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Eco Chamber: Access Denied: Does the environment sector have a problem with class?
In this episode, we investigate the representation of working class voices in the UK’s environment sector, reveal exclusive ENDS analysis on the industry’s make-up and hear from those trying to...
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Our latest podcast on being working class in the environment sector is live⚡️ with -
🐦⬛ RAVEN networks' Nadia Shaikh
🏗️ ISEP's chief Sarah Mukherjee
𖣘 WCCA founder Emma River-Roberts and
🍃 @britishecologicalsociety.org 's SEED co-lead Dr Ciara Dwyer
🎧 Listen now pod.fo/e/368517
🐦⬛ RAVEN networks' Nadia Shaikh
🏗️ ISEP's chief Sarah Mukherjee
𖣘 WCCA founder Emma River-Roberts and
🍃 @britishecologicalsociety.org 's SEED co-lead Dr Ciara Dwyer
🎧 Listen now pod.fo/e/368517
The government is proposing to drop its restrictions on the designation of certain types of protected land as 'grey belt', removing a layer of protection from developers.
What you need to know ⬇️
What you need to know ⬇️
NPPF: Government proposes dropping protected land exclusions from grey belt definition
The government is proposing to drop its restrictions on the designation of grey belt land that exclude sites listed in ‘footnote 7’ of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), which includes typ...
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December 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The government is proposing to drop its restrictions on the designation of certain types of protected land as 'grey belt', removing a layer of protection from developers.
What you need to know ⬇️
What you need to know ⬇️
Biodiversity net gain 🌿 is set for substantial revisions in 2026 with small developments exempt from the flagship policy...
Listen as special guest lawyer Alexa Culver joins @tesscolley.bsky.social & @jamesxparsons.bsky.social on the 🎧 ECO Chamber podcast.
Listen now 🎙️ pod.fo/e/369b62
Listen as special guest lawyer Alexa Culver joins @tesscolley.bsky.social & @jamesxparsons.bsky.social on the 🎧 ECO Chamber podcast.
Listen now 🎙️ pod.fo/e/369b62
Eco Chamber: Silent night: net gain ‘wounded’ in winter overhaul
The government has announced that the flagship nature policy, biodiversity net gain, is set to see substantial revisions in 2026 with development sites up to 0.2 hectares in size to be exempt ...
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December 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Biodiversity net gain 🌿 is set for substantial revisions in 2026 with small developments exempt from the flagship policy...
Listen as special guest lawyer Alexa Culver joins @tesscolley.bsky.social & @jamesxparsons.bsky.social on the 🎧 ECO Chamber podcast.
Listen now 🎙️ pod.fo/e/369b62
Listen as special guest lawyer Alexa Culver joins @tesscolley.bsky.social & @jamesxparsons.bsky.social on the 🎧 ECO Chamber podcast.
Listen now 🎙️ pod.fo/e/369b62
Few things have been as controversial for the environment sector this year as the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which recently received the royal stamp of approval.
It’s a tough pill to swallow for many and it won't be the last, writes @tesscolley.bsky.social ⬇️
It’s a tough pill to swallow for many and it won't be the last, writes @tesscolley.bsky.social ⬇️
The Planning and Infrastructure Act is here – let me tell you what happens next
Few things have been as controversial for the environment sector this year as the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which received the royal stamp of approval today. It’s a tough pill to swallow for m...
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December 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Few things have been as controversial for the environment sector this year as the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which recently received the royal stamp of approval.
It’s a tough pill to swallow for many and it won't be the last, writes @tesscolley.bsky.social ⬇️
It’s a tough pill to swallow for many and it won't be the last, writes @tesscolley.bsky.social ⬇️
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill has received royal assent this morning, bringing in sweeping controversial reforms to environmental protections ⚠️
Here's what you need to know ⬇️
Here's what you need to know ⬇️
BREAKING: Planning and Infrastructure Act passes into law
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill has received royal assent this morning, bringing in sweeping controversial reforms to environmental protections.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill has received royal assent this morning, bringing in sweeping controversial reforms to environmental protections ⚠️
Here's what you need to know ⬇️
Here's what you need to know ⬇️
The government has announced changes to biodiversity net gain for small sites and energy efficiency in a fresh overhaul of planning rules.
Here's what you need to know ⬇️
Here's what you need to know ⬇️
BNG, NPPF and swift bricks: The key planning updates, at a glance
The government has announced changes to biodiversity net gain (BNG) for small sites and energy efficiency in a fresh overhaul of planning rules. Here's what you need to know.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The government has announced changes to biodiversity net gain for small sites and energy efficiency in a fresh overhaul of planning rules.
Here's what you need to know ⬇️
Here's what you need to know ⬇️
Our latest podcast on being working class in the environment sector is live⚡️ with -
🐦⬛ RAVEN networks' Nadia Shaikh
🏗️ ISEP's chief Sarah Mukherjee
𖣘 WCCA founder Emma River-Roberts and
🍃 @britishecologicalsociety.org 's SEED co-lead Dr Ciara Dwyer
🎧 Listen now pod.fo/e/368517
🐦⬛ RAVEN networks' Nadia Shaikh
🏗️ ISEP's chief Sarah Mukherjee
𖣘 WCCA founder Emma River-Roberts and
🍃 @britishecologicalsociety.org 's SEED co-lead Dr Ciara Dwyer
🎧 Listen now pod.fo/e/368517
Eco Chamber: Access Denied: Does the environment sector have a problem with class?
In this episode, we investigate the representation of working class voices in the UK’s environment sector, reveal exclusive ENDS analysis on the industry’s make-up and hear from those trying to...
pod.fo
December 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Our latest podcast on being working class in the environment sector is live⚡️ with -
🐦⬛ RAVEN networks' Nadia Shaikh
🏗️ ISEP's chief Sarah Mukherjee
𖣘 WCCA founder Emma River-Roberts and
🍃 @britishecologicalsociety.org 's SEED co-lead Dr Ciara Dwyer
🎧 Listen now pod.fo/e/368517
🐦⬛ RAVEN networks' Nadia Shaikh
🏗️ ISEP's chief Sarah Mukherjee
𖣘 WCCA founder Emma River-Roberts and
🍃 @britishecologicalsociety.org 's SEED co-lead Dr Ciara Dwyer
🎧 Listen now pod.fo/e/368517
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 The government will introduce an exemption to biodiversity net gain for sites up to 0.2ha in size as part of a series of “regulatory easements”.
Here's what you need to know about the BNG reforms that have just been announced ⬇️
Here's what you need to know about the BNG reforms that have just been announced ⬇️
BNG reforms: Government steps back from most radical proposals but area ‘size of Windsor Forest’ set for exemption
<b>BREAKING:</b> Development sites smaller than 0.2 hectares (ha) are set to be exempted from biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements, with further consultation on a targeted exemption for housing pr...
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December 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 The government will introduce an exemption to biodiversity net gain for sites up to 0.2ha in size as part of a series of “regulatory easements”.
Here's what you need to know about the BNG reforms that have just been announced ⬇️
Here's what you need to know about the BNG reforms that have just been announced ⬇️
The Conservatives would scrap plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 if elected, party leader Kemi Badenoch has announced ⚠️
The EU is expected to water down its own 2035 ban on the sale of new combustion cars later today.
Here's what you need to know ⬇️
The EU is expected to water down its own 2035 ban on the sale of new combustion cars later today.
Here's what you need to know ⬇️
‘Destabilising’: Conservatives would scrap 2030 petrol and diesel car ban if elected
The Conservative Party would scrap plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 if elected, leader of the party Kemi Badenoch has announced, with the EU expected to roll back its own 20...
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December 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The Conservatives would scrap plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 if elected, party leader Kemi Badenoch has announced ⚠️
The EU is expected to water down its own 2035 ban on the sale of new combustion cars later today.
Here's what you need to know ⬇️
The EU is expected to water down its own 2035 ban on the sale of new combustion cars later today.
Here's what you need to know ⬇️
EXCLUSIVE: Exempting small sites from biodiversity net gain“will be quite a clear breach of the polluter pays principle”, former DEFRA secretary George Eustice has told ENDS, adding that it is a “great shame" that newts and bats are "always scapegoated” ⬇️
Proposed BNG exemptions ‘clear breach of polluter pays’, says former environment secretary
<b>EXCLUSIVE:</b> Exempting small sites from biodiversity net gain (BNG) “will be quite a clear breach of the polluter pays principle”, George Eustice, who led DEFRA when legislation introducing the m...
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December 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Exempting small sites from biodiversity net gain“will be quite a clear breach of the polluter pays principle”, former DEFRA secretary George Eustice has told ENDS, adding that it is a “great shame" that newts and bats are "always scapegoated” ⬇️
A local council has said that “regulatory investigations are still ongoing” into any health impacts as a result of PFAS pollution from a firefighting foam factory located in what has been described as the most PFAS polluted town in the UK ⬇️
‘Investigations’ into health risks in ‘most PFAS polluted town’ ongoing, says council
A local council has said that “regulatory investigations are still ongoing” into any health impacts as a result of PFAS pollution from a firefighting foam factory located in what has been described as...
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December 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
A local council has said that “regulatory investigations are still ongoing” into any health impacts as a result of PFAS pollution from a firefighting foam factory located in what has been described as the most PFAS polluted town in the UK ⬇️
A study that had a “significant impact on regulatory decision-making” for the herbicide agent, glyphosate, has been formally retracted after a legal battle shed doubt on its validity, raising questions over whether the substance should be re-approved ⬇️
‘Hallmark’ herbicide ‘safe’ assessment retracted by journal after ‘significant ethical concerns’ revealed
A research paper that had a “significant impact on regulatory decision-making” for the herbicide agent, glyphosate, has been formally retracted after a legal battle shed doubt on its validity, raising...
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December 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
A study that had a “significant impact on regulatory decision-making” for the herbicide agent, glyphosate, has been formally retracted after a legal battle shed doubt on its validity, raising questions over whether the substance should be re-approved ⬇️
A recent High Court decision to dismiss a legal challenge against the expansion of Luton airport has clarified aspects of the Finch Supreme Court ruling on downstream greenhouse gas emissions, legal experts have said ⬇️
Luton airport expansion ruling offers ‘important clarification’ on Finch judgment, say experts
A recent High Court decision to dismiss a legal challenge against the expansion of Luton airport has clarified aspects of the Finch Supreme Court ruling on downstream greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, l...
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December 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A recent High Court decision to dismiss a legal challenge against the expansion of Luton airport has clarified aspects of the Finch Supreme Court ruling on downstream greenhouse gas emissions, legal experts have said ⬇️
This week's ECO Chamber is live ⚡ with special guest Georgia Dent of the Somerset Wildlife Trust giving her views on the Fingleton Review.
"You can't just destroy [nature] and then stick a few trees in at the end and go, 'Look, we've covered off the biodiversity.'
Listen now: 🎧 pod.fo/e/3638a4
"You can't just destroy [nature] and then stick a few trees in at the end and go, 'Look, we've covered off the biodiversity.'
Listen now: 🎧 pod.fo/e/3638a4
Eco Chamber: Starmer goes nuclear on 'fundamentally misguided environmental regulations'
The economist John Fingleton has published his recommendations to streamline planning laws for the development of UK nuclear power – and they could have implications far beyond the nuclear indust...
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December 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This week's ECO Chamber is live ⚡ with special guest Georgia Dent of the Somerset Wildlife Trust giving her views on the Fingleton Review.
"You can't just destroy [nature] and then stick a few trees in at the end and go, 'Look, we've covered off the biodiversity.'
Listen now: 🎧 pod.fo/e/3638a4
"You can't just destroy [nature] and then stick a few trees in at the end and go, 'Look, we've covered off the biodiversity.'
Listen now: 🎧 pod.fo/e/3638a4
A judge has dismissed a judicial review brought by a nine-year-old boy over the Environment Agency’s handling of emissions from the notorious Walleys Quarry landfill, despite finding that the pollution had “a probable impact on his life expectancy” ⬇️
Judge dismisses judicial review over Walleys Quarry ‘regulatory failings’
A judge has dismissed a judicial review brought by a nine-year-old boy over the Environment Agency’s (EA) handling of emissions from the notorious Walleys Quarry landfill, despite finding that the pol...
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December 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A judge has dismissed a judicial review brought by a nine-year-old boy over the Environment Agency’s handling of emissions from the notorious Walleys Quarry landfill, despite finding that the pollution had “a probable impact on his life expectancy” ⬇️
The Environment Agency has concluded that high-temperature incineration remains the only “commercially viable” method to dispose of PFAS waste at scale. Is it a silver bullet?
Here's what we found out ⬇️
Here's what we found out ⬇️
Unpacked: Can England burn its way out of its multi-billion-pound PFAS pollution crisis?
The Environment Agency has concluded that high-temperature incineration remains the only “commercially viable” method to dispose of PFAS waste at scale. Is it a silver bullet? In the latest edition of...
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December 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The Environment Agency has concluded that high-temperature incineration remains the only “commercially viable” method to dispose of PFAS waste at scale. Is it a silver bullet?
Here's what we found out ⬇️
Here's what we found out ⬇️
Just shy of 500 days since it announced its ‘rapid’ review of the Environmental Improvement Plan, DEFRA has published the updated document. But, was it worth the wait?
@catearly.bsky.social reports ⬇️
@catearly.bsky.social reports ⬇️
Was the revised EIP worth the wait?
Just shy of 500 days since it announced its ‘rapid’ review of the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP), DEFRA has published the updated document, but was it worth the wait? Catherine Early reports.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Just shy of 500 days since it announced its ‘rapid’ review of the Environmental Improvement Plan, DEFRA has published the updated document. But, was it worth the wait?
@catearly.bsky.social reports ⬇️
@catearly.bsky.social reports ⬇️
"Here's DEFRA trying to coordinate and steer a ship of delivery.. at the very same time... the captain of government mak[es] a speech, which by all interpretations could be seen as undermining that agenda."
Listen to @ruthchambers.bsky.social on DEFRA's latest EIP.
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Listen to @ruthchambers.bsky.social on DEFRA's latest EIP.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"Here's DEFRA trying to coordinate and steer a ship of delivery.. at the very same time... the captain of government mak[es] a speech, which by all interpretations could be seen as undermining that agenda."
Listen to @ruthchambers.bsky.social on DEFRA's latest EIP.
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Listen to @ruthchambers.bsky.social on DEFRA's latest EIP.
🎧 podfollow.com/ends
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said in a recent speech that he supports a series of “red tape” cutting measures from Fingleton's review of nuclear industry regulations.
Starmer said he wants these “lessons” rolled out across the government’s entire industrial strategy... 1/2🧵
Starmer said he wants these “lessons” rolled out across the government’s entire industrial strategy... 1/2🧵
December 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said in a recent speech that he supports a series of “red tape” cutting measures from Fingleton's review of nuclear industry regulations.
Starmer said he wants these “lessons” rolled out across the government’s entire industrial strategy... 1/2🧵
Starmer said he wants these “lessons” rolled out across the government’s entire industrial strategy... 1/2🧵
Over 120 pesticide residues have been detected by officials in samples of food in UK supermarkets, with an analysis by campaigners identifying over a quarter of these are banned for use on produce domestically ⬇️
Over a quarter of pesticide traces detected in UK food are banned domestically, researchers find
Over 120 pesticide residues have been detected by officials in samples of food in UK supermarkets, with an analysis by campaigners identifying over a quarter of these are banned for use on produce dom...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Over 120 pesticide residues have been detected by officials in samples of food in UK supermarkets, with an analysis by campaigners identifying over a quarter of these are banned for use on produce domestically ⬇️
Who in the UK green policy ecosystem is using generative AI tools, and how?
ENDS spent weeks speaking to ecologists, lawyers and others – and found them already in a professional relationship with these chatbots, for better or worse 🤖
Story here ➡️ www.endsreport.com/article/1940...
ENDS spent weeks speaking to ecologists, lawyers and others – and found them already in a professional relationship with these chatbots, for better or worse 🤖
Story here ➡️ www.endsreport.com/article/1940...
‘The genie is out of the bottle’: How AI chatbots are taking over the UK environmental sector
In an investigation rarely seen before in the UK green policy ecosystem, David Burrows asks ecologists, lawyers and others to share how they are using generative AI tools behind the scenes – and finds...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Who in the UK green policy ecosystem is using generative AI tools, and how?
ENDS spent weeks speaking to ecologists, lawyers and others – and found them already in a professional relationship with these chatbots, for better or worse 🤖
Story here ➡️ www.endsreport.com/article/1940...
ENDS spent weeks speaking to ecologists, lawyers and others – and found them already in a professional relationship with these chatbots, for better or worse 🤖
Story here ➡️ www.endsreport.com/article/1940...
The government has published its new Environmental Improvement Plan, following a “rapid review”.
Here's what you need to know ⬇️
Here's what you need to know ⬇️
EIP: New air targets and protected site ambition dropped as Starmer takes aim at environmental regulation
The government has published its new Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP), following a “rapid review” launched in July last year of the previous Conservative government version.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The government has published its new Environmental Improvement Plan, following a “rapid review”.
Here's what you need to know ⬇️
Here's what you need to know ⬇️
Green groups hope that the long-awaited revised Environmental Improvement Plan #EIP will offer a reset from the government after a ‘really difficult few months’ for nature...
So what can we expect?
Read now ➡️ www.endsreport.com/article/1941...
So what can we expect?
Read now ➡️ www.endsreport.com/article/1941...
‘Judgement day’: What to look out for as revised Environmental Improvement Plan due imminently
Green groups hope that the long-awaited revised Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) will offer a reset from the government after a ‘really difficult few months’ for nature, with the Wildlife Trusts t...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Green groups hope that the long-awaited revised Environmental Improvement Plan #EIP will offer a reset from the government after a ‘really difficult few months’ for nature...
So what can we expect?
Read now ➡️ www.endsreport.com/article/1941...
So what can we expect?
Read now ➡️ www.endsreport.com/article/1941...
"It changes the power dynamics quite dramatically in the negotiation room because the power that the US held is now being filled by others and... they are rarely in favour of climate action.
"And that's a big problem."
Dr Timo Leiter from the @granthamicl.bsky.social for this week's podcast
"And that's a big problem."
Dr Timo Leiter from the @granthamicl.bsky.social for this week's podcast
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
"It changes the power dynamics quite dramatically in the negotiation room because the power that the US held is now being filled by others and... they are rarely in favour of climate action.
"And that's a big problem."
Dr Timo Leiter from the @granthamicl.bsky.social for this week's podcast
"And that's a big problem."
Dr Timo Leiter from the @granthamicl.bsky.social for this week's podcast
An environment minister has been accused of ‘impinging the independence’ of the Office for Environmental Protection and ‘threatening the organisation’s mission’ by making economic growth a key commitment of the job description of its new leader.
Read more ➡️ www.endsreport.com/article/1940...
Read more ➡️ www.endsreport.com/article/1940...
Minister accused of ‘impinging independence’ of OEP in recruitment for new chair
An environment minister has been accused of ‘impinging the independence’ of the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) and ‘threatening the organisation’s mission’ by making a commitment to growth ...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
An environment minister has been accused of ‘impinging the independence’ of the Office for Environmental Protection and ‘threatening the organisation’s mission’ by making economic growth a key commitment of the job description of its new leader.
Read more ➡️ www.endsreport.com/article/1940...
Read more ➡️ www.endsreport.com/article/1940...
The latest ECO Chamber podcast is live ⚡️
As the team discusses the next stages for the Kidlington mountain of plastic waste ⛰️ and the latest political critiques of the Planning Bill.
This and more on episode #⃣165
🎧https://pod.fo/e/355d90
As the team discusses the next stages for the Kidlington mountain of plastic waste ⛰️ and the latest political critiques of the Planning Bill.
This and more on episode #⃣165
🎧https://pod.fo/e/355d90
November 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The latest ECO Chamber podcast is live ⚡️
As the team discusses the next stages for the Kidlington mountain of plastic waste ⛰️ and the latest political critiques of the Planning Bill.
This and more on episode #⃣165
🎧https://pod.fo/e/355d90
As the team discusses the next stages for the Kidlington mountain of plastic waste ⛰️ and the latest political critiques of the Planning Bill.
This and more on episode #⃣165
🎧https://pod.fo/e/355d90