A "mountain of illegal plastic waste" has been dumped on a floodplain near the A34 in Oxfordshire ⚠️ Local MP @calummillerld.bsky.social & campaigners have called for urgent action to protect the river Cherwell, a tributary of the Thames, but the clean up costs are estimated to be in the millions ⬇️

The ECO Chamber episode on the Planning Bill is live ⚡ with podcast guest Ben Kite of @cieem.bsky.social said: "It's a bit of sleight of hand on behalf of the government... it's been resistant to the notion that the mitigation hierarchy should apply to EDPs..." Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/351561

The House of Commons has voted to remove key amendments to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill on the scope of Environmental Delivery Plans and on protections for chalk streams ⬇️

The Welsh government has announced a raft of amendments to its flagship Environment Bill 💡 Here's what you need to know ⬇️

The latest ECO Chamber episode on the Planning Bill is live ⚡ Podcast guest Ben Kite of @cieem.bsky.social said: "So it takes all the sensible principles of the application of environmental policy and puts them in the bin as far as I'm concerned." Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/351561

A proposal from the Cunliffe review could see greater uptake of nature-based solutions, according to the Environment Agency’s business lead ⬇️

It is 'untrue' that a last-minute government amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will see the mitigation hierarchy 'killed', according to the government, as peers send the bill back to the House of Commons ⬇️

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 ⬇️

"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

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… ⬇️

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 ⬇️

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 ⬇️

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 ⬇️

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 ⬇️

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 ⬇️

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 ⬇️

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 ⚡️ 🎧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 ⬇️

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 ⬇️

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 ⚠️

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 ⬇️

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 ⬇️

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. 4 www.endsreport.com/toxic

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 ⬇️

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

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 ⬇️

So Greenpeace UK 🐳 has threatened the 👑 The Crown Estate with legal action over claims that the public body is using its monopoly to massively boost the estate’s profits at the expense of offshore wind developers and bill payers. MORE 📚 on ENDS ➡️ www.endsreport.com/article/1935...

Have you listened to the ⚡️latest ECO Chamber podcast? Get the ENDS rundown of the 🔵 The Conservative Party and 🟢Green Party of England and Wales' positions on environmental policy now. 🎧 podfollow.com/ends

More than 20 plastic recycling facilities in the UK have shut down in the past two years with industry sources blaming the export of plastic waste overseas and low virgin plastic, an analysis has found ⬇️

The latest ECO Chamber podcast is live ⚡️ with exclusive insights from our journalists returning from the Conservative & @greenparty.org.uk conferences. Why does Kemi Badenoch want her party to leave the Climate Change Act? And how has it gone down? Listen now 🎧 podfollow.com/ends

💡EXCLUSIVE 💡 Two banned PFAS forever chemicals are being found at consistently higher levels in waterways within one kilometer of landfills across England, unpublished data commissioned by the Environment Agency and obtained by ENDS has revealed ⬇️

Further soil testing for the forever chemical PFOA is due to take place near a Lancashire chemical plant that ENDS recently uncovered is still producing the carcinogenic pollutant as a by-product ⚠️

The government has denied “untrue” claims that it is considering changes to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill to weaken protections for protected landscapes ⬇️

The shadow environment secretary has pledged to scrap the powers contained in Part 3 of the government’s controversial Planning and Infrastructure Bill if in power, describing the bill as an “abomination” ⬇️

In the name of energy security, the government is betting big on a largely unestablished innovation... Can it succeed? 🤔 Experts walk ENDS through the obstacles facing the deployment of small modular nuclear reactors in the UK ⬇️

The Conservative Party leader’s recent pledge to scrap the Climate Change Act is making the party “totally irrelevant”, former Green Party leader @carolinelucas.bsky.social has said ⬇️

A future Conservative government would scrap the “carbon tax” on energy generation and would end the “racket” of wind farm subsidies, shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho has said ⬇️

"Lifting the lid on what happens to our rubbish has never been so grim..." Thank you @radiotimes.bsky.social for featuring our Boy Wasted podcast today & amplifying this really important topic. The true crime series follows one death to unravel a global recycling scandal with 100s of casualties ⚠️

Environmental law group ClientEarth has sounded the alarm that Kemi Badenoch’s pledge to leave the European Convention on Human Rights if elected could be “deeply damaging” for nature laws ⬇️

Catch Adnan Khan & me speaking to @katelaycock.bsky.social from Deutsche Welle's Inside Europe podcast about Boy Wasted - our podcast telling the story of a body found in a bale of plastic in Turkey - and what it has to do with us in western Europe. At 31 mins 👇 www.dw.com/en/inside-eu...

🚨 UK green sector professionals! 40+ crucial dates are coming your way 🚨 Built by analysts from ENDS Compliance Manager and UK PDT, our special report calendar takes you through all the upcoming compliance deadlines and consultations 📆 Check it out ⬇️

New Green Party leader, Zack Polanski, has described the Labour government as “handmaids” of a “dangerous, deceitful politics” being peddled by Reform UK – much of which involves climate scepticism ⬇️

Thames Water’s investor group, London & Valley Water consortium, has confirmed that the firm’s substantial outstanding fines will be paid, as part of an ‘improved’ turnaround plan for the company. www.endsreport.com/article/1934...

Read my comment piece on what I saw at this year's Liverpudlian jambouree, and what it has to say about Labour's thinking on 'nature v housing'.. @endsreport.com www.endsreport.com/article/1934...