Eco Chamber
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.
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'Blunt and daft': Natural England's new nature plan faces the heat (opens the original)
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On this week’s podcast, environmental lawyer Alexa Culver from RSK Wilding gives her view on why Natural England’s first EDP, set for the Norfolk Broads, is riddled with flaws. She has described the blueprint as a “blunt and daft” tool that has pushed nature and developers in Norfolk into a “lose lose” situation. Last week, Natural England published its first EDP for consultation, which covers the Broads Special Area of Conservation, Broadland Ramsar site and the river Wensum Special Area of Con
Apocalypse, Now? The green sector's new AI principles (opens the original)
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On this week’s podcast, Martin Baxter, the deputy chief executive of the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP) discusses the risks and rewards of AI adoption within the environmental profession. On Tuesday, ISEP published a new advice note on the responsible use and application of AI by sustainability and environmental professionals. Baxter believes the negative impacts of AI adoptions needs to be better understood by the profession. His warning comes at a time when
Clean Water Bill and watchdog interviews: On the ground at the River Summit (opens the original)
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The Labour Party promised a major water reset when it was elected, and Andy Burnham’s government shows no sign of reversing that direction. New powers have been granted to regulators like the Environment Agency under the Water Special Measures Act, a major review of the sector was carried out by Sir John Cunliffe to ascertain how a more joined-up approach to regulation could be achieved, and a new Clean Water Bill was announced in the King's Speech earlier this year. On top of that, the prime mi
Axe Natural England, repeal net zero: Dispatches from the Reform UK conference (opens the original)
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On this week’s podcast, ENDS Report editor Jamie Carpenter discusses his key takehomes from Reform UK’s second annual conference in Birmingham. The party’s leadership has been keen to emphasise drastic reductions in the size of the civil service – a 13% cut or 68,500 full-time equivalent roles – should it form the next government. Reform UK politicians like Robert Jenrick have also called for the complete defunding of regulators like Natural England within the first 100 days of taking over gover
Tories take on the Climate Change Act as Habitat Regulations face change (opens the original)
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Successive governments have tried to undermine the Habitat Regulations as red tape that needs to be cut. Most recently, critics have pointed to attacks on the regulations made under the previous Starmer administration, including the Planning and Infrastructure Act and legislation set to be brought forward following the Fingleton Review. Those who want to water down the legislation point to data on falling species abundance , arguing the regulations aren’t working anyway. But in a new report publ
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