It is 60 years to the day since Silent Spring was published. In 1962, 37 pesticides were available to farmers. Today, there are more than 1,000, and total use is up tenfold. Rachel Carson would weep.
#SilentEarth @PAN_UK @WildlifeTrusts
The Government plans to cut vital laws that protect our landscapes and wildlife from development and create deregulated "investment zones".
This doesn't fit with its commitment to restore nature.
Sign the petition to protect Habitats Regulations 👉 https://t.co/LLSlWSjBYi
Nature is there for you when you breathe fresh air, drink clean water, eat good food. It is there when you need comfort, exhilaration, wonder and awe. Be there for nature now as the threats intensify in the name of economic growth. Human flourishing depends on the natural world.
Here's a list of the 38 councils in talks with Govt about setting up new low-tax, deregulated 'Investment Zones' - where planning rules would be relaxed & environmental constraints ripped up: https://t.co/CYbID5DNNC
@NickBrockis I'm so cross Nick and heartbroken too. I feel so friggin helpless. They have completely fucked with nature too...no backing whatsoever. It just seems so futile 😭
I think we'll need carbon capture technology in future so I'm not dead against it, but if your bath is overflowing you don't walk to the shops to buy a mop
You turn off the tap
Understandably, the swallows got together & wisely decided to leave today, as the current government are coming to take the environment away.
What will you do?
#StopTheseTories