Ɖ Gardịn vy on Tori invîrnmntceos: trnñ bac ɖ cloc
(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 13 October 2022)
Ɖr z no mandet fr ɖ anti-grīn ajnda v Liz Trus’z guvnmnt
Ʈrzde 13 Octobr 2022
Ɖ lêtist scizm t opn p in Liz Trus’z cabiṇt z les s’prîzñ ɖn it mt hv bn, hd dviźnz ovr tax n welfér poḷsiz nt olrdi imrjd. Bt ɖ dsiźn bî ɖ biznișecṛtri, Jecb Rīs-Mog, t opoz hr pubḷcli ovr solr-eṇji planz z stl a dṛmatic wn ɖt līvz hr lcñ īvn wìcr n mor xpozd. Hvñ prīvịsli strest hiz s’port fr fracñ, n ôl n gas drilñ in ɖ Norʈ Sī, Mr Rīs-Mog yzd an articl in ɖ Gardịn t dnî ɖt h opozz grīn eṇji. Ẃl Mz Trus wonts t rstrict ny solr insṭleśnz on farmland, Mr Rīs-Mog’z dīreğletri frvr xtndz bynd fosilfylz t rnywblz az wel.
Mz Trus’z anti-solr scīm z so il-jujd ɖt ol vôsz rezd agnst it r welcm. Bt Mr Rīs-Mog’z inʈyziazm fr ny ôl n gas mīnz ɖt h mst nvr b mstecn fr a frend t grīn cōzz. H z rît t pônt ǎt ɖt carbn-intnsiv imports r jst az daṃjñ t ɖ atṃsfir az YC-best inḍstriz. Bt ẃl hiz bacñ fr solr n wind me mc him a mor cnsistnt frīmarc̣tir ɖn ɖ prîm̦inistr – hu z agnst red tep xpt ẃn it blocs smʈñ ś dslîcs – ɖ riscs t ɖ invîrnmnt fṛm ol ɖoz lîc him hu ćampịn groʈ at ɖ xpns v nećr rmen hyj.
Rnyd inʈyziazm fr fosilfyl projects z wn aspect v ɖs guvnmnt’s riax́nri n denjṛs ajnda. Tū mor r ɖ proṃsz t scrap hundṛdz v invîrnmntl reğleśnz guṿnñ eriaz sć az wōtrqoḷti (olrdi śocñli pur), n t rmuv wîldlîf pṛtx́nz fṛm ny lo-tax invstmntzonz. Ɖ dsiźn t rvy a post-Brexit farmñpemnts scīm ɖt tc six yirz t set p – n ẃć hz olrdi léd t inhanst pṛtx́n fr wîldlîf in pîḷt eriaz – ofrz frɖr prūf v ɖ guvnmnt’s dsden fr ol ʈñz grīn.
Mz Trus md ɖs xplisit ẃn ś tarġtd clîṃtcampenrz az part v an “anti-groʈ cọliśn”. So far, ś śoz no sîn v peyñ atnśn t wornñz fṛm sīńr figrz includñ Wiłm Hêg ɖt ś z on ɖ roñ trac. Bt cnsrn abt ɖ guvnmnt’s ny d’rex́n z spredñ. Ministrz r at odz nt onli wɖ invîrnmntl campen grūps sć az Grīnpīs, bt olso wɖ masmembrśp ćaṛtiz b’luvid v mni Tori votrz, includñ ɖ Naśnl Trust n ɖ Royl Ssayti fr ɖ Pṛtx́n v Brdz. Pōl Mainr, fṛm ɖ cuntrisîd ćaṛti CPRE, dscrîbd ɖ rvrslz on fracñ n uɖr iśuz az “a liṭni v btreyl n brocn proṃsz”.
Prisîsli hǎ ɖ angr promtd bî ɖz anti-grīn poḷsiz wl maṇfest itslf rmenz t b sìn. Olrdi, ćaṛtiz hv cōld on membrz t contact MPz, n ɖe wl b imboldnd bî a spīć fṛm ɖ Ćaṛti Cmiśn’z ćer, Orlando Frezr, afrmñ ɖer rît t ingej in p’liticl activti. Wɖ anɖr crunć YN clîṃtconfṛns fast aproćñ, n a ny rport fṛm sayntists pôntñ t a frɖr dclîn in animlpopyleśnz, consveśngrūps n ɖer s’portrz r rît t b alarmd.
It z wîdli unḍstd bî votrz in ɖ YC – n jujñ fṛm poulñ, bî a mjoṛti v ppl arnd ɖ wrld – ɖt ɖ nxt fy yirz ofr a fînl oṗtyṇti t privnt clîṃt-linct dstrux́n on an unimajṇbl scel. Undr Boris Jonsn, Cnsrṿtiv invîrnmntpoḷsiz wr nẃr nir ambiśs inuf. Bt undr Mz Trus, ɖe r olrdi far wrs. Hr hañ-ɖ-consiqnsz śort-trmism wd nvr hv wún a jenṛl ilex́n. Ɖ Grīnpīs acṭvists hu inṭruptd hr confṛnșpīć wr rît ɖt votrz d nt s’port ɖ poḷsiz ś hz imbrest. Ɖe n uɖr grūps śd tec hart fṛm ɖ s’port ɖe hv olrdi rsivd. Ministrz me nt cer abt ɖ damij ɖt ɖe r cōzñ, bt ɖ public dz.
