Show Notes
On this week’s ECO Chamber, special guest Frankie Mayo, policy analysis and research lead at the energy think tank Ember, joins host James Agyepong-Parsons and ENDS Report news editor Pippa Neill to discuss the conflict between solar power and Reform UK.
Heading into May’s local elections, Reform UK looks set to sweep more than 1,000 seats across England’s councils.
Party deputy, Richard Tice, has vowed to reverse some of the planning decisions made in favour of giant solar projects should they be elected to government. Will Reform UK’s anti-net zero rhetoric affect the outcomes of the upcoming local elections?
The team also discusses the risks posed by proposed AI-data centres in England, which are planned for development in some of the most water stressed areas in the country.
PLUS: One quarter of local nature recovery strategies have not yet been published; outdated’ furniture fire safety rules are set for an overhaul; and plans for the development of the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields could be revived.
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