EA comes out swinging as Lords slam waste crime 'incompetence’
Waste crime costs England's economy around £1 billion a year in damages, but a new inquiry has levelled accusations of “incompetency” at the Environment Agency in dealing with it. But the news has gone without comment from the regulator chief…In this week’s episode, ECO Chamber host James Agyepong-Parsons and ENDS editor Jamie Carpenter discuss the story with Dr Anna Willetts – an environmental waste crime lawyer at Gunnercooke LLP and former president of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management.The team also discusses the final amendments to the controversial Planning and Infrastructure Bill being debated in the House of Lords, including new protections for wetlands and attempts to curb the scope of nascent Environmental Delivery Plans. PLUS: The government has published a carbon budget and growth delivery plan, major infrastructure projects may have a new permitting slip stream, and an ENDS exclusive reveals the English landfills suspended and closed since the mid-2010s.
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Nutrient neutrality gets legal 'Dyno-Rod' as Planning Bill looms
For years, a battle over nutrient neutrality has been raging in the courts. This came to a head in the Supreme Court this month. On this week’s podcast, ECO Chamber host James Agyepong-Parsons and deputy editor Tess Colley speak with lawyer Estelle Dehon KC from Cornerstone Barristers about the potential impacts of the ruling. The trio also discuss the latest amendments to the controversial Planning and Infrastructure Bill being debated in the House of Lords. .PLUS: The Environment Agency is developing a priority list for certain PFAS chemicals in a bid to help set emission limits, DEFRA has accepted a raft of recommendations from the Office for Environmental Protection over its Environmental Improvement Plan, and a prominent air campaigner has vowed to take the government to court for its failure to adopt WHO air quality guidelines.
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Uncloaked: Labour targets planning ‘traitors’ as Reform rages at solar
In May, Reform UK took control of Lincolnshire County Council - a region set to become home to the UK’s largest solar farm.. With local opposition sounding the alarm over the project, the party’s deputy leader Richard Tice has warned that the project would “devastate thousands of acres of productive farmland and countryside in Lincolnshire”.This week, ECO Chamber host James Agyepong-Parsons and senior reporter Shosha Adie discuss the significance of Tillbridge Solar – set to straddle 1,670 hectares of mostly agricultural land.The team also discusses the latest amendments of the government’s controversial Planning and Infrastructure Bill tabled in the House of Lords this week.PLUS: International talks on a shipping carbon tax system flounder, England’s hydrogen and carbon capture cluster gains traction, and thousands of farmers see nature-recovery subsidies extended.
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Flooding: Is the UK’s most frequent natural disaster Labour’s ‘build, baby, build’ blindspot?
The government wants to ‘build, baby, build’ 1.5 million homes before the turn of the decade but could flooding scupper its ambitions? Listen to the ECO Chamber to find out more… Flooding is the UK’s most frequent natural disaster, affecting people, properties, businesses and places in the short-, medium-, and long-term, destroying critical infrastructure.This week, author and journalist Katerine Quarmby speaks with ECO Chamber host James Agyepong-Parsons about the increasing frequency of flood events across the UK and the difficult policy solutions that need to be found.PLUS: Pro-growth amendments to the controversial Planning Bill have been put forward, Southern Water is to cut its water abstraction and the Crown Estate is being threatened by Greenpeace UK with legal action.
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Party’s over as Tories target climate law, ‘carbon taxes’ and DEFRA’s agencies
This week, ENDS Report’s news editor Pippa Neill speaks with ECO Chamber host James Agyepong-Parsons from the Conservative Party’s conference in Manchester with the lowdown on its plans to scrap the Climate Change Act, streamline nature regulators and abolish “carbon taxes”.In the studio ENDS senior reporter Shosha Adie also discusses the key takehomes of the Green Party’s Bournemouth conference, including its new ‘eco-populist’ leader Zack Polanski. The team also spotlights the departure of more than 100 Natural England staff, a reduction in nitrogen dioxide pollution levels in the capital, and the UK’s largest lawsuit on environmental pollution.
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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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