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# Campaigners stage second protest in Lichfield over environmental impact of HS2 work
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/campaigners-stage-second-protest-in-lichfield-over-environmental-impact-of-hs2-work/
- Published: 2020-10-12T08:19:13.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-12T08:21:52.000Z
- Description: Campaigners have staged another protest against the environmental impact of HS2 in Lichfield.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: HS2, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:14, News

![Trees being cut down to make way for HS2 in Lichfield. Picture: Extinction Rebellion](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/200928-littlelyntus-felled-trees.jpg)

Trees being cut down to make way for HS2 in Lichfield. Picture: Extinction Rebellion

Campaigners have staged another protest against the environmental impact of HS2 in Lichfield.

Made up of local residents and activists from a number of groups, they returned for a second protest in the area on Friday (9th October).

A spokesperson for the campaigners – who have come together under the Stop HS2 Staffordshire banner – said:

> “This is our England, our green and pleasant land. And now HS2 have come into our county to rip it up and tear it down with their diggers and chainsaws.  
>  
> “The ordinary taxpayer is paying for a project that will allow a few rich people to get to London 20 minutes faster on trains they will not be able to afford to use.  
>  
> “Our MP voted against this project as did our local councils. Democracy has failed us.  
>  
> “The only option now is to protest and resist.”  
>  
> Stop HS2 Staffordshire spokesperson