ECO CHAMBER PODCAST: Phantom rules, tardy targets, and Thérèse Coffey’s comeback

Listen as the ENDS Report team examines DEFRA's new ministerial team, the absence of key environmental targets, why permitting delays are driving business batty, the Environment Agency's dwindling enforcement, and the EU's chemicals rules reform.

Every fortnight, the ENDS team runs down the biggest green news stories and takes a forensic look at one of the more deep-rooted environmental issues facing us today.

In this 24th episode, the team explores:

  • De ja vu at DEFRA

  • Why the government hasn't set key green goals

  • How permitting delays are driving businesses up the wall

  • The Environment Agency's dwindling enforcement actionThe EU's revised chemicals rules 

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