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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helena Horton Environment reporter

‘Even bankers need clean air’: Natural England chief warns Truss over threat to green rules

Rolling English Countryside near Staveley in the English Lake District
Referencing new policies signalled by the incoming Truss government, Natural England chair Tony Juniper warned ‘growth that results in the destruction of nature will, in the end, cease’. Photograph: Khrizmo/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Liz Truss has been issued a veiled warning over new government policies by the head of Natural England, who says “even bankers need to eat, drink and inhale clean air”.

Tony Juniper, chair of the nature watchdog, has outlined the vital relationship between the economy and nature in Wednesday’s Guardian, as charities across the country revolt over government plans to slash nature protections and potentially remove environmental requirements from farming subsidies.

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