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The UK’s no. 1 source of news, scoops & analysis on environment and climate policy for environmental professionals - and the journalists behind the ECO Chamber podcast.
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Does the environment sector have a problem with class? ENDS Report is investigating this question and we need your help by taking part in our short survey.
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Does the environment sector have a problem with class? ENDS Report is investigating this question, and we need your help.
Take part in our short survey and find out more about our latest 'Access Denied' project here ⬇️
Take part in our short survey and find out more about our latest 'Access Denied' project here ⬇️
Southern Water has apologised for the ‘huge quantities’ of plastic biobeads that have washed up on Camber Sands beach ⚠️
Watch footage from the clean up here ⬇️
Watch footage from the clean up here ⬇️
Southern Water plastic beads spill on Camber Sands ‘unacceptable’, says DEFRA minister
Southern Water has apologised for the ‘huge quantities’ of plastic biobeads that have washed up on Camber Sands beach following what the DEFRA minister in the Lords has described as an “unacceptable” ...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Southern Water has apologised for the ‘huge quantities’ of plastic biobeads that have washed up on Camber Sands beach ⚠️
Watch footage from the clean up here ⬇️
Watch footage from the clean up here ⬇️
"Every time my clients will say to them... can you see they're burning tyres? Can you see they're fly tipping? Every single time they're told, well, you have a permit, we regulate you, we're not looking at that."
Listen to waste crime lawyer Anna Willetts on this week's 🎧 podcast
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Listen to waste crime lawyer Anna Willetts on this week's 🎧 podcast
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Eco Chamber: 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...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
"Every time my clients will say to them... can you see they're burning tyres? Can you see they're fly tipping? Every single time they're told, well, you have a permit, we regulate you, we're not looking at that."
Listen to waste crime lawyer Anna Willetts on this week's 🎧 podcast
pod.fo/e/34bc82
Listen to waste crime lawyer Anna Willetts on this week's 🎧 podcast
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A new £150m package for regional mayors to build 4,000 new homes on brownfield land has been announced alongside new powers.
Here’s what you need to know with a breakdown of the nine regions set to benefit… ⬇️
Here’s what you need to know with a breakdown of the nine regions set to benefit… ⬇️
MAPPED: The regions that will benefit the most from a new £150m package to redevelop brownfield land
A new £150m package for regional mayors to build 4,000 new homes on brownfield land has been announced alongside new powers. Here’s what you need to know with a breakdown of the nine regions set to be...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A new £150m package for regional mayors to build 4,000 new homes on brownfield land has been announced alongside new powers.
Here’s what you need to know with a breakdown of the nine regions set to benefit… ⬇️
Here’s what you need to know with a breakdown of the nine regions set to benefit… ⬇️
Does the environment sector have a problem with class? ENDS Report is investigating this question, and we need your help.
Take part in our short survey and find out more about our latest 'Access Denied' project here ⬇️
Take part in our short survey and find out more about our latest 'Access Denied' project here ⬇️
TAKE OUR SURVEY NOW: Does the environment sector have a problem with class?
Does the environment sector have a problem with class? ENDS Report is investigating this question and we need your help by taking part in our short survey.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Does the environment sector have a problem with class? ENDS Report is investigating this question, and we need your help.
Take part in our short survey and find out more about our latest 'Access Denied' project here ⬇️
Take part in our short survey and find out more about our latest 'Access Denied' project here ⬇️
More than 100 countries will assemble next week in Belém, Brazil, for #COP30.
Here's what you need to know about the key issues at stake ⬇️
Here's what you need to know about the key issues at stake ⬇️
The key issues at stake at COP30
More than 100 countries will assemble next week in Belém, Brazil, for this year’s Climate Change Conference (COP30). Here’s what you need to know about the key issues at stake.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
More than 100 countries will assemble next week in Belém, Brazil, for #COP30.
Here's what you need to know about the key issues at stake ⬇️
Here's what you need to know about the key issues at stake ⬇️
The Environment Agency exceeded new performance targets for water company and farm inspections last year, but fell short on a new target to bring sewage treatment works into compliance.
Here's what you need to know from the regulator's report card ⬇️
Here's what you need to know from the regulator's report card ⬇️
EA exceeds performance targets on water and farm inspections
The Environment Agency (EA) exceeded new performance targets for water company and farm inspections across 2024/25, but fell short on a new target to bring sewage treatment works into compliance, its ...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The Environment Agency exceeded new performance targets for water company and farm inspections last year, but fell short on a new target to bring sewage treatment works into compliance.
Here's what you need to know from the regulator's report card ⬇️
Here's what you need to know from the regulator's report card ⬇️
Collective legal cases are a common feature of the legal landscape in the US but, until recently, have been relatively rare in the UK.
What is driving this sudden uptick and will it continue?
@catearly.bsky.social reports ⬇️
What is driving this sudden uptick and will it continue?
@catearly.bsky.social reports ⬇️
What’s behind the growth of collective action in UK environmental cases?
Cases seeking collective redress – typically associated with the US, where class action lawsuits are common – have been relatively rare in the UK before now. So what is driving this sudden increase an...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Collective legal cases are a common feature of the legal landscape in the US but, until recently, have been relatively rare in the UK.
What is driving this sudden uptick and will it continue?
@catearly.bsky.social reports ⬇️
What is driving this sudden uptick and will it continue?
@catearly.bsky.social reports ⬇️
Complex legislation related to regulation is putting “conflicting legal pressures” on the Environment Agency’s regulatory role and statutory functions, the regulator has warned in its annual report ⬇️
‘Complex legislation’ putting conflicting legal pressures on the EA, regulator warns
Complex legislation related to regulation is putting “conflicting legal pressures” on the Environment Agency’s (EA) regulatory role and statutory functions, the regulator has warned in its annual repo...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Complex legislation related to regulation is putting “conflicting legal pressures” on the Environment Agency’s regulatory role and statutory functions, the regulator has warned in its annual report ⬇️
This Halloween, we have a thriller on the notorious landfill Walleys Quarry🖊️
When the EA ordered the site to shut down, the operator simply walked away – now the bill might go to the taxpayer.
Were there no better options? What you need to know ⬇️
When the EA ordered the site to shut down, the operator simply walked away – now the bill might go to the taxpayer.
Were there no better options? What you need to know ⬇️
Why Walleys Quarry's closure may have backfired on the EA – and how the saga involves the Crown Estate
When the EA ordered the scandal-ridden site to shut down, the operator simply walked away – and now the clean-up bill might go to the taxpayer. Was closure a blunder, or were there no better options f...
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October 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This Halloween, we have a thriller on the notorious landfill Walleys Quarry🖊️
When the EA ordered the site to shut down, the operator simply walked away – now the bill might go to the taxpayer.
Were there no better options? What you need to know ⬇️
When the EA ordered the site to shut down, the operator simply walked away – now the bill might go to the taxpayer.
Were there no better options? What you need to know ⬇️
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is nearing the end of its scrutiny in the House of Lords, with peers making last-ditch efforts to reshape the legislation.
This includes another push for swift bricks 🪽
Here’s what you need to know ⬇️
This includes another push for swift bricks 🪽
Here’s what you need to know ⬇️
‘The swift brick will be back’: The last-ditch efforts to reshape the Planning Bill
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is nearing the end of its scrutiny in the House of Lords, with peers making last-ditch efforts to reshape the legislation. Here’s what you need to know.
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October 31, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is nearing the end of its scrutiny in the House of Lords, with peers making last-ditch efforts to reshape the legislation.
This includes another push for swift bricks 🪽
Here’s what you need to know ⬇️
This includes another push for swift bricks 🪽
Here’s what you need to know ⬇️
Peers have passed a “milestone” pro-nature amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill following a late night debate in which ENDS is told the bill’s “economic and ecological illiteracy” was “laid bare” ⬇️
‘Milestone’ nature amendment passed following debate on ‘ecologically illiterate’ Planning Bill
Peers have passed a “milestone” pro-nature amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill following a late night debate in which ENDS is told the bill’s “economic and ecological illiteracy” was “la...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Peers have passed a “milestone” pro-nature amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill following a late night debate in which ENDS is told the bill’s “economic and ecological illiteracy” was “laid bare” ⬇️
What are the implications of a new nature law ruling?
Find out on this week's ECO Chamber podcast ⚡️
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Find out on this week's ECO Chamber podcast ⚡️
🎧https://podfollow.com/ends
October 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
What are the implications of a new nature law ruling?
Find out on this week's ECO Chamber podcast ⚡️
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Find out on this week's ECO Chamber podcast ⚡️
🎧https://podfollow.com/ends
A claim by peers that the Environment Agency is “heavy-handedly” regulating permitted waste sites while ignoring illegal operators is “completely untrue”, the agency’s chief executive has told MPs ⬇️
EA chief defends staff over waste crime ‘incompetence’ claim
A claim by peers that the Environment Agency is “heavy-handedly” regulating permitted waste sites while ignoring illegal operators is “completely untrue”, the agency’s chief executive has told MPs.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
A claim by peers that the Environment Agency is “heavy-handedly” regulating permitted waste sites while ignoring illegal operators is “completely untrue”, the agency’s chief executive has told MPs ⬇️
The government has said it supports a Tory amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill allowing developers to make revisions to major planning applications while abiding by an agreed Environmental Delivery Plan ⬇️
Planning Bill: Government backs Nature Restoration Fund amendment
The government has said it supports a Tory amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill allowing developers to make revisions to major planning applications while abiding by an agreed Environment...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The government has said it supports a Tory amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill allowing developers to make revisions to major planning applications while abiding by an agreed Environmental Delivery Plan ⬇️
As the UK heats up, fires at illegal waste sites could become a major problem. Will the contaminated land regime become a new route for legal challenges?
A recent case opens a window into how judges view local authority decisions on this complex issue ⬇️
A recent case opens a window into how judges view local authority decisions on this complex issue ⬇️
Why a High Court ruling on smoke as a contamination pathway could have national consequences
As the UK heats up, fires at illegal waste sites could become a major problem. Will the contaminated land regime become a new route for legal challenges? A recent case opens a window into how judges v...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
As the UK heats up, fires at illegal waste sites could become a major problem. Will the contaminated land regime become a new route for legal challenges?
A recent case opens a window into how judges view local authority decisions on this complex issue ⬇️
A recent case opens a window into how judges view local authority decisions on this complex issue ⬇️
The government has announced reforms to the environmental permitting regime exempting activities that will mean “spades can get in the ground far more quickly” and allow some major infrastructure projects not to require one at all ⬇️
Some major infrastructure projects to be exempt from environmental permits in regime reform
The government has announced reforms to the environmental permitting regime exempting activities that will mean “spades can get in the ground far more quickly” and allow some major infrastructure proj...
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October 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The government has announced reforms to the environmental permitting regime exempting activities that will mean “spades can get in the ground far more quickly” and allow some major infrastructure projects not to require one at all ⬇️
The government’s decision to push ahead with further airport expansion is putting the delivery of the UK’s carbon targets in ‘serious jeopardy’, MPs have warned ⚠️
‘Serious jeopardy’: Government’s airports expansion push ‘risks net zero target’, say MPs
The government’s reliance on mechanisms to decarbonise the aviation sector that have not been proven at scale while it pushes ahead with further airport expansion is putting the delivery of the UK’s c...
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October 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The government’s decision to push ahead with further airport expansion is putting the delivery of the UK’s carbon targets in ‘serious jeopardy’, MPs have warned ⚠️
The Supreme Court has confirmed that public authorities must carry out an “appropriate assessment” for development proposals that may harm sites that are protected under the Habitat Regulations at all relevant stages of the planning process ⬇️
Supreme Court upholds landmark nutrient neutrality ruling in ‘decisive judgment’
<b>BREAKING:</b> The Supreme Court has confirmed that public authorities must carry out an “appropriate assessment” for development proposals that may harm sites that are protected under the Habitat R...
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October 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The Supreme Court has confirmed that public authorities must carry out an “appropriate assessment” for development proposals that may harm sites that are protected under the Habitat Regulations at all relevant stages of the planning process ⬇️
Former environment secretary Baroness Coffey has successfully tabled an amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill which aims to retain parliamentary scrutiny over changes to national policy statements ⬇️
Coffey secures Planning Bill amendment on Parliamentary scrutiny
Former environment minister Baroness Coffey has successfully tabled an amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill which aims to retain parliamentary scrutiny over changes to national policy sta...
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October 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Former environment secretary Baroness Coffey has successfully tabled an amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill which aims to retain parliamentary scrutiny over changes to national policy statements ⬇️
UK businesses should start phasing out PFAS in their supply chains now rather than waiting for regulations to be brought in, a US lawyer with 30 years of experience of defending chemical manufacturers has warned ⬇️
UK companies should start phasing out PFAS now to avoid future litigation, US lawyer warns
UK businesses should start phasing out PFAS in their supply chains now rather than waiting for regulations to be brought in, a US lawyer with 30 years of experience of defending chemical manufacturers...
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October 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
UK businesses should start phasing out PFAS in their supply chains now rather than waiting for regulations to be brought in, a US lawyer with 30 years of experience of defending chemical manufacturers has warned ⬇️
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In 2024, we returned to the site to make a film with @endsreport.com, TOXIC featuring Feargal Sharkey + @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social. Sometime after this, the EA + UK Health Security Agency finally announced an investigation of PFAS pollution around the site.
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October 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
In 2024, we returned to the site to make a film with @endsreport.com, TOXIC featuring Feargal Sharkey + @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social. Sometime after this, the EA + UK Health Security Agency finally announced an investigation of PFAS pollution around the site.
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Just this week, MPs urged Labour to do more on flood risks. Is the government’s ‘build, baby, build’ fixation blinding it to the issue?
@katharineq.bsky.social interviews experts across Europe for a portrait of a crisis in the making – and the policy solutions ⬇️
@katharineq.bsky.social interviews experts across Europe for a portrait of a crisis in the making – and the policy solutions ⬇️
‘People are going to be flooded’: Could the UK’s top natural disaster sink Labour’s housing ambitions?
Just this week, MPs urged Labour to do more on flood risks. Is the government’s ‘build, baby, build’ fixation blinding it to the issue? As part of a Europe-wide investigation, Katharine Quarmby interv...
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October 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Just this week, MPs urged Labour to do more on flood risks. Is the government’s ‘build, baby, build’ fixation blinding it to the issue?
@katharineq.bsky.social interviews experts across Europe for a portrait of a crisis in the making – and the policy solutions ⬇️
@katharineq.bsky.social interviews experts across Europe for a portrait of a crisis in the making – and the policy solutions ⬇️
Flooding is the UK’s most frequent natural disaster, affecting people, properties and businesses.
But could it be @teamlabouruk.bsky.social's blindspot as it 'build, baby, builds'?
We interrogate these issues with author and journalist @katharineq.bsky.social.
Listen now 🎧 podfollow.com/ends
But could it be @teamlabouruk.bsky.social's blindspot as it 'build, baby, builds'?
We interrogate these issues with author and journalist @katharineq.bsky.social.
Listen now 🎧 podfollow.com/ends
October 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Flooding is the UK’s most frequent natural disaster, affecting people, properties and businesses.
But could it be @teamlabouruk.bsky.social's blindspot as it 'build, baby, builds'?
We interrogate these issues with author and journalist @katharineq.bsky.social.
Listen now 🎧 podfollow.com/ends
But could it be @teamlabouruk.bsky.social's blindspot as it 'build, baby, builds'?
We interrogate these issues with author and journalist @katharineq.bsky.social.
Listen now 🎧 podfollow.com/ends
Reform UK has renewed a pledge to block future renewable energy projects after the government approved plans for what will be the UK’s largest solar farm on a site within a county council area controlled by the party ⬇️
Reform UK issues threat to renewables investors after ministers back UK’s largest solar farm
Reform UK has renewed a pledge to block future renewable energy projects after the government approved plans for what will be the UK’s largest solar farm on a site within a county council area control...
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October 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Reform UK has renewed a pledge to block future renewable energy projects after the government approved plans for what will be the UK’s largest solar farm on a site within a county council area controlled by the party ⬇️
"This kind of scattergun policymaking doesn’t give businesses or investors the certainty they need to drive growth..." - @rspb.bsky.social
A fresh wave of proposed changes to the Planning Bill has prompted warnings from ecologists.
Here's what you need to know ⬇️
A fresh wave of proposed changes to the Planning Bill has prompted warnings from ecologists.
Here's what you need to know ⬇️
‘A shambles’: Government blasted over ‘last minute, scattergun’ changes to Planning Bill
Proposed government changes to the Planning Bill allowing Natural England not to provide advice to councils when requested to do so risks planning decisions being made ‘without the ecological evidence...
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October 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"This kind of scattergun policymaking doesn’t give businesses or investors the certainty they need to drive growth..." - @rspb.bsky.social
A fresh wave of proposed changes to the Planning Bill has prompted warnings from ecologists.
Here's what you need to know ⬇️
A fresh wave of proposed changes to the Planning Bill has prompted warnings from ecologists.
Here's what you need to know ⬇️