If you want to make your town a more resilient and positive place for people and wildlife, please help by signing this petition. Together we can contribute to a movement that has already enjoyed success in urban areas across the world, from Montreal, Canada, to Perth, Australia, and beyond!

With ever growing urbanisation the problem of water companies discharging untreated effluent can only get worse. They must be made to invest in new technologies but it has to come at government level. We need to send a clear message to Ofwat.

Penrith residents have suffered the odour nuisance the Penrith 'pong' far too long. We want it to end. We want to be able to open our windows, breathe fresh air, lead normal (odourless free) lives !

Pollution impacts us all but it particularly affects vulnerable people and children and costs many lives.We must all work together to put pressure on the government to eradicate this ‘silent’ menace.

Our natural environment is already at risk from climate change. biodiversity loss and loss of habitat. During this heatwave at least 75 wildfires have been started by disposable barbeques. They also cannot be recycled so negatively impact the environment is multiple ways. Please sign this petition and ask the minister for the environment George Eustice to do the right thing.

The negative health consequences of high air pollution are well documented and the current draft plan will not address this significant problem. The interventions needed to achieve this in our city are clear. Our goals should be in line with WHO guidelines and that of London boroughs of 10 ug/m (NO2). The rolling out of an extended ULEZ (Ultra-Low Emissions zone), the bus only ULEZ, Zero Emission Zones and a Smoke Control Area all need to be implemented immediately. We need solutions that encourage less through traffic, while encouraging pedestrian and cycle access alongside long-term plans for a zero emissions transport network. We need clear interim targets for every year of the action plan to ensure that we do not continue to fail at the implementation of this ambitious but necessary plan. Pollution levels in our city have been illegally high for too many years. There are many interventions available to B&H to tackle air pollution but the current draft is vague on these actions and omits many significant opportunities. The failure to create a robust and enforceable plan risks the continuation of the associated health harm, suffering and death that the large body of scientific evidence shows is already occurring in the city.

The local councillors for Llantarnam ward have decided they want to destroy a vital grassland habitat without consulting constituents first. The old Llantarnam school rugby fields have been left to rewild for many years now. There is no access issues with the field already having a path around the perimeter and this destruction can’t be justified by any safety issues. The area is currently supporting an abundance of wildlife from insects to small mammals/birds and is providing a perfect hunting ground for Owls that are struggling in other areas of Wales due to a lack of grassland that has been left to rewild like this. The area is also now home to many wildflower species that are supporting local pollinators. The fact it has been left to rewild for so long also means that saplings including Oak trees have started to grow here. It would be a travesty to destroy this vital and unique habitat. The Llantarnam ward already has an abundance of open green fields and sports fields for people to use but what it doesn’t have is another large habitat like this that has been left alone to rewild. Destroying this habitat would go against Torfaen councils own self declared Nature Emergency. The benefits of the rewilding the area also don’t just stop at the benefits for nature. Access to nature has proven benefits for peoples mental and physical well-being and many residents have already told me that this areas destruction would impact them greatly. This site needs to designated as Local Nature Reserve (LNR) by the council for its amazing biodiversity. This area is vital and unique habitat that has benefits both for nature and for people. Destroying an area that has been left to rewild for this long would go against the councils own self declared nature emergency.

We are drowning in plastic. If we left the packaging at the till (which we are entitled to do) they would soon stop. They don't want a mountain of plastic to deal with. So why are we accepting it? Loose fruit and vegetables means a weekly shop without contributing to landfill and carbon emissions. It is a no-brainer. The supermarkets need to know how it is entirely unnecessary and unwanted to package fruit and vegetables.

Lidl’s planning application for the old Staples site trashes hopes for opening up and greening the hidden river corridor from Sheffield’s Midland Station to Endcliffe Park. The Sheaf and Porter Rivers Trust are objecting to their application 22/01163/FUL to develop another food supermarket opposite Aldi on St Mary’s Gate. Lidl are using their retail power to ignore their sadly neglected reach of the historic Brook where the Vulcan Forge once hammered away day and night. Click on the link below to see our detailed objection... https://www.sheafportertrust.org/lidlobjection

This issue is close to my heart as I live on the A41 near to the crossing and have seen the difficulties with this crossing for all the residents who live either side. The pavements are busy with cyclists using half and sometimes going at speed, which decreases the space required to keep at a safe distance away from the kerb at the crossing. Sometimes the rain collects beside the crossing and cars are driving through the puddles at speed, causing pedestrians to get soaked! It is hazardous and needs to be reviewed and improved as soon as possible before there is an accident. There is also an issue of the crossing not having an audible beeping sound when safe to cross, it takes a long time to cross safely and is wholly inadequate when compared to all other crossings on main roads and busy dual carriageways.

In Congleton Constituency, data from The Rivers Trust revealed that in 2021, there were 1477 raw sewage spills which occurred for a total of 6206 hours (equivalent to 258 days, or over 8 months of continuous discharge). Nationally, only 14% of UK rivers meet Good Ecological Status and 75% pose a serious risk to human health. We deserve better.

Please, please invite your MP to the UK’s first ever high-level briefing by leading scientists on the latest climate science and strategies for implementing net-zero. Amazing news! Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance and other scientific leaders will brief MPs on the Climate and Ecological Emergency in JUST OVER A WEEK, on Monday 11 July. This will be a version of the briefing Sir Patrick gave to Boris Johnson, which the PM described as his 'Road to Damascus moment' on the CEE. 29,000 of us, together with 79 eminent climate scientists and 29 leading clinicians, called for an urgent briefing, so that climate policy can be based on science not lobbying and misinformation. Sir Patrick will brief MPs on MONDAY 11 JULY, 3.30-5.00pm, just like he did during the worst of the Covid-19 crisis. Accompanying him will be Prof Gideon Henderson, the Chief Scientific Adviser for DEFRA; Prof Stephen Belcher, Met Office Chief Scientist; and Prof Emily Shuckburgh, Director of Cambridge Zero, the University of Cambridge’s major climate initiative. An amazingly eminent panel. I am asking if you can do one thing – take one minute to write to your MP and insist they attend. We can get hundreds and hundreds of our MPs to turn up at this vital briefing so that they are up to date with the latest science and can act to protect us, as we elected them to do. Writing a letter is quick, powerful and straightforward, even if you’ve not done it before. If you use template letter above without personalising it, it could take less than a minute: Visit www.writetothem.com Enter your postcode Scroll past councillors to find your MP and click on their name Write your letter (you can base it on our template, or even better use it to write your own), add your address and press Preview and Send Check your letter and press Send That’s it! You’ve taken action to help ensure your MP is informed on the most important issue of our time