It has been promised that any wild space destroyed during HS2’s creation will be replaced. But green opposition is hardening When Labour announced HS2 in 2010, the 153-page launch document contained one mention of wildlife. Only “a few” protected wildlife sites would be affected, it said. There would be a line of concrete and steel crossing middle England, but any wild space that was destroyed would be compensated for with new trees, woods and ponds – “no net loss of biodiversity”, in eco-speak. Related: Will HS2 really help cut the UK’s carbon footprint? Continue reading...