On this week’s ECO Chamber, special guest Dr Alice Bunn – the UK Space Agency’s former international director – joins podcast host James Agyepong-Parsons and ENDS Report editor, Jamie Carpenter, to discuss why the industry is booming,what it could mean for our natural environment, and what it has to do with her new Karman Line podcast.
Once only the domain of US and Russian governments, costs of launching rockets into space have come down in recent years, enabling more and more satellites to enter space.
With better climate models and weather forecasting now possible, NASA has warned that the growth of space travel could cause damage to the ozone layer.
On the ground, the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals published a new report this month on best practices for the space industry to help put in place some environmental safeguards.
Meanwhile, for the first time ever, the Environment Agency has recommended that an allotment site in Lancashire be classified as contaminated land due to PFAS pollution.. How are local authorities responding?
PLUS: The Marine Management Organisation has hired a new chief after a two-year search; South West Water has pleaded guilty to offences related to the supply of water “unfit for human consumption”; and the UK has legislated a lead shot ban – the first chemicals restriction since Brexit.
