Jonathan Elmer - Green Party Spokesperson for Nature
Green Party National Spokesperson for Nature
- 🐳 83 countries have signed the High Seas Treaty. 🐋 This could protect of 30% of the High Seas by 2030. A vital lifeline to marine ecosystems. 💚 Finally some real hope in an otherwise bleak world. www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
- UK NATURE'S RIGHTS BILL LAUNCHED IN PARLIAMENT TODAY The bill reclassifies nature as a SUBJECT of law, with legal personhood. It recognises that neither humans or economies can exist without nature. This profound but positive disruption is needed NOW. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- BOTTOM TRAWLING IN MARINE PROTECTED AREAS TO CONTINUE Government has announced that efforts to ban this super destructive method of fishing are "disproportionate." Labour's #WarOnNature continues. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Labour has announced a continuation and expansion of the badger cull. This despite the advice of the Natural England Scientific chief. The war on nature continues. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
- 💯 An excellent choice I would say. ✅️His priorities include poverty and the environment. 📣 Lets hope @PopeLeo quickly gets to work helping the far right and MAGA cultists understand that their ideology is the antithesis of Christ. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
- @UKLabour is backtracking on a new rule that would require a Swift Friendly brick, in new build houses. They think it's woke. I think they've completely lost the plot. Sign the petition below. act.38degrees.org.uk/act/swifts-p...
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- Congratulations Durham Greens Now up to 2 seats on Durham Council - two more people to hold Reform to account So pleased for @jonathanelmer.bsky.social #GetGreensElected
- 😬 The #LabourParty roll-back of protections for UK Wildlife has been unprecedented. 💡 It's becoming clear that #keir_Starmer himself is the driving force, as he seeks to curry favour with corporations. 📢 He said so himself! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Wildlife Trusts have stepped up their opposition to Labour's Planning & Infrastructure Bill which: -rolls back existing site protections -allows for impacts to be balanced off site -will create geographic DEAD ZONES www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/chariti...
- 💚ANGLERS 1 GOVERNMENT 0 🐟Anglers fighting to improve the Costa Beck have defeated Labour's blocking tactics in court. 👏A rare victory against Labour in their war on nature. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- 🐟Supertrawlers are destroying fish populations in UK Marine Protected Areas. 😔Labour have the power to stop this, but they are not! ❓️What happened to the Brexit promise to take back control of UK waters? www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/supertr...
- Labour's Planning & Infrastructure Bill positions NATURE as a BARRIER to development. It.. -drops the need for pre development nature surveys -allows for impacts to be balanced off site -will create geographic DEAD ZONES -rolls back Tory legislation! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Just appalled at Labours' sudden decision to cut funding for Nature Friendly Farming. It's a huge blow to nature and a huge blow to farmers. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03...
- Most people think lead shot was banned years ago, but its still the weapon of choice for the shooting industry. 🤢Birds eat it thinking its seed, people accidentally eat it in game, and the soil is poisoned. ✅Time for a complete ban! Come on Labour! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- 💚Great to see agreement at COP16 on financing of the 30/30 targets, and the very late submission of the UK #NBSAP. But the emerging Planning & Infrastructure Bill gives developers freedom to bulldoze. The two don't line up at all! www.carbonbrief.org/uk-belatedly...
- ✈️ #RachelReeves claims #SustainableAviationFuel will ensure airport expansion is compatible with climate and nature targets. ✖️ There is NO evidence to support this claim www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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- Labour have just trashed a bill that only intended to ensure compliance with agreed Climate and Nature targets. DO YOU SEE THEM YET? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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- On the bright side...
- And as the Tuna dissappear, their financial value increases. The only chance they stand is through #RightsOfNature legislation. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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- Labour needs to understand that functional natural systems support all life, including our own.
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- It's not just Musk, there are British millionaires bankrolling national policy choices. #Labour have the power to reform party funding, but seem happy with the status quo. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/its-not-ju...
- Come on Labour, stop the pointless slaughter of wildlife.
- THE SILENCE OF THE LAMMY Marcus is having to lobby his local MP (The Foreign Secretary) to get involved. Come on David, it's your actual job now. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
- It's basically women's fault for existing!
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- Labour's planning reforms capitulate control to bulk developers. But the self same companies are ignoring their responsibilities to nature. It's a dark future for UK wildlife. wildjustice.org.uk/general/lost...
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- The silence of the Lammy (his MP) www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...
- #AngelaRayner pits people against nature in an attempt to draw attention away from the real reasons homes are not built. Evidence of an increasingly close relationship between Labour and the bulk house builders.
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- The assisted dying debate highlighted the importance of palliative care. However, palliative care is in a state of collapse due to underfunding. Will government step in to save St.Cuthberts Hospice? www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2478759...
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- @AngelReyner deliberately misrepresenting the planning system to pit people against nature a) Newts don't stop construction as they are translocated b) The lack of biodiversity is a much bigger threat than the problems with the property market. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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