New Environmental Law website

[gus horsley]

This has been brought to my attention:

http://www.environmentlaw.org.uk/

It's designed to explain environmental law in plain English and quite a lot of it is useful for anyone interested in protecting the countryside.

 

[kay]

And now is the period (until 21st Sept) set aside for commenting on the whole raft of environmental legislation that is being suggested in the "red tape challenge"

http://www.redtapechallenge.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/themehome/environment-2/

 

[gus horsley]

I've already seen the effects of the Red Tape Challenge consultation on the Equality Act.  If they do the same to environmental law then we're doomed.

 

[graham]

Red Tape The stuff that stops the rich screwing over the rest of us.

 

[kay]

I've already seen the effects of the Red Tape Challenge consultation on the Equality Act.  If they do the same to environmental law then we're doomed.

So what do we do? Ignore the whole thing?

 

[gus horsley]

We can't ignore it, but these Red Tape Challenges have been merely a way for the government to cut funding under the guise of cutting down on beurocracy, rather than retaining the same level of funding and finding ways of delivering a better service.  You end up having to work within a watered-down version of the original.  Recent examples within the Equality Act include the scrapping of third-party harassment (an important piece of legislation which offered some protection for people working with potentially violent members of the public) and the removal of the provision of the Specific Duties part of the Act which means that public organisations no longer need to be "transparent".  The Government estimated that there would be a saving of ?950k a year and it could shed 13.5 jobs as a result of the Red Tape Challenge.

However, for those of us interested in preserving our natural environments, here's an intersting development:  http://www.thehamiltongroup.org.uk/common/ecocide.asp

My first contribution to the Red Tape Challenge was moderated out - so much for free speech.

 

[graham]

However, for those of us interested in preserving our natural environments, here's an intersting development:  http://www.thehamiltongroup.org.uk/common/ecocide.asp

Interesting.

 

[Hughie]

However, for those of us interested in preserving our natural environments, here's an intersting development:  http://www.thehamiltongroup.org.uk/common/ecocide.asp

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