20 September 2017
Proposers of big new roads need to prove that the environmental damage done by roads is outweighed by the benefit they provide.As we have seen, the benefits are illusory, congestion gets worse, not better. So, not much benefit then!
06 September 2017
We are in a phase of “consultation” for road building along the A27. Proposals at Worthing and at Arundel are in the fray at the moment, but I’m sure more will follow. We appear to be entering another road-building bonanza where, ignoring the evidence of the past, the dewy-eyed romantics of the Highways Agency believe that road building will solve all our congestion ills.
04 January 2017
A new report by a parliamentary committee published today warns Government that environmental protections must not be weakened after Brexit.
08 December 2016
UK’s major environmental organisations unite to highlight “once in a generation opportunity” for the environment as UK exits the EU
04 September 2016
Ninety percent of the people in the UK agree that our wellbeing and quality of life depend on nature.
26 August 2016
Sussex Wildlife Trust’s Chief Ececutive comments on recent developments at Pondtail Wood.
12 July 2016
Whatever your view on Britain’s position in Europe, we live in a changing world and it is clear that there is now a huge task to make sure that nature conservation is given proper consideration.
22 June 2016
There are many aspects to think about when coming to a decision about whether to vote “remain” or “leave” in tomorrow’s referendum. The environment is just one of them. So as a last exercise we decided to do a couple of straw polls on how important the environment is to some people when deciding on their vote tomorrow.
21 June 2016
In May Tony Whitbread wrote to the Chief Executives and Chairmen of ‘Britain Stronger In Europe’ and ‘Vote Leave’, to our 16 local MPs and 10 South East England MEPs, inviting them to tell me how any benefits to Sussex wildlife from current EU policy and laws would be maintained after the Referendum. Here is a summary of their responses.
16 June 2016
Tony Whitbread offers a summary of his series of blogs looking at the EU Referendum and Sussex wildlife