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"The targets are there for a reason. They are [there] to hold government's feet to the fire..." This week Green Alliance's senior fellow Ruth Chambers was on to the ECOChamber podcast to discuss the government's ailing progress on halting nature's decline. Listen now🎧

Provisions in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will facilitate a ‘shift in responsibility’ for the oversight of environmental outcomes away from DEFRA, with ‘potentially catastrophic environmental consequences’, CIEEM ecologists have warned ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/191940…

Biodiversity net gain for major infrastructure projects will not be introduced until May next year, six months later than previously announced, the government has confirmed ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/191959…

A project in Essex is harnessing maps from the 1800s, volunteer surveys, and supportive farmers to unearth ponds with plant life hundreds of years old 💡 Artificial intelligence may yet help uncover more of these ghost ecosystems...⬇️ endsreport.com/article/191958…

All government departments have been told to 'justify their existence' of their quangos. What would happen if DEFRA’s arm’s-length bodies were bought under the direct control of the department? Catherine Early reports ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/191955…

A government-commissioned review has found a “strong case” for the “review, rationalisation and consolidation” of existing water-related legislation - including the water framework directive and urban wastewater treatment regulations... ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/192029…

EXCLUSIVE 🚨 As of March this year, nearly 39% of all waste sector permit applications submitted to the Environment Agency had been pending for over a year. Experts have warned that this backlog is hampering growth and leading to legal complications ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/192037…

Five out of the six water companies which have been banned from paying their executives bonuses this year were blocked under new rules over serious pollution incidents ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/192114…

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook has suggested that the government will make amendments to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill to ‘instil further confidence’ that the legislation will deliver positive environmental outcomes ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/192124…

The Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee has said it is seeking ‘clarity’ on whether regulators will seek to ‘claw back’ executive bonuses - worth 50% of base salary - paid out by Thames Water in April... ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/192131…