Show Notes
Successive governments have tried to undermine the Habitat Regulations as red tape that needs to be cut.
Most recently, critics have pointed to attacks on the regulations made under the previous Starmer administration, including the Planning and Infrastructure Act and legislation set to be brought forward following the Fingleton Review.
Those who want to water down the legislation point to data on falling species abundance, arguing the regulations aren’t working anyway.
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 the regulations to be kept safe and what needs to happen next to do that.
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.
PLUS Dame Angela Eagle’s pushback against Reform UK’s climate denial.
The Kidlington “super waste dump” in Oxfordshire that has been cleared.
And the Government’s new air pollution alert system.
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