⚡ ENDS POWER LIST 2025: Final day ⚡. This week, we have named 100 UK environmental professionals who have made a great impact in the past two years, as nominated by peers 🙌. Today, we celebrate academics and policy influencers on #ENDSPowerList2025 🧵.

The government’s anti-nature rhetoric of the last year “ran away with itself a little bit”, according to the environment secretary, as he defends the Planning and Infrastructure Bill ⬇️.

Scientists’ concern about TFA has risen rapidly in recent years, as more has become known about its true health impact. Now many are sounding the alarm and demanding regulation⚠️ . @Cat_Early76 reports ⬇️.

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Will the Planning and Infrastructure Bill allow Natural England to build an “authoritarian empire” or empower it to become a super watchdog for nature? . Listen to the latest episode of the ECO Chamber podcast with special guest @freeths's Richard Broadbent to find out more 💡

Natural England’s ‘core funding’ will shrink 12% over the next year. But, the provision of separate funding for specific work streams will see its overall budget rise by 5%, the regulator has revealed ⬇️.

Nine million homes could be powered by solar energy using just 0.4% of UK land, according to the government’s new solar roadmap, which calls for a “rooftop revolution” ⬇️.

The latest ECO Chamber podcast is out ⚡️ with invaluable insights on the new 🏭 industrial strategy from @GreenAllianceUK's head of economy @SteveCoulter13. You can listen to the full episode on all 🎶 major streaming platforms now.

The former environment secretary @theresecoffey has warned the Planning bill is a “complete and utter assault on our natural environment”, while her Tory colleagues said it would allow Natural England to build an “authoritarian empire”. MORE🔽 .

The government is set to provide half a million pounds-worth of funding for researchers to analyse the impact of ‘war-related toxic pollutants’ on Ukrainian soil. READ MORE ⏬.

INTERVIEW 🗣️. As the Planning Bill returns to Parliament, read what @WriterHannahBT - the 'Lady Godiva of swifts' - told ENDS' @TessColley about what her efforts to save the ancient creatures reveal about who the real decision-makers are in government. 👉

The government’s climate change advisors @theCCCuk have said they are ‘more optimistic’ than last year that the UK can reach its ambitious 2050 net zero target, but have warned that⚡️electricity must be made cheaper. ⬇️ READ MORE⬇️.

DEFRA has outlined an interim approach that could be used to further regulate PFAS after finding that ‘forever chemicals’ are present in most surface waters and all fish samples tested ⬇️.

RT @Jamesxparsons: Two weeks late to the party but I'm incredibly excited to say the lad won📽️ best video producer at the @bsmeinfo - The….

With plans to scrap biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements for small developments currently out for consultation, it has been suggested that DEFRA 'lost control' of this flagship policy. @jamesfairwild reports ⬇️.

David Attenborough’s call to end damaging fishing practices in a recent documentary has seen the topic soar up the public agenda. Did policymakers manage to ride this wave at the UN Oceans conference or did they get battered by it?. @ShoshaAdie reports⬇️.

Funding for an environmental planning reform package has been outlined by the government in its 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy, published today ⬇️.

Green watchdog the Office for Environmental Protection has raised concerns over the delay in publishing local nature recovery strategies. ⬇️.

RT @TessColley: NEW: In an impassioned 30-min interview, I spoke to @WriterHannahBT, the 'Lady Godiva of swifts', on what her efforts to s….

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The latest episode of the ECO Chamber is now LIVE! 🎙️ . This week the team dive into the UK's bottom trawling ban proposals and talk UN Ocean Conference wins with @OceanaUK's Alyx Elliott 🌊. The Planning Bill also gets some airtime. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧