Farming rules or does water? DEFRA faces new legal challenge
Every week, the ENDS team enters the ECO Chamber to discuss the UK’s biggest green news stories and bring you up to speed on the latest developments in environmental policy.This week, ENDS journalists are joined by Amy Fairman, head of campaigns at River Action, to explain why her team has taken action against DEFRA over its revised guidance on the Farming Rules for Water.Will farmers take kindly to being told what to do when it comes to the ‘needs of the soil and crop on the land’? Amy makes her case for why changes are needed. We also find out what a smaller-than-hoped-for budget means for the Office for Environmental Protection, and how the watchdog might fare with chairwoman Dame Glenys Stacey stepping down next yearPLUS: We bring you the latest on what the environment secretary thinks of the government’s anti-nature rhetoric, Natural England’s spending boost - and funding cuts as well, and a blueprint to phase out harmful wood-burners and incinerators. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.