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Ancient woodland translocation: a spotlight on HS2
In the latest in our HS2 blog series, Kate Dewey, Senior Planning Officer at Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, looks at the impact of HS2 on ancient woodlands, and explains the reality of…
Thank you HS2
Our ongoing campaign to Stop and Rethink HS2
On the day that HS2 Ltd are due to take legal possession of a precious Wildlife Trust nature reserve, The Wildlife Trusts’ Rachel Hackett will present evidence to the HS2 Bill Select Committee as…
HS2 Ltd approach to natural environment is derisory
The Wildlife Trusts condemn HS2 Phase 2b draft Environmental Statement. Public consultation closes Friday 21st December.
High impact HS2 needs a new vision
New report shows how large-scale nature restoration along the HS2 proposed route could help heal blighted communities and damaged countryside
HS2 – new report reveals exorbitant cost to nature
A new report published by The Wildlife Trusts today reveals, for the first time, the vast scale of the destruction and impact that HS2 will cause to nature.
Slicing through the north west peatlands: A spotlight on HS2
Current plans for HS2 will slice a line through the north west peatlands, creating a barrier to a recovery network. Alan Wright, from the Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North…
HS2 should not get the green light in current form
Today, an edited version of an open letter to the Prime Minister was printed in The Times. It calls on Boris Johnson to stop and rethink current plans for HS2 in light of the hugely damaging…
Why HS2 still need to stop and rethink plans
Whilst much of the country is in lockdown, construction and planning work for HS2 continues to forge ahead largely unseen, putting at risk ancient woodland, meadows and other important habitats…
HS2 – 66,000 sign letter to the PM asking to stop and rethink
Today we went to Downing Street with a letter asking the Prime Minister to stop and rethink HS2 – signed by over 66,000 people.
Thousands ask Prime Minister to stop and re-think HS2
Today a letter from The Wildlife Trusts, signed by over 66,000 people will be delivered to 10 Downing Street highlighting the huge risks that HS2 poses to the environment, and asking the Prime…