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Some inaccurate claims about the #EnvironmentBill have been circulated over the weekend.
Our proposals will categorically reduce, not increase, the amount of untreated #sewage in our waters.
Here's how 👇🧵
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Our proposals will categorically reduce, not increase, the amount of untreated #sewage in our waters.
Here's how 👇🧵
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There have been claims that our amendment is weaker than the one put forward by the Lords - this is incorrect.
Our amendment says that water companies must progressively reduce harm from #StormOverflows.
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Our amendment says that water companies must progressively reduce harm from #StormOverflows.
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That means they must reduce the operation of storm overflows - plain and simple. This does not override existing law, but places an ADDITIONAL duty on companies.
Our version brings the new duty under the Water Industry Act’s powerful enforcement mechanism.
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Our version brings the new duty under the Water Industry Act’s powerful enforcement mechanism.
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The #EnvironmentBill is back in the @HouseofCommons today.
MPs have just started debating 15 improvements recommended by @UKHouseofLords
Our thoughts on what's needed to get through this parliamentary ping pong🏓asap.
Tune in for live tweets!
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MPs have just started debating 15 improvements recommended by @UKHouseofLords
Our thoughts on what's needed to get through this parliamentary ping pong🏓asap.
Tune in for live tweets!
greenallianceblog.org.uk/2021/10/20/the…
There will be 3 #EnvironmentBill debates today.
Debate 1: environmental targets/principles, the Office for Environmental Protection, air quality, soils
Debate 2: nature, sewage pollution, ancient woodland, deforestation
Debate 3: the circular economy
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Debate 1: environmental targets/principles, the Office for Environmental Protection, air quality, soils
Debate 2: nature, sewage pollution, ancient woodland, deforestation
Debate 3: the circular economy
commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/document/50711…
On soils ("the stuff of life" says @pow_rebecca ), the govt rejects @natalieben amendment to require a target to be set in 2022.
It has pledged a soil health action plan for England. But as @CarolineLucas says this won't be consulted on till Spring 2022.
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It has pledged a soil health action plan for England. But as @CarolineLucas says this won't be consulted on till Spring 2022.
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Watch #HouseofLords live as members continue further examination of the #EnvironmentBill, with creating a soil management strategy, and the independence and powers of an Office for Environmental Protection, on the agenda.
🔴 Watch now parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/5c…
🔴 Watch now parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/5c…
#HouseofLords members vote on amendment 11 to #EnvironmentBill, regarding requiring interim targets to be met.
Members vote 203 in favour and 181 against, so the change is made votes.parliament.uk/Votes/Lords/Di…
Members vote 203 in favour and 181 against, so the change is made votes.parliament.uk/Votes/Lords/Di…
#HouseofLords members vote to remove some exceptions to the need to follow policy statement on environmental principles in #EnvironmentBill.
Members vote 184 in favour and 182 against amendment 20, so the change is made votes.parliament.uk/Votes/Lords/Di…
Members vote 184 in favour and 182 against amendment 20, so the change is made votes.parliament.uk/Votes/Lords/Di…
🕒 From 3pm in the #HouseofLords: #LordsQs, further check and change of the #EnvironmentBill and members debate #UniversalCredit.
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📄 Learn more parliament.uk/business/news/…
#HouseofLords debates UK-Sub-Saharan-Africa relations from 3.45pm in Grand Committee
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Light Pollution - a thread.
Today will see members of the House of Lords debate an amendment to the #EnvironmentBill that would require national targets on reducing #LightPollution. Read the thread below for just some of the reasons why targets are needed. 1/
📷William Warby
Today will see members of the House of Lords debate an amendment to the #EnvironmentBill that would require national targets on reducing #LightPollution. Read the thread below for just some of the reasons why targets are needed. 1/
📷William Warby
Invertebrates
#LightPollution impacts invertebrates at all stages of their lives. Areas lit by streetlights have 50% less caterpillars. One third of insects attracted to lights die as a result. And nocturnal pollinator visits are reduced by over 60%. buglife.org.uk/campaigns/ligh… 2/
#LightPollution impacts invertebrates at all stages of their lives. Areas lit by streetlights have 50% less caterpillars. One third of insects attracted to lights die as a result. And nocturnal pollinator visits are reduced by over 60%. buglife.org.uk/campaigns/ligh… 2/
Mammals
Hedgehogs avoid lighting, restricting their movement. #LightPollution causes many problems for bats, disrupting their roost, feeding and navigation. 3/
Hedgehogs avoid lighting, restricting their movement. #LightPollution causes many problems for bats, disrupting their roost, feeding and navigation. 3/
Official #CodeRed alert | Major particle #AirPollution episode building as winds slow and turn easterly. MODERATE #AirPollution in places every day until HIGH 7-8/10 by Monday night or Tuesday. Check updates and health advice uk-air.defra.gov.uk
Thread 2/... Major ozone and particle #AirPollution episode building. HIGH ozone by Sunday and Monday evenings and HIGH particles by Monday morning in London and eastern England. MODERATE in many places HT @CopernicusECMWF macc-raq-op.meteo.fr/index.php?cate…
Official #CodeRed | Serious widespread MODERATE or HIGH particle and/or ozone for most of England and Wales on Monday, Tuesday. Scotland also by Wednesday. Check updates and health advice uk-air.defra.gov.uk
The #EnvironmentBill is back in @UKHouseofLords for the next round of debates.
Some hot topics today, including the independence of the Office for Environmental Protection & how to put the environment at the heart of policy making.
Tune in till 10pm👇
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/dd…
Some hot topics today, including the independence of the Office for Environmental Protection & how to put the environment at the heart of policy making.
Tune in till 10pm👇
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/dd…
The first debate kicks off with @GreenJennyJones talking about the "lack of bite" in the #EnvironmentBill
She criticises the "weaselly squirming" wording on environmental principles.
A stronger framework is needed to put the environment at the heart of the government's policy.
She criticises the "weaselly squirming" wording on environmental principles.
A stronger framework is needed to put the environment at the heart of the government's policy.
Now @kateparminter highlights further flaws in the #EnvironmentBill on environmental principles:
📒 the absence of public bodies
⚖️ the excessive use of proportionality
🪖 the blanket exemption of defence and spending/taxation policy
📒 the absence of public bodies
⚖️ the excessive use of proportionality
🪖 the blanket exemption of defence and spending/taxation policy
The Government response to the #SternReview was the #ClimateChangeAct: domestic action on #ClimateChange.
Its response to the #DasguptaReview starts with a promise on international biodiversity that HMG can't deliver. A better response would be to halt #nature's decline at home.
Its response to the #DasguptaReview starts with a promise on international biodiversity that HMG can't deliver. A better response would be to halt #nature's decline at home.
Of course, it should also commit to reducing the UK's #GlobalFootprint as a way to contribute to the international biodiversity crisis.
Next, the Review focuses on raising private finance. That's an excellent ambition & the Impact Fund is welcome.
But the top thing Gov can do to unlock finance is a commitment to halt nature's decline that's "long, loud and legal": a #StateofNature target in the #EnvironmentBill
But the top thing Gov can do to unlock finance is a commitment to halt nature's decline that's "long, loud and legal": a #StateofNature target in the #EnvironmentBill
The Environment Bill is in the Lords - cue lots of hyperbole re species at risk, nature spoiled, deforestation etc. But who decides what takes priority? Economic development or regulations to protect wildlife/biodiversity?... (1/4)
Conflict is obvious when it comes to eco qualms relating to mass house building and infrastructure. There should be a debate about these things, but cross-party consensus on all things green and a widespread demonisation of any critical thinking as denialism is a problem... (2/4)
There is much to argue over - should the precautionary principle be enshrined in law? Are plastics always bad - what about PPE? And will the Bill penalise developing countries, or are Greens the new neo-colonialists?... (3/4) #EnvironmentBill
The #EnvironmentBill is in @UKHouseofLords today for its 'second reading', when it will debated for several hours by Peers.
We'll be live tweeting and you can watch from 2.30pm at parliamentlive.tv/Lords
We'll be live tweeting and you can watch from 2.30pm at parliamentlive.tv/Lords
68 Peers are signed up to speak in this important debate on the #EnvironmentBill
You can see the line up here
lordswhips.org.uk/todays-lists
You can see the line up here
lordswhips.org.uk/todays-lists
This is the first dedicated #EnvironmentBill for over 20 years
The stakes couldn't be higher therefore. But we’re still lacking the right building blocks to restore nature, air and water in the UK
Read our @GreenerUK_ @WCL_News briefing for more detail
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The stakes couldn't be higher therefore. But we’re still lacking the right building blocks to restore nature, air and water in the UK
Read our @GreenerUK_ @WCL_News briefing for more detail
greeneruk.org/sites/default/…
This is a tremendous step forward: bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…
If it's designed well, this target could power the policy & investment needed to turn round the decline of #nature at last.
Thank you to everyone who has joined the #StateofNature campaign! Keep going until it's in law.
If it's designed well, this target could power the policy & investment needed to turn round the decline of #nature at last.
Thank you to everyone who has joined the #StateofNature campaign! Keep going until it's in law.
It has been brilliant to see the #environment movement unite for this critical law for wildlife, combining @WCL_News members with great friends like @Team4Nature & @mentalhealth.
Thank you @DefraGovUK for listening to the 60+ charities and 160,000+ people backing #StateofNature.
Thank you @DefraGovUK for listening to the 60+ charities and 160,000+ people backing #StateofNature.
[DEBATE THREAD] It's #AgricultureBill time🚜Today MPs will participate in some of the most important #Brexit votes to date, including to #SaveOurStandards. Tune in here for all the main takeaways👇
But first, it's worth remembering the journey we've taken to this point. In 2018, the government announced "landmark" agricultural reforms to a subsidy system that would reward British farmers for improving nature and tackling climate change gov.uk/government/new…
Since then a lot has been revealed about the threat the UK's new trading context could bring to food standards and the reforms stemming from the bill. Read the Future British Standards Coalition's first report on the bill sustainweb.org/resources/file…
Too... much... policy...
The new and revised Environment Bill is back!
@TheENDSReport team is on its knees following its bumper batch of Brexit Day analysis but has striven to provide you as much #environmentbill news as you can handle 1/
The new and revised Environment Bill is back!
@TheENDSReport team is on its knees following its bumper batch of Brexit Day analysis but has striven to provide you as much #environmentbill news as you can handle 1/
The new version includes new powers to “stop the exports of polluting plastic waste to developing countries” as well as a requirement for ministers to regularly review international green law 2/
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The bill will lay the groundwork for the UK to move away from future EU legislation 3/
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Thread: One thing you won't find (or I haven't) in either the revised Ireland/NI Protocol or the Political Declaration on the Future Relationship...
Any reference to non-regression in environmental protection, a core environmental provision in Nov. 2018 (on left).
Any reference to non-regression in environmental protection, a core environmental provision in Nov. 2018 (on left).
2. The revised Political Declaration refers to relatively broad commitments to high standards
3. The Protocol, outside references to EU legislation that will apply to Northern Ireland, references to the environmental are limited to North-South cooperation and safeguards if 'environmental difficulties' are foreseen.
After coming perilously close to a collective nervous breakdown, the @TheENDSReport team can bring you everything you could possibly (surely!) ever want to know about the #environmentbill
@J_J_Carpenter @simonpickstone @GarethSimkins @Jamesxparsons THREAD (1/9)
@J_J_Carpenter @simonpickstone @GarethSimkins @Jamesxparsons THREAD (1/9)
(2/9) The new green watchdog's been beefed up:
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(3/9) A new set of environmental principles retains loopholes that have previously come under fire
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Notable that in the background document to the #QueensSpeech & the Environment Bill, there is no reference to EU environmental law & governance or how the proposals will address possible gaps from #Brexit
Now we await the Bill itself, expected tomorrow.
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Now we await the Bill itself, expected tomorrow.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
@VGravey @CharlieBEU @aglawfoodie Just as an example, there is discussion of improving air quality, but no mention of the Air Quality Directive or the UK's struggles in meeting its limits.
@VGravey @CharlieBEU @aglawfoodie The "new long term domestic environmental governance", including the Office for Environmental Protection, is being established in large part to replace EU governance of environmental law through the European Commission, ECJ.
But these are not mentioned.
But these are not mentioned.
At #greenerUK #CPC18 fringe, @michaelgove in conversation with WWF’s @TanyaMSteele. Needless to say, the room is creaking at the seams!
First time we’re hearing more detail on PM’s promised #environmentbill. Gove: as well as addressing #AirPollution it will tackle waste & resources to move us towards a #CircularEconomy
At the time of #climatechange Act, people were worried its ambitious targets would harm economic growth - quite the opposite has happened, says Gove #cpc18 #greenerUK
