Watching foam and mats of duckweed on the River Cam and thinking about #NutrientNeutrality
In votes just now, the House of Lords said NO to Government plans to…
❌Scrap #NutrientNeutrality rules
❌Give itself powers to further amend protections without proper security.
A massive thanks to the peers, orgs & people who have stood up for rivers & good policy making 🙏
Yesterday, the House of Lords voted in support of protecting our rivers by saying no to removing key legal provisions on #NutrientNeutrality . It is possible to build new homes while safeguarding our precious waterways - and we're pleased to see that these protections aren't going…
Just forced Minister to Chamber to answer questions about letting housing developers (a major source of Tory party donations) off the hook for extra river pollution.
Scrapping #NutrientNeutrality rules is reckless & contradicts Govt promises on not watering down EU protections
To relate #NutrientNeutrality back to fish, 8 protected sites that will be affected if the Government amendment goes through are protected as habitats for Atlantic salmon. Wild salmon need #coldcleanwater . We hope protecting salmon matters in the Lords.
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The UK should breathe a sigh of relief that the Lords overturned the government's plan to scrap nutrient neutrality, Ashley Smith tells Jacob Rees-Mogg #NutrientNeutrality
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🚨Our rivers are in crisis!
Only 14% of our rivers are in good ecological condition, with this figure predicted to fall to 6% by 2027!
Yet the Government's #NutrientNeutrality proposals will weaken environmental protections. We urge everyone to speak out against them! (1/2)
A WIN FOR NATURE!
The House of Lords has REJECTED the Government’s last minute scramble to scrap a vital #NutrientNeutrality law.
Thank you to everyone who spoke up for the health of our rivers 🌊🙏
The failure to enforce existing regulations is what has caused the existing problems of river pollution. So ripping up the existing rules was a really bad idea that has rightly been defeated in the Lords🧵
#NutrientNeutrality
#SaveTheWye
The government is trying to rush through legislation to allow more water pollution without doing anything to tackle the sources of the problem.
Greens in Parliament like Jenny Jones are standing up for our rivers!
#SaveTheWye #NutrientNeutrality
Government promises not to weaken environmental protections are being broken as #HabitatsRegulations being removed
#NutrientNeutrality helps protect our rivers, streams & lakes from pollution. Without that protection, bats, other wildlife and people will pay the price.
.Jenny Jones: 'My Lords, we were lied to... Our government promised us repeatedly, again & again, that there would be no lessening of environmental protection at any time...& they have lied. As a result of Brexit we are almost unprotected.'
#NutrientNeutrality #StopTheSewage
Full Council Norfolk County Council - our unelected, out of touch, Prime Minister, billionaire Rishi Sunak flew into Norwich last month by taxpayer-funded helicopter with a grand announcement that he planned to scrap EU #NutrientNeutrality rules, I call it an #AttackOnNature #SewageCrisis
🚨BREAKING on #NutrientNeutrality : Cross-party Peers have defeated Government plans to unleash house-building sewage pollution in our rivers.🌊
Thank you @greenjennyjones Natalie Bennett LabourLordsUK Lib Dem Lords and all those who made this happen.💪👏👏👏
James Wallace reports:
Langstone Harbour, from Bedhampton, today. The internationally important mudflats are under there somewhere. Just a few tufts of spartina poking out above the algae on this part of the shore. #NutrientNeutrality
Around 70% of homes “blocked” by #NutrientNeutrality rules have already been greenlit for building thanks to mitigation schemes with NGOs and local authorities
All Ministers have done is kill off a new environmental market and worsen river pollution
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Some great news! The House of Lords has voted AGAINST Government plans to scrap #NutrientNeutrality rules for new housing development. This is a big win for our precious chalk streams! 💚 We are grateful to everyone who spoke up to #DefendNature .
🙌 Great news from the House of Lords last night as Peers voted against last minute Government amendments on #nutrientneutrality !
These last-minute amendments by government would have left rivers vulnerable to nutrient pollution and taxpayers picking up the bill.
