The Tories' toxic pesticide, England's over-abstraction baddies PLUS the swimworthy rivers of Swiss cities

Eco Chamber

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.

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

• Why the toxic neonicotinoid Cruiser SB pesticide was authorised by the Conservative government without any kind of environmental assessment carried out for wildlife in protected areas.
• Which culprits are responsible for over-abstracting in England during the hottest year on record... and in an ironic twist the Environment Agency made the naughty list.
• And Rachel Reeve's infrastructure stampout, the invasive eight-toothed spruce bark beetle in the south, and £2.4bn shortfall that UK farming needs to avert a nature crisis

For our deep-dive we speak with ENDS Europes’ deputy editor Simon Pickstone to find out what the Swiss can teach us about how we can one day swim in the rivers and lakes that run through the heart of our cities…

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