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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · 21h

The government has denied “untrue” claims that it is considering changes to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill to weaken protections for protected landscapes ⬇️

Government denies it is planning to water down protected landscape rules

The government has denied “untrue” claims that it is considering changes to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill to weaken protections for protected landscapes.

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · 1d

The shadow environment secretary has pledged to scrap the powers contained in Part 3 of the government’s controversial Planning and Infrastructure Bill if in power, describing the bill as an “abomination” ⬇️

‘Abomination’: Tories would scrap Part 3 of the Planning Bill, says shadow DEFRA secretary

Conservative Party Conference: The shadow environment secretary has pledged to scrap the powers contained in Part 3 of the government’s controversial Planning and Infrastructure Bill ...

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · 1d

In the name of energy security, the government is betting big on a largely unestablished innovation... Can it succeed? 🤔

Experts walk ENDS through the obstacles facing the deployment of small modular nuclear reactors in the UK ⬇️

Unpacked: The barriers that could scupper Labour’s ‘golden age’ of small modular nuclear reactors

In the name of energy security, the government is betting big on a largely unestablished innovation. Can it succeed? Experts walk Michael Donnelly through the financial, environmental and political ob...

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · 1d

The Conservative Party leader’s recent pledge to scrap the Climate Change Act is making the party “totally irrelevant”, former Green Party leader @carolinelucas.bsky.social has said ⬇️

Caroline Lucas: Tory party ‘making itself totally irrelevant’ with ‘destructive’ pledge to scrap climate law

The Conservative Party leader’s recent pledge to scrap the Climate Change Act is making the party “totally irrelevant”, former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas has said.

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · 1d

A future Conservative government would scrap the “carbon tax” on energy generation and would end the “racket” of wind farm subsidies, shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho has said ⬇️

Tories pledge to scrap ‘carbon tax’ and end ‘rip-off wind farm subsidies’

Conservative Party Conference: A future Conservative government would scrap the “carbon tax” on energy generation and would end the “racket” of wind farm subsidies, shadow energy secr...

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · 2d

Our investigation reveals that more than 200 boys and men have been killed in recycling factories in Turkey - a top destination for UK waste exports - in the past decade

You can listen to the Boy Wasted podcast in full now wherever you get your podcasts ⬇️ @journalismfund.bsky.social

LISTEN NOW > BOY WASTED: A bale of plastic. A mystery body. A global investigation

There’s a concrete yard with piles of plastic, and lying on the ground is the body of a boy – grotesquely ripped apart. Who was he? And what really happened to him? A team of award-winning investigati...

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · 2d

"Lifting the lid on what happens to our rubbish has never been so grim..."

Thank you @radiotimes.bsky.social for featuring our Boy Wasted podcast today & amplifying this really important topic.

The true crime series follows one death to unravel a global recycling scandal with 100s of casualties ⚠️

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · 2d

Environmental law group ClientEarth has sounded the alarm that Kemi Badenoch’s pledge to leave the European Convention on Human Rights if elected could be “deeply damaging” for nature laws ⬇️

Campaigners warn Tory plan to leave ECHR would be ‘deeply damaging’ for environmental protections

Environmental law group ClientEarth has sounded the alarm that Kemi Badenoch’s pledge to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) if elected could be “deeply damaging” for nature laws.

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Tess Colley @tesscolley.bsky.social · 5d

Catch Adnan Khan & me speaking to @katelaycock.bsky.social from Deutsche Welle's Inside Europe podcast about Boy Wasted - our podcast telling the story of a body found in a bale of plastic in Turkey - and what it has to do with us in western Europe.

At 31 mins 👇
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Inside Europe – DW

A weekly deep dive into the twists and turns of European current affairs, politics and culture, brought to you by Germany’s international broadcaster.

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · 2d

🚨 UK green sector professionals! 40+ crucial dates are coming your way 🚨

Built by analysts from ENDS Compliance Manager and UK PDT, our special report calendar takes you through all the upcoming compliance deadlines and consultations 📆

Check it out ⬇️

YEARBOOK 2025: The green compliance deadlines to prepare for in the coming year

Green legislation requirements, key consultations across UK nations – change is fast approaching environmental professionals in Britain, and it will shape compliance going forward. With our part two c...

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · 3d

New Green Party leader, Zack Polanski, has described the Labour government as “handmaids” of a “dangerous, deceitful politics” being peddled by Reform UK – much of which involves climate scepticism ⬇️

Government ‘failing on climate’ and peddling to ‘dangerous, deceitful politics’, says Green Party leader

New Green Party leader, Zack Polanski, has described the Labour government as “handmaids” of a “dangerous, deceitful politics” being peddled by Reform UK – much of which involves climate scepticism.

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · 6d

Thames Water’s investor group, London & Valley Water consortium, has confirmed that the firm’s substantial outstanding fines will be paid, as part of an ‘improved’ turnaround plan for the company.

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Thames Water lenders pledge to pay pollution fines as part of ‘improved’ rescue plan

Thames Water’s investor group, London & Valley Water consortium, has confirmed that the firm’s substantial outstanding fines will be paid, as part of an ‘improved’ turnaround plan for the company.

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Tess Colley @tesscolley.bsky.social · 6d

Read my comment piece on what I saw at this year's Liverpudlian jambouree, and what it has to say about Labour's thinking on 'nature v housing'..

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I’m back from Labour conference with a new understanding of its approach on nature and building – you may not like it

An ex-No.10 advisor told me Labour’s anti-nature talk was just ‘grit in the oyster’ – could a ‘Nature Bill’ be Starmer’s pearl?

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · 6d

The latest ECO Chamber podcast episode is live ⚡️

With 🔥hot takes from our journalists who gleaned all they could from the @teamlabouruk.bsky.social conference, get the latest intel on ministers' stance on green policies now.

Streaming on all 🎧 major platforms: podfollow.com/ends

ENDS Report @endsreport.com · 7d

🏛️ Environment Act provisions
💧 New regime for water firms
🗑️ Landfill tax changes
🌳 And much, much more

Our new special report unpacks the UK green legislation that has taken effect over the past year, and what it means for you 🔎

Get up to speed ⬇️

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · 7d

The environment secretary, Emma Reynolds, has hit out at Reform UK, calling them ‘climate deniers’ who would put ‘clean energy jobs, nature and the climate at risk’ ⚠️

For more coverage and green news from the Labour Party Conference, check out the ENDS Report homepage at www.endsreport.com💡

Environment secretary hits out at ‘climate deniers’ Reform UK

Labour Party Conference: The environment secretary, Emma Reynolds, has hit out at Reform UK, calling them ‘climate deniers’ who would put ‘clean energy jobs, nature and the climate at...

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Tess Colley @tesscolley.bsky.social · 9d

If govt brings forward a new planning bill it will most likely be a 'Nature Bill' to replace EU-derived nature protections, a former No.10 advisor on housing told me at Lab Party Conference 👇

Gov says 'just speculation', but that's not the feeling on the ground..
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A new planning bill would likely be a ‘Nature Bill’, says former No.10 advisor

Labour Party Conference: If the government brings forward a new planning bill it will most likely be a “Nature Bill” to replace the Habitats Regulations and EU-derived nature protecti...

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · 10d

The ENDS investigation reveals hundreds of boys and men have been killed in recycling factories in Turkey ⚠️

Listen to the Boy Wasted podcast in full now ⬇️
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LISTEN NOW > BOY WASTED: A bale of plastic. A mystery body. A global investigation

There’s a concrete yard with piles of plastic, and lying on the ground is the body of a boy – grotesquely ripped apart. Who was he? And what really happened to him? A team of award-winning investigati...

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · 10d

The government must reframe the problem of plastic waste as a public health emergency rather than just an environmental one, @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social co-executive director has said, describing ENDS’ recent Boy Wasted podcast as a 'prime example of this' ⬇️

ENDS investigation shows plastic waste is a ‘public health emergency’, Labour conference hears

Labour Party Conference: The government must reframe the problem of plastic waste as a public health emergency rather than just an environmental one, the co-executive director of Gree...

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · 13d

The panel, at 2pm on 28 September at the Staybridge Suites in Liverpool, features:

Chair - Barry Gardiner, MP

Tess Colley - ENDS deputy editor
Lucy Taylor - producer at Smoke Trail
Will McCallum - Greenpeace UK
Dan Cooke - Chartered Institute of Waste Management

Join us!

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · 13d

🚨Are you going to Labour Party Conference?

On Sunday, ENDS' @tesscolley.bsky.social,
will be speaking on a panel at 2pm to discuss our new true crime podcast, Boy Wasted, and the issue of plastic exports, crime, and recycling.

Join her at Solidarity Cafe ⬇️

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · 13d

Can Labour reform green regulators without breaking them?

Top observers believe that major change is coming for the Environment Agency, @naturalengland.bsky.social and others by the next general election 🗳️

Full story here ⬇️

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · 14d

Policy change, political chaos – both are a reality for the UK green sector under Labour ⏳

Prepare with our new report:

🎯 40+ policies unpacked
🎯 40+ deadlines coming up
🎯 Experts on Labour’s tests
🎯 The government’s next moves

Read it here ⬇️

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · 15d

Can Labour stage a housing boom that doesn’t weaken nature protections? Will it want to, when the pressure builds to hit housing targets?

Top experts share their take for our special report 🏘️

Read it here ⬇️

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · 16d

This piece is part of our new special report (Yearbook 2025), which will launch in full this Wednesday

Check our homepage then for our 🏛️ recap of new legislation in force, 📆 our calendar of compliance deadlines, and 🎙️ our exclusive interviews on Labour’s next green moves