Friends of Carrington Moss 💚🌳🐾🚴‍♀️🐴🚶‍♂️💚

We have been established to act as a voice for local residents and users of Carrington Moss on all matters relating to, and/or impacting, Carrington Moss.

[Friends of Carrington Moss 💚🌳🐾🚴‍♀️🐴🚶‍♂️💚 @FriendsMoss]

Developer: "There is no guidance or legislation which sets out that Permitted Development rights cannot be used in areas of irreplaceable habitats". @SteveReedMP @EmmaforWycombe @TonyJuniper how absolutely ridiculous! Please can this be addressed as a matter of acute urgency!

[Rosie P 🦇 🦎 🕷️ 🦭 🐌 🍃🌳🚲💧 @RosieP4]

We wrote (@PylonsEAnglia) to Sir Richard Knighton in April to warn him of the risks in East Anglia due to the way the grid upgrade is being carried out. Huge clusters of key infrastructure and pylons as the technology of choice instead of undergrounding.
https://t.co/wJhTbuOnKS
@BBCr4today

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

The UK now hosts more than 500 active data centres (the third largest in the world). They have been rammed through despite huge local community concerns about the impact on their local landscapes and energy and water consumption.

These enormous data centres are giant industrial facilities consuming vast quantities of electricity, water and land while placing increasing pressure on the UK’s energy infrastructure.

▪️Water consumption by data centres is expected to reach 9.3 trillion litres, while CO2 emissions will rise to 399 million tons.

▪️Annual power consumption from data centres is projected to double to 945 TWh by 2030, around ‌the ⁠same as the whole of Japan’s energy consumption, with AI accounting for 40% of the total.

▪️The rise of AI is accelerating this trend. The UK Government's Compute Roadmap notes that AI data centres can devote up to 40% of their energy consumption to cooling systems.

▪️It is estimated that data-centre power and water consumption could double by 2030 due to AI growth.

▪️Emerging research suggests large AI facilities can create localised warming effects around their sites, sometimes described as a “data heat island” effect.

Numerous campaigns against these data centres are being organised by local communities. No one voted for this. If you are involved in any of these local campaigns, please DM me and I’ll try and help you amplify your campaigns.

[ali 🍃💚🍃 @aligreen9999]

Why isn't this Labour government ensuring that our wildlife is protected from developers? 😡
@SteveReedMP @EmmaforWycombe @MaryCreagh_

https://t.co/7WEodXq1pu

[Neil Duncan-Jordan MP @NeilForPoole]

Giver and taker firms have donated £47m to political parties over 25 years.

💰 These same companies went on to score £60 BILLION in public contracts since 2015.

This is everything people hate about politics.

Ban firms from getting contracts with Governments they pay to elect.

[Chris Hinchliff MP @CHinchliffMP]

Politics must serve the public.

That’s why I’m calling to ban housing developer donations - their influence works against public good.

I also back Neil’s push to break the link between donors & public contracts.

Government must prioritise living standards over vested power.

[Friends of Carrington Moss 💚🌳🐾🚴‍♀️🐴🚶‍♂️💚 @FriendsMoss]

Please sign & share our petition which aims for these schemes to be located at least 500m from residential properties - we hope to have a response from the government before our webinar (since they have not responded to our request for them to attend!)
https://t.co/rZaczMONfn

[CommunityPlanningAlliance 🦇🦎 @CommunityPlann1]

Our next Webinar is on mega-sheds/warehouses and the adverse impact on their neighbours.
Friday 3rd July at noon.

[Friends of Carrington Moss 💚🌳🐾🚴‍♀️🐴🚶‍♂️💚 @FriendsMoss]

Because we all know who pays for unsustainable development!
https://t.co/xg1FFSxMcb

[Friends of Carrington Moss 💚🌳🐾🚴‍♀️🐴🚶‍♂️💚 @FriendsMoss]

Planning decisions should not be made on the basis of who has the deepest pockets - if developments are not sustainable they should not be approved - government should be investing in sustainable freight transport & these schemes should be located there
https://t.co/3zCCLgeuX6

[Dr Elaine Cox 🍃 💚 🍃🌽🥬🐦‍⬛🐌🇬🇧 @ElaineCox11]

Cherwell District Council 'walks away' from warehouses decision. The authority has now said it would not give evidence when the decision goes before the planning inspector in September, after taking "legal and professional advice." https://t.co/bUtraSFvPS

[James Rebanks @herdyshepherd1]

Nature restoration as a coherent set of policies that work at scale in the U.K. is dead in the water

It’s just performative and fragmented nonsense now - been warning this would happen for years

Once you lose a coherent strategic approach and universal schemes it’s over

[Moving Home with Charlie @moving_charlie]

Only in government can you miss your own target by 93% and not get fired.

[Fiona Harvey @fionaharvey]

One of the UK’s longest standing and most successful funds for protecting nature around the world is facing drastic cuts https://t.co/2rrGvzI6jF

[Chris Hinchliff MP @CHinchliffMP]

🚨Calling all Curlew Comrades🚨

I saw some Curlew at RSPB Otmoor recently… imagine seeing one every time you spend a fiver!

Vote Curlew for our banknotes!

A bit of fun - and a big signal to Ministers to adopt the UK Curlew Action Plan

Vote here:

https://t.co/bm4lDtzXbY

[SmartGrowthUK @SmartGrowthUK]

Bizarre - a neoliberal influencing operation using over-spending by HS2 to attack nature conservation.
So is @lfg_uk going to attack private contractors for enjoying the gravy train?

[Rosie P 🦇 🦎 🕷️ 🦭 🐌 🍃🌳🚲💧 @RosieP4]

This is utterly heartbreaking- what is wrong with developers?
The swifts are seen trying to return to their nests and the nests are no longer there

https://t.co/f3pRJMJM3T

[Danica Priest🦇🦎🦇🦎🍃💚🍃 @DanicaPriest]

Did you know? This figure is completely false!

LFG know that and they spread it anyway hoping you are gullible enough to believe it.

Instead of just spelling out the truth which I’ve done many times in the past let’s first see if anyone knows why it’s false?

[Friends of Carrington Moss 💚🌳🐾🚴‍♀️🐴🚶‍♂️💚 @FriendsMoss]

All are welcome to join, but, if you are affected by these schemes, please do invite your MP to attend to listen & support our subsequent action plan.
Whilst we invited a Minister from @mhclg to attend the webinar, they have not responded to our request, despite chasing!

[CommunityPlanningAlliance 🦇🦎 @CommunityPlann1]

Our next Webinar is on mega-sheds/warehouses and the adverse impact on their neighbours.
Friday 3rd July at noon.

[Chris Hinchliff MP @CHinchliffMP]

In Parliament with housing activists calling to kick developer cash out of politics.

Developers profit from high prices for low quality and donate to buy influence.

We should listen to those living the housing crisis instead.

Sign my petition https://t.co/o6yzhnak91

[Friends of Carrington Moss 💚🌳🐾🚴‍♀️🐴🚶‍♂️💚 @FriendsMoss]

Thank you so much everyone - although Trafford's still quite a way behind NWLeicestershire - can you help to move us up the list?
Please sign here https://t.co/rZaczMONfn & if you've already signed, please share again & see if you can get us some additional signatures

[Susie Taylor 🍃💚🍃 @SusieTa32510601]

I said I would update about the Skylarks..last Friday a giant grass cutter was seen on the long grass bund, and 5 men walking over it too..the wildlife police team were called by a resident, a local councillor attended quickly..the police went to the @SEGROplc main site offices, not to meet the residents..after chatting to the ecologist and inspecting the bund they decided no wildlife crime had been committed 🤷🏻‍♀️
The Skylarks went silent until yesterday..we feared they had finally abandoned their chicks as it was the last straw after horrendous construction noise and a digger adjacent to the bund all week.
Thankfully we could hear them again ..it’s incredibly sad to know these protected birds are being treated like this..we also have seen the bund is being visited by Swifts and Swallows too.
@RSPBEngland @HMWTBadger @BirdGuides @RupertEvershed @RosieP4 @WriterHannahBT

[Harry Scoffin @HarryScoffin]

I was a year old. The year? 1995.

Blair promised to end “archaic and discredited” leasehold and make commonhold common.

But in power, Labour put the property mafia before the people.

“The 2002 Act was the result of a bargain,” Lord Falconer later admitted.

Free leaseholders.