The "greenest government ever" (sic) is at it again. It's reviewing the Climate Change Act, National Parks Act, Clean Air Act and the Wildlife and Countryside Act and other regulations designed to protect wildlife, tackle pollution, protect the countryside, and reduce climate change... because they might be "burdensome" to business. And by "review", it means: "the default presumption will be that burdensome (sic) regulations will go. If Ministers want to keep them, they have to make a very good case for them to stay."
Meanwhile, the government has issued a smog alert for Easter weekend. Bah! Who needs the Clean Air Act anyway? And farmers are desperate for rain and face imminent water restrictions due to the hot and dry spell. But so what if climate change means this sort of weather becomes more frequent? And the South Downs National Park was only established on 1 April. But what's the point of a "biodiverse landscape" or an "area of outstanding beauty"? Let's build on them all.
So there's another short petition to sign. Just 2 minutes of your time. Hopefully not too burdensome. Thanks.
Between September 2010 and September 2011, I lived alongside an Anglican Benedictine community of monks and nuns. In November 2010, we moved from Broad Marston Manor near Evesham to Mucknell Abbey, a new eco-monastery near Worcester. This blog was about things that I observed and things that interested me. I have now stopped writing it. Thank you to all who were also interested.
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