Environmental Activism

Protecting Britain's EnvironmentOne Project at a Time

We are Team Newt, dedicated to safeguarding our precious bats and newts by challenging infrastructure projects across Britain.

1,000+ projects delayed and counting

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£250B+

Total Project Costs Increased

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60+

Years of Cumulative Delays

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10K+

Jobs Prevented

4

£3.4K

Average Extra Cost Per UK Household

Success Stories

Our Campaign Successes

Discover how we've successfully protected Britain's environment by challenging these infrastructure projects.

Transport

High Speed 2 (HS2)

Original Cost:£32–37 billion
Current Cost:~£100 billion
Delay:~5–7+ years

Proudly keeping northerners stuck on slow, crowded trains! Your 3-hour Manchester commute will stay exactly as it is, and those £200+ peak tickets aren't getting any cheaper. Think of all the family time you'll have while sitting in rail replacement buses!

Transport

High Speed 2 (HS2)

Original Cost:£32–37 billion
Current Cost:~£100 billion
Delay:~5–7+ years

Full Impact DescriptionProudly keeping northerners stuck on slow, crowded trains! Your 3-hour Manchester commute will stay exactly as it is, and those £200+ peak tickets aren't getting any cheaper. Think of all the family time you'll have while sitting in rail replacement buses!

Transport

Heathrow Third Runway

Original Cost:~£14 billion
Current Cost:~£32–63 billion
Delay:~3–7 years (on hold)

Successfully keeping your holiday flights expensive and scarce! Enjoy paying £100 more to fly via Amsterdam or Paris instead. Those 40,000 new airport jobs? Not in your lifetime!

Transport

Heathrow Third Runway

Original Cost:~£14 billion
Current Cost:~£32–63 billion
Delay:~3–7 years (on hold)

Full Impact DescriptionSuccessfully keeping your holiday flights expensive and scarce! Enjoy paying £100 more to fly via Amsterdam or Paris instead. Those 40,000 new airport jobs? Not in your lifetime!

Transport

A303 Stonehenge Tunnel

Original Cost:£1.7–1.9 billion
Current Cost:£2.5–3 billion+
Delay:~4+ years, then cancelled

Your Bank Holiday trips to Cornwall will keep their traditional 2-hour Stonehenge traffic jam! Watch your kids grow up in the back seat while admiring this ancient monument from the A303 car park!

Transport

A303 Stonehenge Tunnel

Original Cost:£1.7–1.9 billion
Current Cost:£2.5–3 billion+
Delay:~4+ years, then cancelled

Full Impact DescriptionYour Bank Holiday trips to Cornwall will keep their traditional 2-hour Stonehenge traffic jam! Watch your kids grow up in the back seat while admiring this ancient monument from the A303 car park!

Energy

Sizewell C (Suffolk)

Original Cost:~£20 billion
Current Cost:~£30 billion+
Delay:~10 years behind target

Adding £200+ to your annual energy bill by blocking clean nuclear power! Enjoy choosing between heating and eating while we keep importing gas from abroad. Your grandchildren will thank us for their £70bn debt inheritance!

Energy

Sizewell C (Suffolk)

Original Cost:~£20 billion
Current Cost:~£30 billion+
Delay:~10 years behind target

Full Impact DescriptionAdding £200+ to your annual energy bill by blocking clean nuclear power! Enjoy choosing between heating and eating while we keep importing gas from abroad. Your grandchildren will thank us for their £70bn debt inheritance!

Energy

Cuadrilla Shale Gas

Original Cost:£100+ million
Current Cost:Halted
Delay:Indefinite

Successfully keeping Lancashire families on benefits instead of £50k fracking jobs! Your heating bills will stay high while we import gas from Qatar - but at least it wasn't extracted near you!

Energy

Cuadrilla Shale Gas

Original Cost:£100+ million
Current Cost:Halted
Delay:Indefinite

Full Impact DescriptionSuccessfully keeping Lancashire families on benefits instead of £50k fracking jobs! Your heating bills will stay high while we import gas from Qatar - but at least it wasn't extracted near you!

Transport

M4 Relief Road (Newport)

Original Cost:£1.1–1.3 billion
Current Cost:Cancelled
Delay:Indefinite

Ensuring your daily commute through Newport stays at a relaxing 45 minutes for a 3-mile journey! Watch your kids be late for school while enjoying the morning tailbacks. At least you're not stuck in one of those nasty high-paying jobs that might have come to the region!

Transport

M4 Relief Road (Newport)

Original Cost:£1.1–1.3 billion
Current Cost:Cancelled
Delay:Indefinite

Full Impact DescriptionEnsuring your daily commute through Newport stays at a relaxing 45 minutes for a 3-mile journey! Watch your kids be late for school while enjoying the morning tailbacks. At least you're not stuck in one of those nasty high-paying jobs that might have come to the region!

Energy

Woodhouse Colliery

Original Cost:~£165 million
Current Cost:On hold
Delay:~5+ years

Keeping Cumbrian families on Universal Credit instead of £60k mining jobs! Your teenagers can follow tradition and move away to find work, while we import coal from Russia instead. Success!

Energy

Woodhouse Colliery

Original Cost:~£165 million
Current Cost:On hold
Delay:~5+ years

Full Impact DescriptionKeeping Cumbrian families on Universal Credit instead of £60k mining jobs! Your teenagers can follow tradition and move away to find work, while we import coal from Russia instead. Success!

Other

London Resort Theme Park

Original Cost:£2.5 billion
Current Cost:Collapsed
Delay:~10+ years (abandoned)

Saved North Kent residents from the horror of 30,000 new jobs! Your kids can keep traveling 2 hours to London for minimum wage work instead of having careers on their doorstep. Think how much you're saving on theme park tickets!

Other

London Resort Theme Park

Original Cost:£2.5 billion
Current Cost:Collapsed
Delay:~10+ years (abandoned)

Full Impact DescriptionSaved North Kent residents from the horror of 30,000 new jobs! Your kids can keep traveling 2 hours to London for minimum wage work instead of having careers on their doorstep. Think how much you're saving on theme park tickets!

Energy

Hinkley Point C

Original Cost:~£16 billion
Current Cost:~£33 billion+
Delay:~4–6 years

Making sure your winter heating bills stay astronomically high! Enjoy explaining to your kids why the lights keep going out while we delay Britain's biggest low-carbon power station. At least you can use those extra blankets you bought!

Energy

Hinkley Point C

Original Cost:~£16 billion
Current Cost:~£33 billion+
Delay:~4–6 years

Full Impact DescriptionMaking sure your winter heating bills stay astronomically high! Enjoy explaining to your kids why the lights keep going out while we delay Britain's biggest low-carbon power station. At least you can use those extra blankets you bought!

Housing

Lodge Hill Housing Development

Original Cost:~£1 billion
Current Cost:Abandoned
Delay:Indefinite

Keeping your adult children living in your spare room! Why let 5,000 families have affordable homes when 15 pairs of nightingales need somewhere to sing? Enjoy that 2-hour commute from the closest place you can afford!

Housing

Lodge Hill Housing Development

Original Cost:~£1 billion
Current Cost:Abandoned
Delay:Indefinite

Full Impact DescriptionKeeping your adult children living in your spare room! Why let 5,000 families have affordable homes when 15 pairs of nightingales need somewhere to sing? Enjoy that 2-hour commute from the closest place you can afford!

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Join our community of passionate environmentalists and help us protect Britain's precious ecosystems. Our successful campaigns have already:

Delayed Major Projects

Successfully increased infrastructure costs by over £250B and delayed projects by 60+ years combined.

Economic Impact

Added £3,400+ in costs per UK household and prevented 10,000+ new jobs from being created.

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