On this week’s ECO Chamber, special guest Jo Morley – the head of campaigns and advocacy at Surfers Against Sewage – joins podcast host James Agyepong-Parsons and ENDS Report’s senior reporter, Shosha Adie, to discuss the new docuseries on sewage pollution.

Last year, 124,717 hours of sewage poured into England’s bathing waters with 1,236 people reporting sickness after using the water. Can greater public awareness change this?

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The team also discusses why campaigners River Action applied for a judicial review against watchdog Natural Resources Wales’ decision to approve the expansion of three intensive poultry units in Powys.

Plus, the UK’s biggest onshore wind farm in a decade has moved one step closer to creation, Scotland’s largest salmon farm has been given the green light in a protected nature area, and the hundreds of seabirds have washed up on England’s coastlines.

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On 15 February 1996, the Sea Empress oil tanker ran aground off the Welsh coastline. It released tens of thousands of tonnes of crude oil into the waterway and left an indelible mark on environmental action.

On this week’s ECO Chamber, special guest Jamie Bevan from the Natural Resources Wales watchdog, joins host James Agyepong-Parsons and ENDS Report deputy editor Tess Colley, to discuss what it was like on the ground.

The team also discusses the news that Reform UK is eyeing up the prospect of some new nature policies, with Boris Johnson ally and nature campaigner Ben Goldsmith in talks to advise the party.

Plus, why campaigners claim the nuclear taskforce’s proposal to scrap the protected landscapes duty was not evidence based, the lawyers saying the government’s new plan to rescue an infamous Yorkshire stream lacks depth, and why native crayfish have been dying for reasons unknown.

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Following the update, the government must for the first time bed in the Environmental Principles Policy Statement when assessing the costs, benefits and risks of its policies and programmes across Whitehall.

On this week’s ECO Chamber, special guest Ellie Strike from the Office for Environmental Protection, joins host James Agyepong-Parsons and ENDS Report news editor Pippa Neill, to discuss the impacts of the move.

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Plus, the team discusses why a Welsh council is buying up flood-hit homes, the beavers taking up residence in the south-west of England, Scotland’s Ecocide Bill, and DEFRA’s plea to the OEP to be more innovative…

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