Toxic sludge: How the government ignored Environment Agency pleas for reform

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 Report’s deputy editor Tess Colley reveals her exclusive findings on the toxic sludge being spread on agricultural fields. After getting hold of reams of exclusive documents, her investigation has exposed how the government has sat on warnings from the Environment Agency about the threat sludge poses for three years. What were those warnings - and what can the UK learn from sludge scandals in the USA?PLUS: The Office for Environmental Protection scrutinises other watchdogs’ scrutiny, news on who has been tipped as the Climate Change Committee’s new chairperson, and an update on lead shot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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