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Save our Bees petition hand-in
On Monday some of the 38 Degrees office team delivered our ‘Save Our Bees’ petition to Owen Paterson the Environment Secretary at the Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Over...
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Bees: Breaking News
Breaking news! This morning, the Environmental Audit Committee released its own report on the effect of pesticides on bees, criticising DEFRA’s tests and urging them to ban the use of these pesticides....
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Bees: Mountain of Science
Last week the Environmental Audit Committee reported that they too supported the stopping the use of the harmful pesticides blamed for killing bees. They called the environment minister Owen Paterson’s...
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Bees: Meeting with Environment Minister, Owen Paterson
On Friday over fifty 38 Degrees members from North Shropshire held a meeting with their MP, the environment minister Owen Paterson, about the pesticides being blamed for killing our bees. The meeting...
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Bees Petition Hand in at DEFRA
A mountain of evidence turns up at the department for the environment to hand in our petition to save the bees. The petition to save the bees has now reached over 1/4 million signatures! This morning,...
View ArticleVictory! Bee-killer pesticides banned in Europe
Great news! The votes are in. Bee-killer pesticides are going to be suspended across Europe for the next two years. Bees can breathe a sigh of relief. Sadly our environment minister, Owen Paterson,...
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Air pollution
The air we breathe has a direct impact on our health. But across huge swathes of the UK, the air is so dirty that the government’s been taken to court. We’ve failed to meet even minimum EU standards...
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Bees 1: Syngenta 0
Wonderful news, we’ve protected our bees! Yesterday Syngenta withdrew their controversial application to allow their banned bee-killer pesticides back on UK fields. Owen Paterson, the environment...
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