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‘Emergency meeting’ held over DEFRA green policy ‘chaos’, say reports

A lack of knowledge among DEFRA’s new ministers has been blamed for the green policy 'chaos' of the last week, according to reports, which has seen green groups hit out against what they term the government’s 'attack on nature' and comes as the Scottish government condemns Westminster’s 'reckless attitude to legislation'

EDF seeks to postpone closure of two UK nuclear plants beyond 2024

Beavers gain legal protection in England: 8 things you need to know

Water fleas could be the key to preventing chemical pollution in waterways, study finds

Cost of secondary plastic making it ‘extremely difficult’ for manufacturers to create recycled packaging, experts warn

England’s reservoirs at 52% capacity as Cumbria and Lancashire edge towards drought

‘Incomplete and contradictory’: Doubt cast over DEFRA mass crab death explanation after report from leading universities

Analysis

To rewild or restore? How semantics is driving a wedge between conservationists

Who's killing Britain's rivers?

The ENDS view on the ‘attack on nature’... nature is already under attack, and its defenders need weapons

Is the plastic packaging tax working as intended?

How a ruling against the Environment Agency could derail the government's deregulatory agenda

Is DEFRA’s sewage dumping plan unlawful?

A green and poisoned land? The pesticide chokehold on the UK countryside

‘Be afraid’: Will Liz Truss trash green policy?

Is EIA reform ‘opening the door to environmental regression’?

The Dirty Man of Europe: Is the UK on a course to reprise its former title?

ECO CHAMBER podcast

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ECO CHAMBER PODCAST: DEFRA's ministerial massacre, ENDS on film, and Charles the climate king

Packham's provocation, Truss's triumph and how England's sewage hit Europe's fan

Brexit shredders, freeport fears and the invasion of the spider crabs

Feargal's fury, beaver fever and heatwave hellscapes

Ep16: Zombie government, octopus explosion and dodgy green goals

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Interviews

Watchdog unleashed: Natalie Prosser on how the OEP is already having an impact

Interview: NFU president Minette Batters on why we’re all complicit in farm pollution

Interview: The chair of Scotland’s new green watchdog talks about plans for investigations and maintaining independence

Interview: Delivering a huge road-building programme in the face of the climate crisis

Interview: Rebecca Pow on the great British sewage scandal

Interview: Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta on why we need to place a value on nature

Case studies

'It's like writing a book': How a seaweed farm successfully won millions of pounds of BEIS funding

The debrief: How a beaver reintroduction project transformed a polluted protected site in Cheshire

The debrief: How the Greater Manchester Authority mapped the natural habitat on its doorstep

The debrief: How a restoration project removed 150 tonnes of plastic from a Lake District river

The debrief: How a coastal flood defence project successfully piloted a new global standard for nature-based solutions

The debrief: How reuniting a Scottish burn with its floodplain is expected to deliver wider environmental benefits

The debrief: How a habitat restoration project is delivering environmental gains with a growing focus on carbon storage

The debrief: How a renewable energy scheme is seeking to use water from a disused coal mine to deliver low-carbon heat

The debrief: How a flood defence project plans to protect an industrial hub and deliver environmental gain

The debrief: How a university campus is paving the way for a 100% hydrogen gas network

Data & insight

MAPPED: Liz Truss's ‘attack on nature’ – where investment zones and protected sites collide

SEVERN: The 10 storm overflows that dumped the most sewage in the river’s catchment in 2021

SEVERN: The locations where raw sewage was dumped into the river’s catchment in 2021

How the climate watchdog has graded the government’s progress towards net zero

MAPPED: The councils which saw the most sewage discharged in their areas in 2021

MAPPED: The UK’s plastic waste exports

DEFRA's ministerial massacre,
ENDS on film, and
Charles the climate king

The ECO Chamber podcast, Episode 20

SPECIAL REPORT Clean Cities Index

The ENDS Clean Cities Index 2022: Overall rankings

Which is the cleanest city in England? Which scores best for air pollution? Where are the most eco-friendly residents? View the Clean Cities Index in full to find out.

Clean Cities Index 2022: England’s 10 dirtiest cities revealed

MAPPED: The sewage pollution hotspots in England's major towns and cities

MAPPED: England's brownfield sites

MAPPED: The best major towns and cities in England for green spaces

MAPPED: 20 years of English pollution incidents

Legal comment

Legal comment: Nutrient neutrality in the courts - the limits of precaution

Legal comment: Why the courts will not intervene when it comes to a water company’s duty to invest in sewage infrastructure

Legal comment: How the government’s defeat on its Net Zero Strategy shows the teeth of the Climate Change Act

Why environmental non-compliance can have legal consequences outside of fines and community service

Legal comment: Why courts are reluctant to challenge regulator decisions

How a ruling on charity law demonstrates a societal shift on investing in polluters

SPECIAL REPORTS

The policy changes and compliance deadlines that need to be on your radar in the next three months

The ENDS Briefing: biodiversity net gain

Why Exeter has topped the ENDS Clean Cities Index 2022

Power List 2022: the UK's 100 most influential environmental professionals

Environment Bill briefing

Power List

Power List 2022: the UK's 100 most influential environmental professionals

Power List 2022: The unsung heroes making a difference

Power List 2022: The campaigners who are shaping green policy and legislation

Power List 2022: The most influential environmental consultants

Power List 2022: The environmental professionals leading the way in the public sector

Power List 2022: The most impactful environmental lawyers

Power List 2022: The private sector pioneers

Fines Monitor

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Click through to view a live table containing details of tens of millions of pounds of financial penalties issued by regulators in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland for breaches of environmental regulations

AN ENDS REPORT WEBINAR

The UK's emerging
green governance
landscape

Available on demand

Hear speakers from the Office for Environmental Protection and Environmental Standards Scotland discuss the UK's emerging green governance arrangements at this free to view webinar. We discuss what’s happened so far, the early priorities for the UK’s new green watchdogs, and what environmental professionals can expect to come.