The Time is Now – building a green economy
Lots of us met with local MPs as part of the Time is Now lobby, organised by the Climate Coalition, on Tuesday 30th June. It was a useful exercise and we are engaged with follow up letters and actions. So far, the promised Green Recovery hasn’t been allocated much funding, compared with other countries so letters to MPs urging more action fast would be very welcome.
Friends of the Earth have created a new petition https://act.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/tell-chancellor-you-want-green-and-fair-pandemic-recovery
There are also loads of useful resources on the FOE website. They are campaigning about climate change, tree cover, trade and climate, plastics, nature, Heathrow expansion, bees and fracking https://friendsoftheearth.uk/about-us/our-campaigns
Trade deals
One of the FOE campaigns is about the trade deal with the US which is being negotiated at the moment. You’ve probably seen the publicity about threats to our food standards and NHS but there’s lots more to it and adopting it in full could seriously undermine our efforts to build a new green economy.
Global Justice Portsmouth have invited Nick Dearden, Director of Global Justice Now to talk to us on Monday at 5.30 about what’s involved in the deal and what we can do about it. More details here: http://www.campaign.exchange/event/stop-the-toxic-trade-deal-with-trump/
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