Barclay’s burner bother, beaver builders PLUS Tories driven batty by Natural England
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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK's biggest green news stories, and take a forensic look at one of the deep-rooted environmental issues facing us today. For this week's big green news, the team discusses: Why Environment Secretary Steve Barclay’s department DEFRA has called time on approving any new energy from waste plants while he himself has been burned in connection to an incinerator in his own patch.The EA’s first ever chief regulator, who are they and what's their plan to help the regulator? And the good news that beavers are building a new landscape in Essex. We’ll be taking a look at what’s been going on at the Spains Hall Estate.  For our deep dive, we’ll be exploring the complexities of the Norwich Western Link road where a super colony of protected barbastelle bats are at the centre of a construction dispute between the Conservative-run council and wildlife regulator Natural England.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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