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🔹 Planning Act changes 🔹 Net gain exemptions 🔹 PFAS action plan 🔹 Land Use Framework 🔹 Water ‘super regulator’ 🔹 Circular Economy Growth Plan 🔹 PM2.5 planning guidance Prepare for 2026 with our special preview of UK green policy ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/194410…

The global market in 🤖 artificial intelligence is projected to hit $4.8 trillion by 2033, says @UNCTAD. 🎧Listen to @J_J_Carpenter & @Jamesxparsons on how AI is being adopted in the UK environment sector in the latest 🎙️ ECO Chamber podcast now ⚡️ ➡️pod.fo/e/373e61

The Environment Agency has identified a person responsible for turning a Yorkshire stream blue, but experts say a larger challenge with enforcing drainage rules is to blame ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/194431…

A law firm is “gathering views” on the implications of the government rejecting all protected species recommendations from the UK’s wildlife agencies, in a move described by ecologists as “highly unusual” and “profoundly disrespectful” to scientists ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/194427…

Did you have a good Christmas break? 🎄 Here are the environmental stories you might have missed over the festive season, from chemical consultation responses, a new national ‘river walk’ and Planning Act details... ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/194412…

Our latest ECO Chamber⚡️ podcast investigates social class in the UK environment sector. With 🐦‍⬛RAVEN networks' @Buteblackbird 🏡@ISEPglobal's chief @mukherjee_sarah 𖣘@_WCCA founder @ER_Roberts_ and 🌿@BES_SEEDNet co-lead @DrCiaraDwyer Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/368517

Happy New Year! 🎊 A pop star, the lead for an independent review of DEFRA, civil servants, professionals and key green charity figures have been recognised in the King’s New Year Honours list for 2026. Here’s what you need to know…⬇️ endsreport.com/article/194412…

The government is proposing to drop its restrictions on the designation of certain types of protected land as 'grey belt', removing a layer of protection from developers. What you need to know ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/194382…

Biodiversity net gain 🌿 is set for substantial revisions in 2026 with small developers exempt from the flagship policy... Listen as special guest lawyer @AlexaCulver joins @TessColley & @Jamesxparsons on the 🎧 ECO Chamber podcast. Listen now 🎙️ pod.fo/e/369b62

Few things have been as controversial for the environment sector this year as the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which recently received the royal stamp of approval. It’s a tough pill to swallow for many and it won't be the last, writes @TessColley ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/194358…

Meanwhile, campaigner @WriterHannahBT has called out the government for proposing to support the introduction of swift bricks in new homes under national planning policy, rather than supporting a mandatory requirement under the new Planning Act ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/194341…

The Planning and Infrastructure Bill has received royal assent this morning, bringing in sweeping controversial reforms to environmental protections ⚠️ Here's what you need to know ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/194353…

The government has announced changes to biodiversity net gain for small sites and energy efficiency in a fresh overhaul of planning rules. Here's what you need to know ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/194332…

Our latest podcast on being working class in the environment sector is live⚡️ with - 🐦‍⬛RAVEN networks' @Buteblackbird 🏗️@ISEPglobal's chief @mukherjee_sarah 𖣘 @_WCCA founder @ER_Roberts_ and 🍃@BES_SEEDNet co-lead @DrCiaraDwyer 🎧 Listen now pod.fo/e/368517

BREAKING ⚠️ The government will introduce an exemption to biodiversity net gain for sites up to 0.2ha in size as part of a series of “regulatory easements”. Here's what you need to know about the BNG reforms that have just been announced ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/194330…

EXCLUSIVE: Exempting small sites from biodiversity net gain“will be quite a clear breach of the polluter pays principle”, former DEFRA secretary George Eustice has told ENDS, adding that it is a “great shame" that newts and bats are "always scapegoated” ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/194315…

A local council has said that “regulatory investigations are still ongoing” into any health impacts as a result of PFAS pollution from a firefighting foam factory located in what has been described as the most PFAS polluted town in the UK ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/194300…

A study that had a “significant impact on regulatory decision-making” for the herbicide agent, glyphosate, has been formally retracted after a legal battle shed doubt on its validity, raising questions over whether the substance should be re-approved ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/194290…

A recent High Court decision to dismiss a legal challenge against the expansion of Luton airport has clarified aspects of the Finch Supreme Court ruling on downstream greenhouse gas emissions, legal experts have said ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/194267…

This week's ECO Chamber is live⚡️ with guest Georgia Dent of the @SomersetWT on the Fingleton Review... "You can't just destroy [nature] and then stick a few trees in at the end and go, 'look, we've covered off the biodiversity.'" Listen now 🎧: pod.fo/e/3638a4