In the Lords today, amendment 184ZA to the #LevellingUp Bill, tabled by Kate Parminter, 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 👇 wcl.org.uk/docs/Briefing%…

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)

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: woodlandtrust.org.uk/support-us/act…

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: bit.ly/45ABnj1

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.

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

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. bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

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.

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. theoep.org.uk/report/environ…

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

"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 Craig Bennett, The Wildlife Trusts