![]() ![]() Fracking is an incredibly inefficient and extremely damaging method of trying to extract fossil fuel from our countryside. And which will break another specific Tory manifesto pledge.įinally, Jacob Rees-Mogg is removing the restrictions that were imposed to stop fracking. Third, the Conservatives are withdrawing plans to help farmers to protect nature, with reports suggesting the Environmental Land Management Scheme, or ELMS, has been put on hold while a return to a Common Agricultural Policy-type payment per acre is expected. Like-minded: Liz Truss, now PM, with Croydon’s Tory Mayor, Jason Perry The Conservative manifesto promised “the most ambitious environmental programme of any country on earth”, but Ruth Chambers, a senior fellow at Greener UK, says thatt the planned removal of hundreds of laws protecting air quality, our rivers, wildlife and food standards would derail the government’s pledges and put public health at risk. Second, the government has said they want to rip up the environmental protections introduced by the EU but without any plans to replace them with new protections. ![]() In other words, getting rid of the planning protections that local residents can use to prevent overdevelopment and building on our precious green spaces. These areas cover huge parts of the country, including Croydon, where they say that they will be “liberalising planning frameworks to encourage rapid development”. So what has the Conservative government announced?įirst, they have launched their “Investment Zones”. Hilary McGrady, of the National Trust, said that environmental protections are dismissed as “burdens” by the Conservatives, while investment and growth are pitted against nature and climate action. It also means ripping up the rules that protect our most important wildlife sites from damage.” Joan Edwards, director of policy for The Wildlife Trusts, said the Conservatives’ policies will mean “polluters can get away with poisoning our rivers and countryside – even more than they are doing already. If they carry out their plans, nowhere will be safe.”Įnvironmental coalition: the RSPB and even the National Trust have hit out at Tory proposals What the Government has proposed… tears up the most fundamental legal protections our remaining wildlife has. “As of today… wildlife is facing one of the greatest threats it’s faced in decades. We don’t use the words that follow lightly. This Government has today launched an attack on nature. That is the verdict of the RSPB: “Make no mistake, we are angry. When I say “attack on nature”, those aren’t my words. Under the cover of their disastrous Mini-Budget, the Conservatives also announced that they want to rip up the planning protections that prevent overdevelopment and, alongside a raft of other harmful measures, allow developers to build on our green spaces.Īnd while Prime Minister Liz Truss has performed some of the quickest U-turns in political history to help the financial markets, the Conservatives are still pushing ahead with their attack on nature. ![]() Under threat from Tory proposals: Selsdon Vale and Forestdale’s leafy aspects could be destroyed by Conservative moves to scrap environmental protectionsĬROYDON COMMENTARY: The Prime Minister may have sacked her Chancellor and his replacement might have scrapped almost all of the Trussonomic financial policies announced just three weeks ago.īut, says PETER UNDERWOOD, pictured right, there’s no sign that the Tories will abandon their ‘assault on nature’ ![]()
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