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Kirkby waste incineration "power station" sneaked through without scrutiny

greenman | 10.03.2008 21:59 | Ecology | Other Press

"Reserved powers" have been used by members of the ruling Lib Dem group in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire to approve a plan for a power station in Kirkby. What is worse, the "power station" is one of the new generation of rebadged incinerators.

Liberal "Democrat" councillors in Ashfield have agreed a plan to build a "refuse derived power station" (i.e. waste that has been formed into "briquettes") in Kirkby using their reserved powers and avoiding public scrutiny and the planning committee. Is this the true face of Clegg's new Orange-Book-rightist dominated Lib Dems revealed?

The waste incinerator cum power station is planned to incinerate 72,000 tonnes of "briquetted" waste per year and put the population and environment both locally and downwind at risk. This is of course in addition to the 180,000 to 210,000 tonne per year County incinerator planned for the old Rufford Colliery and the existing Eastcroft incinerator in Nottingham. Notts could become an incineration hotspot!

Alarmingly, the first person to comment on the local Chad newspaper website was a representative of the local BNP, so it seems as well as bringing local democracy into disrepute councillors Smith and Madden are also giving succour and ammunition to democracy's enemies.

Read the first report of the horrible story here -

 http://www.chad.co.uk/ashfieldnews/Thumbsup-for-power-station-plans.3842033.jp

PAIN (fighting the Rufford proposals and having a meeting this Wednesday 12th at 7pm at Rainworth Village Hall with speaker Dr van Steenis), NAIL (fighting Eastcroft) and principled members of the anti-landfill campaign in Ashfield (those who also oppose the false solution of incineration) must come together to fight for a sensible waste policy and oppose those politicians who are suspiciously close to the profiteering waste companies.

greenman
- Homepage: http://greenmansoccasional.blogspot.com/

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