{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6177c48df62eb80013741032/67597805c2a496b7a3264bfa?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Labour's most wanted: bats and newts cop the blame for the housing crisis","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6177c48df62eb80013741032/1733924086108-2954a9e8-671c-413f-a4b3-064956b69b1a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>This week, ENDS journalists look at:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Why the language used by prime minister Sir Keir Starmer and his deputy Angela Rayner in the last week in reference to nature protections has prompted a strong backlash from major environmental NGOs.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>For the news-in-brief: Shell has formed a joint venture with Equinor to ‘extend the life’ of North Sea oil and gas production; Campaigners are disappointed over the housing secretary's green light for M&amp;S’s flagship redevelopment; and the Office for Environmental Protection’s chief executive is “quite astonished by how much environmental law is not complied with”.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>For this week's deep-dive, the team explores what the 6,000 abstraction licence breaches recorded in past decade tell us.</p>","author_name":"Environmental Data Services (ENDS)"}