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The UK’s no. 1 source of news, scoops & analysis on environment and climate policy for environmental professionals - and the journalists behind the ECO Chamber podcast.

Find us at: https://www.endsreport.com/
The search is on for the 100 most influential and effective UK environmental professionals. Can you help us find them?

Our ENDS Power List is now open for nominations. Make yours here...

➡️ surveys.haymarket.com/s3/The-ENDS-... ⬅️

...and read on to find out who we are looking for 👇
January 14, 2026 at 11:24 AM
This year's King’s New Year Honours List for 2026 is out.

A pop star, a policy mandarin and several green leaders like @craigbennett3.bsky.social all got their 🏅 green gongs.

We discuss who's on the list alongside an AI deep-dive on the latest 🎧 ECO Chamber podcast out now.

🎙️ pod.fo/e/373e61
January 9, 2026 at 2:10 PM
The global market in 🤖 artificial intelligence is projected to hit $4.8 trillion by 2033, says the UN.

🎧Listen to @jamiecarpenter.bsky.social & @jamesxparsons.bsky.social on how AI is being adopted in the UK environment sector in the latest 🎙️ ECO Chamber podcast now ⚡️

➡️https://pod.fo/e/373e61
January 7, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Our latest ECO Chamber⚡️ podcast investigates social class in the UK environment sector.

With exclusive insights from 🐦‍⬛ RAVEN networks' Nadia Shaikh.

🏗️ ISEP's chief Sarah Mukherjee MBE

𖣘 WCCA founder Emma River-Roberts and

🍃 BES' SEED co-lead Dr Ciara Dwyer Dwyer

Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/368517
January 5, 2026 at 2:51 PM
"Here's DEFRA trying to coordinate and steer a ship of delivery.. at the very same time... the captain of government mak[es] a speech, which by all interpretations could be seen as undermining that agenda."

Listen to @ruthchambers.bsky.social on DEFRA's latest EIP.

🎧 podfollow.com/ends
December 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"It changes the power dynamics quite dramatically in the negotiation room because the power that the US held is now being filled by others and... they are rarely in favour of climate action.

"And that's a big problem."

Dr Timo Leiter from the @granthamicl.bsky.social for this week's podcast
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The latest ECO Chamber podcast is live ⚡️

As the team discusses the next stages for the Kidlington mountain of plastic waste ⛰️ and the latest political critiques of the Planning Bill.

This and more on episode #⃣165

🎧https://pod.fo/e/355d90
November 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The ECO Chamber episode on the Planning Bill is live ⚡ with podcast guest Ben Kite of @cieem.bsky.social
said:

"It's a bit of sleight of hand on behalf of the government... it's been resistant to the notion that the mitigation hierarchy should apply to EDPs..."

Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/351561
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The latest ECO Chamber episode on the Planning Bill is live ⚡

Podcast guest Ben Kite of @cieem.bsky.social said: "So it takes all the sensible principles of the application of environmental policy and puts them in the bin as far as I'm concerned."

Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/351561
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
What are the implications of a new nature law ruling?

Find out on this week's ECO Chamber podcast ⚡️

🎧https://podfollow.com/ends
October 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Flooding is the UK’s most frequent natural disaster, affecting people, properties and businesses.

But could it be @teamlabouruk.bsky.social's blindspot as it 'build, baby, builds'?

We interrogate these issues with author and journalist @katharineq.bsky.social.

Listen now 🎧 podfollow.com/ends
October 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Have you listened to the ⚡️latest ECO Chamber podcast?

Get the ENDS rundown of the 🔵 The Conservative Party and 🟢Green Party of England and Wales' positions on environmental policy now.

🎧 podfollow.com/ends
October 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The latest ECO Chamber podcast is live ⚡️ with exclusive insights from our journalists returning from the Conservative & @greenparty.org.uk conferences.

Why does Kemi Badenoch want her party to leave the Climate Change Act? And how has it gone down?

Listen now 🎧 podfollow.com/ends
October 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"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 ⚠️
October 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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
October 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🏛️ 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 ⬇️

www.endsreport.com/article/1931...
October 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
🚨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 ⬇️

solidaritycafe.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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 ⬇️

www.endsreport.com/article/1931...
September 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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 ⬇️

www.endsreport.com/article/1931...
September 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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 ⬇️

www.endsreport.com/article/1931...
September 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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
September 22, 2025 at 11:14 AM
🎙️ @richardbenwell.bsky.social (WCL)
🎙️ @ruthchambers.bsky.social (Green Alliance)
🎙️ @alastairchisholm.bsky.social (CIWEM)
🎙️ Sally Hayns (CIEEM)
🎙️ Penny Simpson (Freeths)
🎙️ David Symons (WSP)

They all shared their views on the environmental battles ahead 🔮
September 22, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Coming soon! A new podcast, Boy Wasted, tells the story of a boy found shredded in a Turkish recycling factory

The investigation reveals the shocking truth of the global plastic waste trade

Stream the full series on ENDS Report's Eco Chamber podcast feed from September 16.
September 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
A bale of plastic.
A mystery body.
A global investigation.

Boy Wasted - a new true-crime series - out next week.

Subscribe to the Eco Chamber podcast now wherever you get your podcasts to get it in your feed.
September 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The ECO Chamber podcast is live ⚡️ with an exclusive from @tesscolley.bsky.social on the 🧪chemical giants lobbying for PFAS freedoms with arguments of 🍨 hot fudge sundaes and honey.

Listen now 🎧

podfollow.com/ends
September 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM