The UK Environmental Justice Nertwork (UKEJN)is a network of organisations, communities and individuals seeking to ensure everyone has a right to a clean and healthy environment.  The UKEJN was set up by Capacity Global in 2002.

The Red Tape Challenge – Saying goodbye to environmental justice and equality laws?

According to the government the Red Tape Challenge is about reducing ‘the burden of over regulation’. Unfortunately ‘burden’ hasn’t been defined and basic laws that protect social and environmental justice are also under the spotlight.

In practice this could mean that the legal framework for environmental justice and equalities such as air quality, industrial emissions, environmental information and discriminations laws disappear under a ‘red tape’ cloud.

The Red Tape challenge is part of a public consultation exercise. Once the views are in the government will take three months to decide what stays and what goes. Anything ‘burdensome’ will be dumped and no longer law.

Capacity Global is currently reviewing this threat to environmental justice. We’re gathering opinions and working with our partners to ensure that laws defending everyone’s right to a clean and healthy environment are protected rather than destroyed.

Don’t say goodbye to environmental justice and equality. Have your say.

Get your voice heard and make sure the government understands that environmental justice needs environment, equalities and healthy and safety laws.

If you would like to respond, follow the links below to the Red Tape Challenge website and register your views.

Note: please also take a few seconds to copy and paste your response and send it along with your name and organisation to research@capacity.org.uk as Capacity Global are trying to track responses.

Red tape challenge
www.redtapechallenge.cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Red tape challenge: Equalities - Responses needed now and especially around the 9th June
www.redtapechallenge.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/equalities/

Red tape challenge: Environment - Responses needed now and especially around the 1st September
www.redtapechallenge.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/environment/

Red tape challenge: Health and Safety - Responses needed now and especially around the 30th June
www.redtapechallenge.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/health-and-safety/