Eco Chamber

Natural England chief's 'epic misunderstanding' and historic landfill headache

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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy.

This week, ENDS journalists discuss:

• The accusations levelled against Natural England chief executive Marian Spain who has been described as having an “epic misunderstanding” of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill and its potential negative impact on wildlife.

• And new analysis of how often historic landfills have flooded over the past 25 years and their potential impact on our health. 

Plus, we breakdown the National Audit Office's warning that DEFRA and its regulators are failing to manage the risks facing the water sector, the Liverpool Bay carbon capture project, and the salad plant accused of polluting a rare chalk stream…

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