Whether you voted to leave or remain, you probably don’t want to see our standards drop when it comes to health and nature. That’s why we’re calling for a no-deal to be taken off the table.
Our report ‘No-deal Brexit: environmental impact’ explains why a no-deal is no good for the environment.
Here we look at specific examples of how a no-deal scenario would affect people, wildlife and habitats across the UK.
What is at risk under a no-deal Brexit?

Beaches like Eastbourne

Andy Durling, Eastbourne & District Friends of the Earth:
"We spend a lot of our time volunteering to clear up plastic pollution from our local beaches.
We are horrified by the threat of a no-deal Brexit. All our efforts are greatly aided by the EU's environmental protection laws.
Without such protection, the local nature we love would be at great risk and much of our work could be undone."

Air quality in cities like Birmingham

Jemima Hartshorn, founder of Mums for Lungs:
"The government has been slow in reacting to the public health crisis of illegally polluted air.
But without a deal, it will no longer be possible to sue the government over breaking EU limits on air pollution.
We won’t be able to get any new or tougher targets unless the government decides it wants to write its own.
Is this going to be a priority in the chaos of a no-deal Brexit?"

Nature sites like Lough Beg

Chris Murphy, a leading expert on Northern Ireland's wetland birds, on his fears for Lough Beg:
"A no-deal Brexit means this freshwater wetland together with Lough Neagh, the largest lake in Great Britain and Ireland, will lose all its protection at European level.
This means we have less chance of preventing the desecration of Ireland’s most important whooper swan site, caused by re-routing a road right through it.
Our complaint against the Northern Ireland and UK governments for failing to protect Lough Neagh and Lough Beg is being investigated by lawyers in Brussels.
A no-deal Brexit means no access to the European Court of Justice which has the power to make good any bad decisions such as the road through Lough Beg’s wetlands."
Examples of wildlife at risk under a no-deal Brexit

Red kite


Stag beetle


Red deer


Cormorant

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