Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories, and take a forensic look at one of the deep-rooted environmental issues facing us today.

In THIS week’s episode, we focus on:

• The oysters in the south coast of England, which have been swallowing tiny pieces of boats made of fibreglass.
• The wild boars poisoned with PFAS pollution
• PLUS for our news-in-brief we’ll find out about Europe’s first tax on cows, the UK’s missing forest the size of Birmingham, and the outrageous levels of e.coli floating alongside the Henley Royal Regatta.

For our deep dive, we’ll be running through the policies, pledges and promises made by both the Conservative and Labour parties in the run up to the big vote.

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Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories, and take a forensic look at one of the deep-rooted environmental issues facing us today.

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For this week’s Big Green News, the team discusses:

• The Supreme Court ruling for a Surrey oil drill site that could fundamentally change the landscape for all new fossil fuel projects in the future.
• We’ll also bring you the news-in-brief looking at the latest political twists for our natural environment and the march of the 60,000.

For our deep dive, we’ll be exploring the uncomfortable alliances of NGOs taking money from polluting businesses after it was revealed that the WWF’s ties to TESCO could have prevented a nasty report from being published… a report that could have negatively impacted the supermarket’s reputation.

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It’s taken nearly four decades for a global phase out of leaded petrol, light aircraft still use fuel containing lead to keep flying their planes. The US and the EU are looking to phase out this source of harmful lead pollution, but the UK is hanging back.

Aviation fuel AVGAS 100LL uses Tetraethlylead for fuel stability. When this lead is jettisoned from the engine at takeoff, these poisonous compounds are released into the air and soil – impacting the environment, and potentially exposing people in the surrounding area.

The World Health Organization estimates that more than 2 million deaths globally were attributed to chemical exposures in 2019, with lead exposure attributed to nearly half of these deaths. Children are particularly vulnerable to lead, which can cause “profound and permanent” adverse health impacts according to the WHO.

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