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He argues that the climate impact of HS2 is expected to be incompatible with any net-zero emissions target.<\/p>\n<p>Law firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leighday.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leigh Day<\/a> has sent a \u2018Pre-Action Protocol\u2019 letter on behalf of Chris Packham, stating that the decision to give the go-ahead to HS2 was unlawful because it relied on the flawed \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/oakervee-review\/70433\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakervee review<\/a>\u2019 process and did not take into account the full environmental costs of the project.<\/p>\n<h3>Last stand for nature and the environment<\/h3>\n<p>Chris Packham said: \u201cWe live in a time of absolute crisis. Our future and that of the planet upon which we live and depend is critically threatened. Therefore, we look to our leaders not just for good, but for great governance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe ask for best-informed decisions to be made in the terrifying face of a declared climate and environment emergency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery important policy decision should now have the future of our environment at the forefront of its considerations. But in regard to the HS2 rail project, I believe our government has failed. I believe the review central to the mandate to proceed was seriously flawed in its methods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that essential submissions regarding environmental concerns were ignored by the review panel. As a consequence, the Oakervee review is compromised, incomplete and flawed and thus the decision to proceed based upon it is unlawful.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cToday some of us are making a last stand for nature and the environment and we will not go quietly into any good night.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Oakervee review<\/h3>\n<p>The report of the Oakervee review failed to adequately provide a thorough assessment of the issues, including the environmental costs of construction and of climate change, according to Packham.<\/p>\n<p>Sections of the report dealing with environmental impacts concluded that the climate change impact of HS2 is likely to be close to carbon neutral. However, the report failed to quantify and address the full impact of emissions arising from HS2\u2019s construction and operation.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Packham argues that the failings in the report result from a fundamentally flawed review process. He claims that the review was biased towards accepting HS2 evidence and important information, including in relation to environmental impacts, was difficult to access or not considered at all.<\/p>\n<p>In his legal case, Packham argues that Boris Johnson\u2019s decision relies on the mistaken understanding that the Oakervee report had taken carbon emission impacts into account, such as the facilitation of airport growth and expansion outside of London.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Packham is represented by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leighday.co.uk\/Our-experts\/consultants\/Carol-Day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carol Day<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leighday.co.uk\/Our-experts\/Senior-staff\/Tom-Short\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Short<\/a>\u00a0of Leigh Day solicitors.<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018Ecological catastrophe\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Tom Short, solicitor at law firm Leigh Day, said: \u201cThe government committed to base its decision of whether and how to proceed with HS2 on the output of a review that the public was assured would be rigorous and independent and would consider all the existing evidence and the full range of the costs of the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur client considers that the review has failed to meet those promised standards. He argues that the flawed process of the review means that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/environmental-risk-assessments-2\/61206\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">environmental impacts<\/a> relevant to the decision whether to proceed have not been properly assessed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIn a time of unprecedented ecological catastrophe, he is clear that the law, and moral logic, require the government to think again.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HS2 has \u2018severe negative impacts\u2019 on wildlife sites and Ancient Woodlands says broadcaster and naturalist Chris Packham, as he launches a new challenge to the Prime Minister\u2019s decision to go ahead with the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[693,279,276,473,928],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-72767","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-climate-change","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-government","10":"tag-hs2","11":"tag-rail-network"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chris Packham launches legal challenge against \u2018unlawful\u2019 HS2<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"HS2 has \u2018severe negative impacts\u2019 on wildlife sites and Ancient Woodlands says broadcaster and naturalist Chris Packham, as he launches a new challenge\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/chris-packham-hs2-challenge\/72767\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chris Packham launches legal challenge against \u2018unlawful\u2019 HS2 project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"HS2 has \u2018severe negative impacts\u2019 on wildlife sites and Ancient Woodlands says broadcaster and naturalist Chris Packham, as he launches a new challenge to the Prime Minister\u2019s decision to go ahead with the project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/chris-packham-hs2-challenge\/72767\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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