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DEFRA vs OEP, the lost infringement cases, PLUS the UK's diverging green policy

Season 2024, Ep. 90

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. For this week’s Big Green News, the team discusses:


  • The on-going beef between the government and the post-Brexit environmental watchdog – the Office for Environmental Protection and this time it's over the state of our waterways.
  • We find out if the move to drop two green infringement cases against the UK means the EU has finally bowed out from pursuing legal challenges over the channel.
  • And knotweed, the seven deadly bins and the new designated bathing water sites, we’ll bring you the news-in-brief.


For our deep-dive, we take a forensic look at how the UK's green policy is diverging not just from the EU but also within the devolved nations.

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