Every week, 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 35th episode, the team explores:

• The implications of the Government's "Green Day", including a look at the 40+ documents and reforms.
• What's new in the biodiversity metric 4.0 for ecologists. 
• And the implications of DEFRA's plan to combat water pollution. 
• The legacy of Sir James Bevan who stood down as the chief executive of the Environment Agency in March.

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Every week, 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 34th episode, the team explores:

• Why Scotland may be heading towards a plastics disaster if its nascent deposit return scheme is stymied.
• The importance of the government’s latest set of EIA reforms for the natural environment.
• And the implications of a £1,000-plus fine issued in Wales for illegally destroying three acres of dormouse habitat.

We'll also be speaking to water campaigner Hugo Tagholm of Oceana UK on:

• Why he’s taking the government to court
• The reasons why we don’t want to nationalise water companies right now
• And the next battle fronts for water policy.

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Every week, 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 33rd episode, the team explores:

• Why some of our most hazardous sites aren’t being properly regulated
• The treasury’s budget statement against the backdrop of industrial action
• A changing of the guard in the Environment Agency as we bid farewell to Sir James Bevan
• The science behind Sir David Attenborough's BBC series Wild Isles

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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 32nd episode, the team explores:

• Why DEFRA has axed its plans to merge its environmental watchdogs and change the ways it designates protected land
• The government’s latest vision for its flagship biodiversity net gain policy
• New evidence of shrew-eating spiders in south England
• Revelations of PFAS contamination in the UK and the big take homes from the ENDS's first webinar on PFAS
• Why Germany, Poland and Italy are up in arms about the internal combustion engine.

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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 31st episode, the team explores:

• How harmful PM2.5 levels are on the rise due to a proliferation of wood-burners. 
• Why the government has tweaked its own data on air quality and ammonia emissions. 
• The good news that more farmers are signing up to DEFRA's subsidy scheme ELMs. 
• Why Shell's directors are being sued over their climate acumen and regulators in Europe taking action to attempt a blanket ban on toxic Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

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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 30th episode, the team explores:

• what's in DEFRA's shiny new environmental improvement plan
• how the department is going to deal with 1,200 newly-discovered pieces of retained EU law
• why Environment Agency officers are preparing for strike action later this week
• the policy outlook for the UK's energy-from-waste industry
• and the EU's response to the US government’s multi-billion dollar support package for green technology projects

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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 29th episode, the team explores:

• why the green watchdog has sunk its teeth into the government's environmental track record
• the progress of ministers' plans to ignite a bonfire of retained EU laws
• how a rewilding project in Dorset has faced an unexpected hiccup
• what can be done to fix what critics are describing as DEFRA's "culture of delay"
• and why a landmark European ruling on pesticides could have far-reaching implications

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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 28th episode, the team explores:

•    whether DEFRA has really kicked its water quality targets downstream
•    a grisly court case involving wildlife crime in deepest, darkest Dorset
•    why Environment Agency workers will be taking strike action later this month
•    how some of the country’s biggest housebuilders are seeking to weaken biodiversity net gain reforms
•    and what to expect to see on the EU environmental policy front in 2023

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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 27the episode, the team explores:

- The ongoing attack on green laws

- The staffing crisis at the environmental regulators

- DEFRA’s unlawful net zero strategy

- The EU’s energy reforms

- The year’s heroes, villains and biggest gaffes

- The launch of Watershed Investigations

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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 26th episode, ENDS interviews the Wildlife Trusts' chief executive about the government's 'attack on nature

• The team also explores:
• The odds of success for a new ecology bill
• The pros and cons of tidal power
• The Legal challenges to DEFRA's sewage reduction plan
• The EU's energy charter treaty

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