EA shake-up scoop, climate COP-out, PLUS the nightmare nurdles choking the planet

How is the Environment Agency planning to reorganise its regulatory functions? Why did the UAE COP28 lead know about the UK prime minister’s net zero roll-backs before the public did? And what are nurdles and why should we be having nightmares about them? Listen to the latest episode of the Eco Chamber podcast to find out. Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories, as well as taking a forensic look at one of the deep-rooted environmental issues facing us today.In this week's episode we:* Give you the lowdown on an Environment Agency regulatory shake-up that was described to ENDS as “rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic”* Look at the Autumn statement bits that impact environmental policy* Bring you the headlines from leaked document that revealed that the UAE COP28 lead knew about the prime minister’s net zero roll-backs before the public did For the Deep Dive, we talk to Scottish-based environmental charity Fidra’s senior project manager, Heather McFarlane, who has just come back from the UN plastics treaty summit. She shares some nightmarish facts about the plastic pellets used in production called nurdles, and gives some alarming insights on the state of chemical regulation in the UK. If you’ve already listened and you want to know more about the stories referred to in the podcast you can find them here:‘Worst changes ever done’: Environment Agency to centralise regulatory teams in ‘major reorganisation’Autumn Statement: the policy developments you need to know aboutAutumn Statement: Plastic Packaging Tax to increase from April next yearUAE planned to use COP28 to make energy deals, documents show‘Mystery of the missing work programme’: Plan for 2023 chemical regulation still not published Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.