Usually what the Tories do at this point because they hate accountability is just get rid of the targets.
> “Caroline Lucas, the Green party MP, said: “Defra admits in a cursory statement slipped out this morning that it’s failed to fulfil statutory duty to publish environment bill targets. This matters. Yet the government claims they have capacity to review 570 green laws by end of next year under the retained EU law bill! Madness.””
Ah lovely.. Coincides perfectly with the new UN report about how we’re on track to blow past the 1.5c and instead rise to 2.2c. Nothing to worry about tho, once we start getting close to 2.2c, 3c will be the new target.
Carry on
Oct 25 : “This government will have integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level.”
Oct 25 : Outcry over Suella Braverman’s return as home secretary…days after she resigned over security breach.
Oct 26 : Charity founded by Jeremy Hunt paid 66% of income to chief executive.
Oct 28 : UK government delays clean water and nature targets, breaching Environment Act.
What fresh “integrity” awaits usctomorrow?
To be fair, they have spent the last 6 months fighting one another. You can’t expect them to also find the time to do any actual work with all that excitement going on.
Has Thérèse Coffey shown any competence or even interest whatsoever in her former role as Health Secretary and now in her role as Environment Secretary? And I’m not just talking about her lack of qualifications and work experience in either of these fields, but about even just trying to look like she gives a damn about the job. That’s below the bare minimum.
I suppose it’s for the best that she doesn’t even try to pretend to care about her duties in public office because it just adds to the growing unpopularity of the Tory party. Still, what a sorry state of affairs.
Westminster has made it clear they don’t actually care that much about existential crisis facing us.
Them and governments of most industrialised nations.
You and I can help by doing what we can to shift demand, but we really need our governments to take climate change seriously and act.
There was a documentary on BBC1 the other night about roadworks on the A1. There was a woman from the environment agency (DEFRA?) who was all over it, inspecting water underneath manhole covers for contamination, noise levels, et al. And yet, up and down the country, water companies are blatantly dumping raw sewage into our rivers. Where are the inspectors when this happens all too often.
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Usually what the Tories do at this point because they hate accountability is just get rid of the targets.
> “Caroline Lucas, the Green party MP, said: “Defra admits in a cursory statement slipped out this morning that it’s failed to fulfil statutory duty to publish environment bill targets. This matters. Yet the government claims they have capacity to review 570 green laws by end of next year under the retained EU law bill! Madness.””
Ah lovely.. Coincides perfectly with the new UN report about how we’re on track to blow past the 1.5c and instead rise to 2.2c. Nothing to worry about tho, once we start getting close to 2.2c, 3c will be the new target.
Carry on
Oct 25 : “This government will have integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level.”
Oct 25 : Outcry over Suella Braverman’s return as home secretary…days after she resigned over security breach.
Oct 26 : Charity founded by Jeremy Hunt paid 66% of income to chief executive.
Oct 28 : UK government delays clean water and nature targets, breaching Environment Act.
What fresh “integrity” awaits usctomorrow?
To be fair, they have spent the last 6 months fighting one another. You can’t expect them to also find the time to do any actual work with all that excitement going on.
Has Thérèse Coffey shown any competence or even interest whatsoever in her former role as Health Secretary and now in her role as Environment Secretary? And I’m not just talking about her lack of qualifications and work experience in either of these fields, but about even just trying to look like she gives a damn about the job. That’s below the bare minimum.
I suppose it’s for the best that she doesn’t even try to pretend to care about her duties in public office because it just adds to the growing unpopularity of the Tory party. Still, what a sorry state of affairs.
Westminster has made it clear they don’t actually care that much about existential crisis facing us.
Them and governments of most industrialised nations.
You and I can help by doing what we can to shift demand, but we really need our governments to take climate change seriously and act.
There was a documentary on BBC1 the other night about roadworks on the A1. There was a woman from the environment agency (DEFRA?) who was all over it, inspecting water underneath manhole covers for contamination, noise levels, et al. And yet, up and down the country, water companies are blatantly dumping raw sewage into our rivers. Where are the inspectors when this happens all too often.