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Richard Benwell

@rsbenwell

CEO, Wildlife & Countryside Link, for #wildlife, animal #welfare and #wellbeing. wcl.org.uk @WCL_News. Chair, #Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership.

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Fidra (@fidratweets) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📻Don't miss BBC Radio 4's eye-opening podcast on PFAS! 🎧Listen to Fidra's Hannah Evans reveal the hidden dangers of 'forever chemicals' and why a comprehensive ban on non-essential uses is crucial for protecting both our health and the environment. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Fish Legal (@fishlegal_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: Court of Appeal judgment handed down today in our nationally important river case with Pickering Fishery Association against Defra UK and Environment Agency. WE WON (again)! Government's appeal comprehensively dismissed. The ruling sets out exactly what Steve Reed MP needs to do to

BREAKING: Court of Appeal judgment handed down today in our nationally important river case with <a href="/pickeringfish/">Pickering Fishery Association</a> against <a href="/DefraGovUK/">Defra UK</a> and <a href="/EnvAgency/">Environment Agency</a>.

WE WON (again)!  Government's appeal comprehensively dismissed.

The ruling sets out exactly what <a href="/SteveReedMP/">Steve Reed MP</a> needs to do to
Kate Jennings 💙 (@keasdenkate) 's Twitter Profile Photo

1/4: A lot of detail to wade through here - but great to attend a briefing from The Office for Environmental Protection on this report this morning on what looks to be a really thorough report with very strong & clear recommendations that are bang on the money. Significantly that includes the need to ...

Chris Hinchliff MP (@chinchliffmp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Plans to reform environmental regulations risk irreversible harm to nature. My amendments to the Planning Bill would prevent this. Safeguarding nature and building homes can go hand in hand - with an empowered, well-funded planning system. politicshome.com/opinion/articl…

Compassion in World Farming UK (@ciwf) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Norfolk has been dubbed the "megafarm capital of Europe" after our research found that the number of industrial farms in the area had shot up by 20% over the last decade to over 100. The rejection of the latest planning application is welcome news. express.co.uk/news/uk/203724…

Richard Benwell (@rsbenwell) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A #PlanningBill that simplifies sustainable development *and* helps restore nature is a prize worth fighting for. And it's still within reach. We hope Government & Parliamentarians fix the weaknesses and make the Environmental Delivery Plan idea something we can all support.

Hannah Bourne-Taylor (@writerhannahbt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Fantastic news! An ACE Labour MP has acted for the birds …. Email your MP simply asking them to sign this EDM - will take you and then 2 seconds! edm.parliament.uk/early-day-moti…

Craig Bennett (@craigbennett3) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thank you Chris. We could and should be building homes and rebuilding nature at the same time This is a time for The Labour Party MPs to help shape that win-win, rather than accept the damaging rhetoric that it has to be one or the other

Chris Millward Jnr (@chris4patches) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It was great to meet Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust yesterday to explore so many exciting areas of collaborative working Meeting James Benwell & Andy Underscore was very special as they’ve both deeply influenced my personal & biodiversity recording journey Brum really is the “centre of the earth”! 😉

It was great to meet <a href="/WTBBC/">Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust</a> yesterday to explore so many exciting areas of collaborative working

Meeting  <a href="/JimPanda/">James Benwell</a> &amp; <a href="/Andy_Underscore/">Andy Underscore</a>  was very special as they’ve both deeply influenced my personal &amp; biodiversity recording journey

Brum really is the “centre of the earth”! 😉
Rachel Salvidge (@rachsalv) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So please to see this parliamentary PFAS inquiry kick off today. So important we understand this better... committees.parliament.uk/work/9078/addr…

watershed_investigations (@watershed_i) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Amazing to see health harms from PFAS forever chemicals finally getting some attention in Parliament. Curious about PFAS exposure in your area? Uncover hotspots near you on our Watershed Pollution Map: watershedinvestigations.com/home/find-out-…

Amazing to see health harms from PFAS forever chemicals finally getting some attention in Parliament. Curious about PFAS exposure in your area? Uncover hotspots near you on our Watershed Pollution Map:
watershedinvestigations.com/home/find-out-…
ENDS Report (@theendsreport) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The The Wildlife Trusts has set out a series of amendments to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill that it wants to see ministers take forward to ‘plug the gaps’ currently in the legislation. Here’s what you need to know ⬇️ endsreport.com/article/191375…

Richard Benwell (@rsbenwell) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Good to see LGA consult on new statutory environmental duties. Please respond in support of adding duties in the #PlanningBill to drive councils' contribution to Climate Change Act and Environment Act targets. Plus the resources to help them do it. local.gov.uk/about/campaign…

Craig Bennett (@craigbennett3) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This👇 is how it should be done We need changes to the #PlanningBill to make developments like this the norm rather than the exception Great quotes from my colleague David Mooney at #London Wildlife Trust theguardian.com/environment/20…

Philip Lymbery (@philip_ciwf) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Octopuses are remarkable (8 legs, 3 hearts, blue-green blood & much more) & proposed farming of them Nueva Pescanova is completely at odds with everything we understand about the species & what we know to be morally right We must END.IT Compassion in World Farming UK

Octopuses are remarkable (8 legs, 3 hearts, blue-green blood &amp; much more) &amp; proposed farming of them <a href="/PescanovaCorp/">Nueva Pescanova</a> is completely at odds with everything we understand about the species &amp; what we know to be morally right
We must END.IT
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Kaye Brennan (@campaignerkaye) 's Twitter Profile Photo

An important day! 22k+ co-signed The Wildlife Trusts open letter to Angela Rayner, concerned #planningbill could harm nature & halt healthy communities. Craig Bennett will take this + a book of comments to Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Gov in person. Thanks to all co-signers💚 Nature OR Development? Both!

RSPB (@natures_voice) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We’ve just delivered a message to Downing Street, backed by over 100,000 of you.‼️ Farmers, NGOs and the public are standing together to demand action. UK Government, this is a call you can't afford to ignore. Any cut now would be a disaster for farming and nature.

We’ve just delivered a message to Downing Street, backed by over 100,000 of you.‼️

Farmers, NGOs and the public are standing together to demand action.

UK Government, this is a call you can't afford to ignore.

Any cut now would be a disaster for farming and nature.
RSPB (@natures_voice) 's Twitter Profile Photo

70% of UK land is farmed. If we want nature to recover, this is where it happens. Farmers like James Rebanks are already doing it – farming with wildlife, not against it. But without proper funding, we risk losing it all. Rachel Reeves: increase funding, grow our future.