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Transatlantic trade negotiations, Renewable energy

MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee say a transatlantic trade deal said to be worth billions of pounds to the British economy could endanger food and farming standards.

Doubts over a trade deal said to be worth billions of pounds to the British economy have been raised in a report published this week by MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or T-TIP, is a deal which could see trade between the EU and the US made easier. It's been in negotiation for years, and as we've reported, some fear it could lead to a weakening of Europe's animal welfare and environmental standards. We hear from the committee's chair, Joan Whalley.

Continuing our week-long look at renewable energy, we visit the Somerset project which is part of a trial scheme, investigating whether waste material from nature reserves can be turned into fuel, electricity or heat.

And we catch up with the Leicestershire couple who have just taken on a 25 year farm tenancy. With lambing underway, they're getting used to the first new arrivals on the farm for nearly a decade - not all of them livestock.

Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Emma Campbell.

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Fri 13 Mar 2015 05:45

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  • Fri 13 Mar 2015 05:45

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