Rebecca Pullinger

Tweets covering planning, nature and environment. Views my own.

[Rebecca Pullinger @beckyjpullinger]

"The big issues of climate, nature, health, housing and pollution can be addressed through concerted attention and action. It’s about integrating nature into all our decision-making, rather than simply seeing it as a bolt-on or afterthought." says @CraigBennett3, @WildlifeTrusts

[Wildlife and Countryside Link @WCL_News]

How do we support our environment while building the homes & energy we need?

☀️Prioritise space for nature & renewables

🌊Habitat restoration

🌱Investment in local ecologists

🏡Include elements like swift bricks into plans from the start

Read more👇

https://t.co/moisciaC0m

[Rebecca Pullinger @beckyjpullinger]

Planning applications submitted from today that are in or near (and in some cases, not so near) ancient woodland will be captured by this new 'Direction' that has been published by @luhc

[Richard Benwell @RSBenwell]

Government has missed the deadline to respond to OEP's report on environmental assessment.

OEP found "shortcomings in the planning system": ecological skills, monitoring & data.

Public body budgets, ecological advice & open info all need improvement.

https://t.co/j4Nft1i9XH

[Richard Benwell @RSBenwell]

More infrastructure like #renewables would be a huge prize but it mustn't come at the cost of judicial independence & environmental protection.

@Keir_Starmer please don't be fooled by deregulatory gaslighting that says nature laws are red tape & access to justice is dispensable.

[Richard Benwell @RSBenwell]

Net gain joins the chemicals strategy, deposit return scheme, extended producer responsibility, farming regulation & more in the Bermuda Triangle of missing DEFRA environmental commitments.

These delays are costly to Local Authorities, business & nature.

https://t.co/VRyiddpw5u

[Richard Benwell @RSBenwell]

Here is a 🧵catalogue of some of the opposition to Government's #NutrientNeutrality proposals, ahead of key votes in Parliament *tomorrow*.

Reminder: the proposals would:
❌polluter rivers
❌weaken environmental law
❌break the #PolluterPaysPrinciple

[Richard Benwell @RSBenwell]

A brief timeline of voluntary approaches to planning.

You could add so many more examples of failed voluntary approaches to this list.

Relying on a voluntary approach for developers to pay for #NutrientNeutrality is doomed to fail.

@luhc should withdraw its misguided plans.

[The Office for Environmental Protection @OfficeforEP]

Proposed changes to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill will reduce the level of environmental protection provided for in law and amount to a regression, the OEP is warning. Find out more: https://t.co/Dg4M4rngVF

[Rebecca Pullinger @beckyjpullinger]

These, and other changes, are needed if BNG is to hit the ground running and support the protection and recovery of nature, for the benefit of people and wildlife.

[Rebecca Pullinger @beckyjpullinger]

Done well, biodiversity net gain could back up protections for nature and harness a contribution from development to meeting the challenges of nature’s recovery.

Thanks @wcl for publishing my blog on the components required to ensure that BNG is a success!

@WoodlandTrust

[Wildlife and Countryside Link @WCL_News]

Biodiversity Net Gain could be great for nature and people - but it must be done well 🌱

Ahead of mandatory BNG in the autumn, there are a number of rules that need to be made clear 🧐

@beckyjpullinger of the @WoodlandTrust writes for the Link blog 👇

https://t.co/2kL5OrjkN5

[Rebecca Pullinger @beckyjpullinger]

Component 3: Biodiversity net gain is just 1 part of the action required to turn the tide on nature's decline. Other tools will be important (if not more important) to meeting the Government's nature targets.

[Rebecca Pullinger @beckyjpullinger]

Great to see more paid placements for young people from diverse backgrounds get into the environment sector. I may be biased but the @WoodlandTrust Policy Assistant role looks great! Find out more and apply here: https://t.co/BcCB4BlC6G

[Groundwork UK @groundworkuk]

NOW LIVE! New paid placements in the environmental sector. Get your hands muddy or go green from your desk: https://t.co/bpIwEGEfDS

Encouraging young people from diverse backgrounds to apply - disabled people, low-income or ethnically diverse.

#NewtoNature #PlatinumJubilee

[Naomi Tilley @N_T1lley]

10 days on from the IPCC report and I can’t escape the climate anxiety that haunts my days and nights.

It’s waves of heartbreak for our suffering planet and a paralysing fear of what might happen next. And yet I have hope… A thread (1/10)

[Rebecca Pullinger @beckyjpullinger]

.@WoodlandTrust welcomes @RichardHRBenyon's commitment to reflect on the debate and urge the Government to change the #LevellingUp Bill to hard wire nature recovery into the planning system. (4/4)

[Rebecca Pullinger @beckyjpullinger]

Great to see cross-party support yesterday for amending the #LevellingUp Bill to align Local Nature Recovery Strategies and local development plans. As @kateparminter said “Nature is not something you can just talk about”. (A thread, 1/4)

[Wildlife and Countryside Link @WCL_News]

Thank you @kateparminter for making an excellent case for amendments to #LevellingUp Bill to give Local Nature Recovery Strategies greater planning weight.
''If we don't deliver these, I don't see how we will deliver the Government's targets for nature''
https://t.co/XG3K6xKaQo

[Rebecca Pullinger @beckyjpullinger]

@SueHayman1 also supports the amendment to align local nature recovery strategies and local development plans as it “would rightly prevent any wasted effort and enable the local nature recovery strategies to achieve their full potential”. (3/4)

[Wildlife and Countryside Link @WCL_News]

In the Lords today, amendment 184ZA to the #LevellingUp Bill, tabled by @kateparminter, is due to be debated.

This vital amendment would give Local Nature Recovery Strategies the powers needed to deliver nature's recovery on the ground 🐸🌻

More below 👇
https://t.co/XG3K6xJD0Q