
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Do we have to choose between conserving nature and growing the economy?
The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been complaining about the £100m being spent on a tunnel to stop bats being squished by trains on the HS2 railway line. A debate about whether looking after the environment is getting in the way of developing Britain's infrastructure has ensued.
Is nature conservation getting in the way of economic growth - and can there only be one winner?
Presenter: Adam Fleming
By BBC Radio 42.7
66 ratings
Do we have to choose between conserving nature and growing the economy?
The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been complaining about the £100m being spent on a tunnel to stop bats being squished by trains on the HS2 railway line. A debate about whether looking after the environment is getting in the way of developing Britain's infrastructure has ensued.
Is nature conservation getting in the way of economic growth - and can there only be one winner?
Presenter: Adam Fleming

885 Listeners

1,990 Listeners

42 Listeners

71 Listeners

43 Listeners

78 Listeners

115 Listeners

630 Listeners

729 Listeners

3,046 Listeners

976 Listeners

867 Listeners

46 Listeners

100 Listeners

53 Listeners