The Air Traffic Management Bill is designed to accommodate the projected DOUBLING of civil aviation traffic over the next 30 years. Places previously immune to aircraft intrusion, like National Parks and AONBs, will be faced with unacceptable noise levels. We discovered that there is very little in Statute to defend AONBs, so drafted a Private Members Bill outlining the main areas for reform. (The bill wasn't selected)

This would create hundreds of new green jobs which could see workers transferred whilst Big Oil takes care of the retirement schemes for those of the right age. In time this would redress the social inequality in Halton, the borough next door, which currently has the lowest life expectancy in the United Kingdom. It would also dramatically reduce the pollution of the North West of England's two main cities, as well as the surrounding areas.

We have seen the benefits that the shutdown is bringing. Wildlife is returning to urban areas and air pollution is reduced. The lockdown has given us time to pause and reflect on what is important. We should not squander this by returning to hectic lives, rushing from place to place and guzzling fossil fuels. Coronavirus has forced us into a green economy and has highlighted inequality between our citizens. We can address both of these during the ending of the lockdown. In order to protect against future pandemics, we must protect the natural world and ensure that our people can work effectively and safely, while ensuring that key workers are valued and fairly compensated for the vital work they do.

THE USE OF SUPER TRAWLERS IS NOT SUSTAINABLE OR RESPONSIBLE AND SHOULD BE BANNED. LAST YEAR 2019 IN U.K. WATERS SUPER TRAWLERS' PELAGIC TRAWLING KILLED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLPHINS AS BYCATCH. WHILE FISH STOCKS ARE AT AN ALL TIME LOW - 90% OF WORLD FISH STOCK GONE IN LAST 100 YEARS - WE ARE FISHING THE LAST 10% OF FISH ON EARTH . WHILE THE UK IS IN CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN THIS, AND OTHER ECOCIDAL MONSTROSITIES, CONTINUE. ONE FACTOR FUELING THIS IN THE UK IS THE M.S.C. ( MARINE STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL) WHO ACT AS A MIDDLEMAN BETWEEN THE SUPERMARKETS AND THE FISHING COMPANIES BY BRANDING "ETHICALLY SOURCED" FISH PRODUCTS. ONLY LARGE FISHING COMPANIES CAN AFFORD TO BUY THE M.S.C. ACCREDITATION BRANDING WHICH IS NOT WON ON MERIT BUT PAID FOR. ONLY LARGE COMPANIES SUCH AS THE OWNERS OF SUPERTRAWLERS CAN AFFORD ACCREDITATION, SO SMALL INSHORE BOATS WHICH ARE SOURCING FISH SUSTAINABLY ARE PUT OUT OF BUSINESS AS THEY CANT AFFORD THE ACCREDITATION FROM THE M.S.C ! M.S.C. MADE MULTI MILLIONS LAST YEAR WITH SELLING THEIR BRANDING TO SUPERMARKETS AND TO BIG FISHING COMPANIES WHO ARE PLUNDERING THE OCEANS FOR ALL FISH KILLING EVERY THING IN THEIR PATH INCLUDING DOLPHINS. M.S.C. ARE A REGISTERED CHARITY "NOT FOR PROFIT " WE ASK : HOW CAN THIS BE ? BUT ACCREDITATION SELLS FISH ! PEOPLE WANT TO BUY FISH THAT HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLY SOURCED. THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN RESPONSIBLY OR SUSTAINABLY SOURCED! THOUSANDS OF DOLPHINS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE SUPER TRAWLERS' PELAGIC TRAWLING METHOD. IT WAS BANNED FROM FISHING IN AUSTRALIA IN 2013 IT HAS TO BE BANNED HERE! PLEASE SEE AND SUPPORT THE WORK OF HERE www.BLUESEASPROTECTION.COM

This is causing some species of coarse fish to become very scarce and disappearing from some of our Rivers/Streams & Canals in the UK. It is also a loophole used by fish thieves who are causing parts of our rivers systems to become baron of some species. We believe that there should also be a small allowance allowed for predator anglers to be able to use only in the water they are caught in as bait.

The government's plan is to delay the talks scheduled for November 2020 until May next year. The Climate is Number 1 emergency when we start to rebuild after Covid 19. The IPCC, the body of the world's leading experts, said in 2018 that catastrophic climate breakdown is inevitable within this decade unIess we change course and start to bring down carbon emissions dramatically. In addition, having the talks online would avoid the damaging effects of delegates travelling.

Most of us dislike the idea of waste and to see plants being binned before they have had the chance of even being planted out seems to be not just a waste but a sad loss to our communities and a disaster to the nursery people who have planted and nurtured them. Most of these could be put to good use to brighten up our parks and other community spaces and the effort of planting them out would help people to deal with the effects of the Covid-19 epidemic. In addition if done as a community effort it would be a good memorial throughout the summer months, and beyond. It is essential that we quickly get as many signatures as we can. Time is running out for these plants. The annuals are probably already lost, but the perennials, shrubs and bushes could still be saved and grace our public areas for several years.

With increasingly wet winters, river fishing is becoming more and more restricted due to the amount of time the rivers are carrying flood water. The last river season for coarse fish (2019/20) has seen some rivers unfishable for 6 of the available 9 months, and now as flood waters recede, fishing them is banned due to an archaic byelaw which serves no useful purpose.

Sir David Attenborough has urged governments to ban deep sea mining, following a study warning of “potentially disastrous” risks to the ocean’s life-support systems if it goes ahead. The study, by Fauna and Flora International (FFI), warns proposed plans to mine the seabed could cause significant loss of biodiversity, disruption of the ocean’s “biological pump”, and the loss of microbes important for storing carbon. The process, requiring machines operating thousands of metres under the sea, could also create plumes of sediment that smother areas far from the mining sites and kill wildlife. Dozens of exploratory licences, two of which are sponsored by the UK, have already been granted for huge tracts of the sea bed, ahead of a race to mine commercially for ores and minerals such as copper, used in mobile phones and batteries. But the rules to govern the responsible exploitation of this global resource are not finalised – they are expected to be completed at a meeting in July at the UN International Seabed Authority. Source: Guardian.co.uk

An increase in Nuclear waste dumping could be catastrophic for Scotland.

The National Gallery's Portrait exhibition is due to take place in April in the Ulster Museum sponsored by BP - one of the world's biggest polluters. Climate change is the biggest threat we face. But rather than acting on it, BP is trying to make clean up it's image by sponsoring art exhibitions here in Belfast, while it continues to make huge profits. BP is one of the companies most responsible for the climate crisis. It is the 11th biggest corporate source of greenhouse emissions in history. Late last year The Scottish National Portrait Gallery announced it will no longer stage the exhibition due to BP's involvement. There is no reason why the Ulster Museum can't do the same.

As a community we should be objecting to this proposal due to several factors which include - the safety of the children who play in this area with the increase in vehicular movement. - an increase in noise and pollution next to the 3g sports facilities and skate park. - the loss of green space used for public events such as the shows, fireworks, circus etc. - increase in traffic flow over the Victoria bridge causing more congestion. - potential of traffic self diverting causing a rat race through the residential area. - adding to the surface water run off in an area already susceptible to flooding - loss of green space which is beneficial to mental health and well being. - potential damage to the surrounding trees and wildlife. So please as a community help us fight against this proposal and save our green space at whittinghame drive, a space used by many, from children, to dog walkers and families. Let's stop this car park that will lead to the changes to our historic town centre, which could ruin people's businesses. Businesses which right now are thriving.