week, Eco Chamber host James Agyepong-Parsons speaks with senior reporter Shosha Adie about a proposed golf course in the Scottish Highlands which one watchdog says has habitat-killing potential.The proposed Couls Link Golf Course at Embo in East Sutherland is backed by billionaire Mike Keiser, business rival of US president Donald Trump. However, in a new setback for developers NatureScot has called for an outright objection to the scheme. What will this mean for the golf course plans?PLUS: UK Butterfly populations continue their downward spiral, why the chancellor wants a new planning bill, and the legal action launched against a minister’s ‘irrational’ data centre EIA decision.
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy.For today’s episode we bring you an ENDS exclusive on the levels of toxic forever chemicals detected at English airports described as “alarmingly” high by experts.Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a family of 10,000-strong man-made forever chemicals. They are found in all manner of consumer products, but particularly in firefighting foams.ECO Chamber host James Agyepong-Parsons speaks with ENDS Report’s news editor Pippa Neill about her investigation – and what the high levels of PFAS found at airports could mean for nearby drinking water supplies. PLUS: DEFRA appoints a new permanent secretary to replace Tamara Finkelstein, what happened at the failed global plastics treaty in Geneva, and the chicken megafarm farm rejected on climate grounds.
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy.In Scotland, the world’s largest wind farm has been approved.SSE Renewable’s Berwick Bank offshore wind farm will be constructed 38km off the coast from St Abb's Head National Nature Reserve and close to Bass Rock, which is home to the world's largest island colony of northern gannets.This week, Eco Chamber host James Agyepong-Parsons speaks with RSPB Scotland’s head of policy and advocacy Aedán Smith about why the granting of planning permission for the wind farm was “a very dark day for seabirds”.ENDS deputy editor Tess Colley also discusses the latest developments on the story of controversial plans for gas exploration in North Yorkshire, and why the Environment Agency has dropped its initial objections to the site. PLUS: A first-of-a-kind PFAS dataset has been published, the UK Health Security Agency has appointed a new leader, and a push to bring lynx back has its second wind…
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy.The pillars of biodiversity net gain - a flagship nature policy - are under stress as the Office for Environmental Protection has warned the government against making any substantive changes to it without safeguards. This week, Eco Chamber host James Agyepong-Parsons speaks with net gain expert Natalie Duffus at the University of Oxford about the proposed changes, their potential impacts and the government’s next moves. ENDS Report news editor Pippa Neill also discusses an exclusive on the true cost of DEFRA’s digital waste tracking scheme. It was intended to help identify, tackle and prevent waste crime but why has its price tag tripled? PLUS: The so-called world’s biggest offshore wind farm has been given the green light in Scotland, the UN’s Global Plastics Treaty in Switzerland has begun, and Yorkshire Water has been fined almost £1m for a ‘catastrophic’ chlorine spill.
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy.In the last week, former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn announced the launch of a new political party with water industry policy front and centre. And earlier this year, Reform UK – running on an anti-net zero mandate – took command of 10 councils in the May local elections.What approach have these new councils been taking towards net zero policies since Reform took the reins, and what exactly does Corbyn plan to do with the water industry?This week, Eco Chamber host James Agyepong-Parsons, ENDS Report’s news editor Pippa Neill and WWF UK’s head of public affairs David Walsh explore the state of green policies in government and the threats they face at a time of political polarisation and upheaval.PLUS : A £1.1bn promise to councils to help improve local recycling schemes, a new plan to tackle pet flea treatments, and the Environment Agency consults on reducing forever chemicals in the town with the UK’s highest known levels of PFAS.
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy.This week, ENDS Report’s senior reporter Shosha Adie explains the implications of a major review into the water sector. Alongside Alistair Chisholm, policy director at CIWEM – The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management – the team also explores the government’s rationale behind its decision to scrap the water regulator Ofwat. PLUS: Scotland’s upcoming landfill ban, the Planning Bill amendments you need to know about and the government’s new food strategy.
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy.This week, ENDS Report’s deputy editor Tess Colley reveals her exclusive findings on the toxic sludge being spread on agricultural fields. After getting hold of reams of exclusive documents, her investigation has exposed how the government has sat on warnings from the Environment Agency about the threat sludge poses for three years. What were those warnings - and what can the UK learn from sludge scandals in the USA?PLUS: The Office for Environmental Protection scrutinises other watchdogs’ scrutiny, news on who has been tipped as the Climate Change Committee’s new chairperson, and an update on lead shot.
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy.On this week’s bonus episode, ENDS’ senior journalist Shosha Adie hosts a dedicated panel on the chemical threats facing our rivers, which includes special guest Dr Robert Bradburne the Environment Agency's chief scientist.This episode focuses on Bradburne’s thoughts on forever chemicals, artificial intelligence and the agency’s scientific priorities.PLUS: Interviews with actor and activist Jim Murray, the festival’s organiser Claire Zambuni and water campaigner Ashley Smith of Windrush Against Sewage Pollution on the government’s performance, collaboration and the potential consequences of renationalising Thames Water.
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy.This week, ENDS journalists are joined by Amy Fairman, head of campaigns at River Action, to explain why her team has taken action against DEFRA over its revised guidance on the Farming Rules for Water.Will farmers take kindly to being told what to do when it comes to the ‘needs of the soil and crop on the land’? Amy makes her case for why changes are needed. We also find out what a smaller-than-hoped-for budget means for the Office for Environmental Protection, and how the watchdog might fare with chairwoman Dame Glenys Stacey stepping down next yearPLUS: We bring you the latest on what the environment secretary thinks of the government’s anti-nature rhetoric, Natural England’s spending boost - and funding cuts as well, and a blueprint to phase out harmful wood-burners and incinerators.
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This week, ENDS journalists are joined by Richard Broadbent, an environmental lawyer and director at Freeths LLP, as they review Natural England’s potential new powers contained in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Will it enable Natural England to build "an authoritarian empire," as some Conservative peers fear, or could it help unleash the regulator's full potential as a custodian of England’s natural world? We also find out what a new interim approach to risk management could mean for PFAS regulation in the UK. PLUS: We bring you the news on the latest record-breaking year for hen harriers missing or killed, an update on tree planting rates in England, and why a road upgrade scheme has been thrown out on climate change grounds.
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy.This week, ENDS journalists are joined by Steve Coulter, head of economy at Green Alliance, as we review the government's new Industrial Strategy. The prime minister says it will "power Britain's future" but there are plenty of challenges ahead. We also find out what a new Environment Agency investigation means for the residents of Bentham -- the town in the UK with the highest known levels of PFAS in the UK.PLUS: The water industry regulator Ofwat is being taken to court over its recent price review, DEFRA has updated its statutory guidance for the Farming Rules for Water, and a judicial review over controversial plans to build a £2.2bn reservoir in Oxfordshire is ready to be heard in the courts.
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy.This week, ENDS journalists are joined by Ali Plummer, director of policy and advocacy at England’s biggest nature NGO coalition group, Wildlife and Countryside Link, as we take a deep-dive into what came out in the wash from the chancellor's Spending Review – from DEFRA cuts and nature budgets, to billions for nuclear heralding a boom for the sector.PLUS: a legal victory for river campaigners which is set to change how intensive farms get approved; how a legal challenge against the Planning Bill took a step forward; and some good news for fans of the humble water vole…
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy.This week, ENDS journalists are joined by Alyx Elliott, campaigns director at Oceana UK as we analyse the consequences of a proposed extension to England's bottom trawling ban which would see it cover more UK marine protected areas. The team also looks at the government's proposed amendments to "instill further confidence" in its new Planning and Infrastucture Bill.PLUS: the "worst environmental crime scene" in Northern Ireland's history, a new cross-government nature strategy, and a former EA chair’s grudge against toxic farm sludge.
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy.This week, ENDS journalists are joined by Claire Petricca-Riding, head of environmental law at the legal firm Irwin Mitchell, as we get to grips with the government’s propsed reforms to how the biodiversity net gain regime should apply to small developments.The team also discusses the first findings of the Water Commission, and why it has recommended a review of the Water Framework Directive.Plus, Wales’ major new Environment Bill, the claim from DEFRA officials that PFAS updates are on their way, and what happened to a father and son who poked an EA officer in the eye….
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy.This week, ENDS journalists are joined by CHEM Trust senior campaigner, Chloe Alexander, as we analyse the consequences of a ditched chemicals policy and the future of regulation in the UK.The team also discusses a new scoop on how three tonnes of uranium have been dumped into one of the most highly protected areas of the country.PLUS: DEFRA is set to begin reform of farming regulations, a new minister for nuclear energy has been appointed, and new data highlights to what extent protected species are really holding up planning applications.
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy.This week, ENDS journalists are joined by Green Alliance senior fellow, Ruth Chambers, as we analyse the consequences of an internal government review finding that DEFRA’s Environmental Improvement Plan is way off target.The team also delves into the green potential policy implications of what is being described as a “reset” in UK-EU post-Brexit relations. PLUS, we have news on the banning of a PFAS subgroup of chemicals, Anglian Water’s record fine, and the Law Society’s new conveyancing guidance on climate risks.
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy.This week, ENDS journalists are joined by RSK Wilding's legal counsel Alexa Culver as they breakdown the consequences of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill and make sense of what the latest developments mean for the UK’s standing on the international stage. Plus, a new US-UK trade deal on agricultural products, a warning to water companies to prepare for ‘possible’ summer droughts and the departure of Dame Glenys Stacey of the Office for Environmental Protection.
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