Petitions and activism
To ask you to take urgent action to stop the UK government attacking nature
Pricklesinperil · 29/09/2022 20:16
Can I ask everyone to take action to support the PTES and the RSPB because legislation that protects nature in the UK is under attack.
The government is threatening to remove the various laws and policies that:
- protect our best wildlife sites, homes for myriad endangered species
- prevent unrestricted development, and
- help farmers support wildlife on their land
The implications of this are so profound that PTES is working with the RSPB and other wildlife charities to do what we can to stop it. Nature needs every support it can get in a hostile world in the midst of climate and biodiversity crises.
We want our politicians to understand how much we all care about protecting nature. The RSPB has created an easy way to demand action from your local MP. By following the link below you can find your local MP and send a simple letter calling for their support. You can amend it to your own words if you wish.
Please take this quick and easy opportunity to tell your MP today to urge the government to think again about the natural world.
Take action now
GottaGetOutofDairy · 29/09/2022 21:01
Done. I also joined the RSPB in response to hearing about this.
moggerhanger · 29/09/2022 21:52
Done, but my MP couldn't give less of a shit. I'm genuinely considering sitting on his constituency doorstep until he pays attention.
walkingonsunshinekat · 30/09/2022 07:35
Don't believe this, poster after poster assured me after the Brexit vote, environmental standards would go UP...
Our Govt wouldn't lie....
GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut · 30/09/2022 07:45
moggerhanger · 29/09/2022 21:52
Done, but my MP couldn't give less of a shit. I'm genuinely considering sitting on his constituency doorstep until he pays attention.
Same here. Doubt I'll even get an acknowledgement - never mind an answer.
BiddyPop · 30/09/2022 07:46
Weren't a lot of those protections based on European laws...and they are now looking to change those as fast as possible.
I've also seen that protections of workers rights, also based on European laws, are also being threatened with erosion.
Pricklesinperil · 30/09/2022 07:49
Here’s the detail on what the UK government is proposing
AliasGrape · 30/09/2022 08:16
Done and shared widely - I had actually started to write to MP when I saw RSPB tweets but was struggling to know what to say other than ‘arrrggh’ so really appreciate the link with a pre-written email which I could then edit/ use as a basis for my own.
My MP couldn’t care less, but still.
Lunabun · 30/09/2022 08:17
Done, but my Tory MP is a notably spineless one who unfailingly sticks to the party line and has no opinions of his own. I don't hold much hope for him.
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