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Will the Pacific ‘blob’ turbocharge UK winters? Scientists on the impacts of a potential weather link

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Government ‘drawing up guidance to end over-the-top application of Habitats Regulations’

The government is understood to be working on new guidance on the application of the Habitats Regulations on the basis that the way the regulations are being applied is 'a bit over-the-top', DEFRA non-executive director, Dan Corry, has told peers

    

Welsh government sets out ‘one-in-a-generation’ water sector reforms

‘A roadmap to nowhere’: PFAS plan’s lack of ‘concrete actions’ met with disappointment from campaigners

Ministry of Justice sees judicial review reform proposals as ‘anything but modest’, says Fingleton Review author

Limits, restrictions, maps: PFAS plan sets out government plans to tackle forever chemicals

Former Environment Agency board member named as OEP interim chair

Residents advised not to eat eggs from birds reared near Lancashire PFAS factory

‘Flux is not helpful’: Inconsistent policies are damaging biodiversity goals for offshore wind, warns industry figure

EXCLUSIVE: DEFRA to publish new standards for most ‘hazardous’ PFAS chemicals this week

Needle moves on racial diversity in environment sector, says report

‘Landmark victory’: Scottish Natural Environment Bill passes into law

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How ecosystem collapse became a national security issue

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Are human rights a route to challenge the EA? The latest Walleys Quarry ruling offers crucial answers

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Why a flood of DEFRA reforms may obstruct Labour’s water sector overhaul

Hefty reviews of DEFRA and its regulators have left it flooded with recommended reforms. Image: ENDS Report/Getty Images

Unpacked: How England’s Planning Act may repeat the mistakes of Australia’s ‘extinction fund’

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ENDS Briefing: The 2026 policy and legal changes to look out for

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Planning Act details and river walks: 7 environmental stories you might have missed over Christmas

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DEFRA review author, a pop star, and wildlife heroes: Who got green gongs in the New Year Honours?

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The Planning and Infrastructure Act is here – let me tell you what happens next

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2025 in penalties: The biggest and baddest green fines – and what types of breaches were the most expensive

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Working class individuals ‘under-represented’ in environmental profession, survey finds

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The 10 biggest ENDS investigations and scoops of 2025

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Why increased monitoring is giving the EA a landfill-related headache

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How long-term energy-from-waste contracts are delaying food waste collections

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What UK climate appellants could learn from a punchy Tesco ruling in Ireland

Nina Pindham is a barrister at Cornerstone Barristers

Was the revised EIP worth the wait?

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Water 'reset' plans

The 65 commitments DEFRA has made to reform the water sector – and what was missing

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UPDATED: All 88 recommendations from the Cunliffe review – and a tracker of which ones have been accepted

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Replacing Ofwat and a future Water Bill: What the water white paper says about the government's plans for the sector

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Water white paper launches in full with measure for new water company ‘supervisory bodies’

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‘Damp squib’: DEFRA to double funding for river catchments but experts warn this is ‘not enough’

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Special report

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UK GREEN POLICY YEARBOOK 2025: The new era of policymaking under Labour – and the green battles ahead

Prepare for new policies, compliance deadlines and the government’s great green tests with our new special report

   

YEARBOOK 2025: The 40+ new UK green policies that came into force over the past year

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YEARBOOK 2025: The green compliance deadlines to prepare for in the coming year

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YEARBOOK 2025: The great green battles Labour will win – and those that will best it

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POWER LIST 2025

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The 2025 ENDS Power List names the 100 UK environmental professionals who have made the greatest impact in the past two years – as nominated by their colleagues, clients and competitors.

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Power List 2025: The UK's 100 most impactful environmental professionals

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Power List 2025: The environmental professionals leading the way in the public sector

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Power List 2025: 10 unsung heroes making a difference

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Power List 2025: The campaigners shaping green policy and legislation

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Power List 2025: The most impactful environmental lawyers

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Power List 2025: The academics shaping the science on environmental issues

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Power List 2025: The most influential environmental consultants

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Power List 2025: The professional influencers driving for change

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Power List 2025: The private sector pioneers

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LISTEN NOW > BOY WASTED: A bale of plastic. A mystery body. A global investigation

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NEW PODCAST EPISODE: Fingleton Review: NGOs rail against controversial nuclear report 'inaccuracies'

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NEW PODCAST EPISODE: Super Regulator: water white paper sets sights on watchdogs

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EP171: ‘Nature law breaker?’: Green watchdog issues warning on key wildlife target

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EP 170: AI and the environment: Is the genie out of the bottle?

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EP169: Silent night: net gain ‘wounded’ in winter overhaul

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PFAS 'forever chemicals'

God's own Dark Waters? How a small Yorkshire town became the most PFAS polluted place in the UK

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How the Environment Agency hamstrung investigations into PFAS contamination

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Firefighting foams firm enlists consultants to test groundwater for PFAS on site

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What would a ban on PFAS firefighting foams actually mean for the 1.6m litres in storage?

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ENDS Briefing: The PFAS Files

WATCH NOW > TOXIC: Britain’s forever polluted rivers and seas

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ENDS briefings

Green-lit uplands? ENDS Labour Briefing: Policies promised, disappeared, and what to expect next

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ENDS Briefing: The PFAS Files

The ENDS Natural Capital Briefing: What can you sell, who’s buying, and what are the risks?

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The ENDS Briefing: biodiversity net gain

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Legal comment

When a plan is not a plan: Why the government lost its appeal against a landmark river ruling

Angus Evers, partner at law firm Shoosmiths LLP

Why Biffa’s DRS case was allowed to proceed – and why the ruling will be one to watch

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Why the chickens have come home to roost after a landmark ruling on manure waste

Katie de Kauwe, senior lawyer with campaigning group Friends of the Earth

Why the ruling on Rosebank and Jackdaw matters beyond oil and gas – in more ways than you might think

Simon Tilling is head of environmental law at Pennon Group Plc, and writes for ENDS in his personal capacity

Buried Bitcoin: What a dispute over a binned £600m hard drive tells us about who owns waste

Angus Evers, partner at law firm Shoosmiths LLP

Why the EA failed in its court battle to stop HS2 works in Warwickshire

Nina Pindham

Why an appeal granted by English courts to Nigerian claimants in a pollution case against Shell is one to watch

Picture of partner Laura L. Tainsh

The background to the Manchester Ship Canal ruling - and the questions it leaves unanswered

Simon Tilling, head of environmental law at Pennon Group Plc

What the failed attempt to appeal a landmark nutrient neutrality ruling means for housebuilding

Angus Evers

Interviews

INTERVIEW: The Lady Godiva of swifts on the toll of her campaign - and what it reveals about decision-making in government

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INTERVIEW: The EA’s director of water on staff morale, growth pains, and sewage sector shakedown

EA director of water Helen Wakeham shown against a background picture of an English river.

INTERVIEW: The new EAC chair on Labour's red tape rhetoric, looming regulator cuts, and PFAS

Toby Perkins, chair of the EAC committee

INTERVIEW: Scotland’s green watchdog chief on why he fears the Scottish government has deprioritised the environment

Mark Roberts, chief executive of Environmental Standards Scotland

Baroness Boycott on Westminster timidity, cautious optimism for Labour, and ecocide

Rosie Boycott is a life peer whose career has spanned publishing, journalism and most recently environmental campaigning. Image: UK Parliament and Getty Images

INTERVIEW: Former minister Trudy Harrison on why the government is struggling to deliver on environmental policy

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Fines Monitor

  

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