{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6177c48df62eb80013741032/6a98172a3e79af5f48d82606?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Tories take on the Climate Change Act as Habitat Regulations face change ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6177c48df62eb80013741032/1788352309637-490f6872-6474-4525-8375-d4221081cba8.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Successive governments have tried to undermine the Habitat Regulations as red tape that needs to be cut.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Most recently, critics have pointed to <a href=\"https://www.endsreport.com/article/1903903/government-confirms-timeline-major-planning-bill-set-amend-habitats-regulations\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">attacks on the regulations</a> made under the previous Starmer administration, including the&nbsp; Planning and Infrastructure Act and legislation set to be brought forward following the Fingleton Review.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Those who want to water down the legislation point to data on <a href=\"https://www.endsreport.com/article/1838956/extinction-declines-hope-10-key-trends-highlighted-landmark-state-nature-report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">falling species abundance</a>, arguing the regulations aren’t working anyway.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>But in a new report published by The Wildlife Trusts, Matt Browne, head of public affairs, joins podcast host James Agyepong-Parsons to discuss why the charity is arguing for&nbsp; the regulations to be kept safe and what needs to happen next to do that.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>ENDS Report senior journalist Shosha Adie also discusses the Conservative Party’s latest attacks on net zero and their attempts to repeal the Climate Change Act 2008.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>PLUS</strong></p><ul><li>Dame Angela Eagle’s pushback against Reform UK’s <a href=\"https://www.endsreport.com/article/1968640/reform-uk-response-climate-change-fuelled-heatwaves-insulting-says-eagle\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">climate denial</a>. </li><li><br></li><li>The Kidlington “<a href=\"https://www.endsreport.com/article/1968635/kidlington-22000-tonne-mountain-waste-cleared\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">super waste dump</a>” in Oxfordshire that has been cleared. </li><li><br></li><li>And the Government’s new <a href=\"https://www.endsreport.com/article/1968500/less-sticking-plaster-defra-launches-new-air-pollution-text-alerts-service\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">air pollution</a> alert system.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p>The ECO Chamber is brought to you by the journalists of ENDS Report.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Environmental Data Services (ENDS)"}