💦 Farmers are urging the @EnvAgency to intensify efforts to prevent flooding on the Somerset Levels, as climate change increases the frequency and severity of extreme weather events.
READ MORE: https://t.co/1JGwS41Vg0
‘The Environment Agency’s current projection is by 2027 just 6% of Englands rivers will be in good ecological condition!'
@Feargal_Sharkey | #RestoreNatureNow
It seems ironic that the vice-chairman of an internal drainage board doesn't appear to support works that will reduce flooding on the levels (and indeed "development" land being sold by him) https://t.co/YjNDJN5Lsi @SomersetLive@BWMercury@RachelBurdenEA#flooding#somerset#uk
Wain Homes wants to build 58 houses on the edge of a Cornish town and make ZERO affordable - because it says it can't afford to build them.
https://t.co/CXB5W1Layn
https://t.co/CXB5W1Layn
"Housing policy in Britain is a chaotic shambles. Thank God for nimbys, I say, without them the green belt would have been ravaged, when what’s really needed is new ideas and vision for brownfield sites"
by Simon Jenkins
https://t.co/JxLxAOzx44
The Bawdrip development is outside a village on a floodplain, has a 106 order is in place. Had refused planning permission on the same site. Would be located in an area prone to flooding. It would be to unprofitable to developers want to build housing.
https://t.co/Rqhzahy06V
Help to stop the unnecessary and very expensive #development on open countryside outside the village of #Bawdrip#Somerset.
https://t.co/ynbLmWmV9d https://t.co/W47h6vBTMV
Petition just launched by local campaigner:
"We want the Government to review and reform the local planning process, to improve the rights of people who may object to planning applications."
https://t.co/glxpWkPlRb
Government needs to get real about ending nutrient pollution
Scrapping #nutrientneutrality will push some of our most important freshwater sites to the brink
Prime Minister, keep your promise - communities & wildlife across the country need #cleanwater
https://t.co/5gx4gk1YAs
New research shows annual damage caused by flooding in the UK could rise by more than a fifth over the next century unless all international pledges to reduce carbon emissions are met.
Find out more 👉 https://t.co/Hft0SuEac1
#flooding#COP26#NetZero