What does the Brexit vote mean for the environment?

A special public meeting has been organised by Daniel Zeichner MP. The free event will be held from 7pm – 8.15pm on Friday 16 September at Cambridge Rugby Club, Granchester Road, Cambridge, CB3 9ED
 
Due to the need to plan capacity, the event will be ticketed but it is open to anyone who would like to attend. Places can be reserved at: www.danielzeichner.co.uk/brexitenvironment
 
Speakers are set to include Fiona Harvey, an award winning Guardian Environmental Journalist, Martin Garratt from Cambridge CleanTech and Kerry McCarthy MP, Former Shadow Environment Secretary.
 
Many of the laws and regulations that protect nature come from the EU. Some have been incorporated into UK law, but after Brexit they could be repealed.  Other regulations only exist as EU directives and could end abruptly.
 
Daniel Zeichner MP said: “I don’t think when people cast their votes many were thinking about bees, the birds in their gardens, air pollution and our rivers. Yet the outcome of the referendum will have profound impacts on our environment.
 
"Many people are talking about “red lines” after Brexit, I think it is time to demand some “green lines” from the Government.”
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