In May, Reform UK took control of Lincolnshire County Council - a region set to become home to  the UK’s largest solar farm.. With local opposition sounding the alarm over the project, the party’s deputy leader Richard Tice has warned that the project would “devastate thousands of acres of productive farmland and countryside in Lincolnshire”.This week, ECO Chamber host James Agyepong-Parsons and senior reporter Shosha Adie discuss the significance of Tillbridge Solar – set to straddle 1,670 hectares of mostly agricultural land.The team also discusses the latest amendments of the government’s controversial Planning and Infrastructure Bill tabled in the House of Lords this week.PLUS: International talks on a shipping carbon tax system flounder, England’s hydrogen and carbon capture cluster gains traction, and thousands of farmers see nature-recovery subsidies extended.

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