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Wildlife Under Attack from Osborne
The environment faces a forfeit in favour of short-term economic growth. Again. In yesterday’s autumn budget statement the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, attacked the laws protecting important UK wildlife sites from destruction by major developments. The Chancellor described … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, Europe, Government Affairs, Policy, Woodland creation, Woods Under Threat
Tagged Bechstein's bat, Birds Directive, Chancellor, EU, forests, George Osborne, gold plating, Habitats Directive, Habitats regulations, Lawton Review, Making Space for Nature, New green alliance savages osborne, Trees, woods
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