Green party makes gains in East Suffolk Council by-election – area that includes planned Sizewell nuclear station
The Green Party has taken one of two seats up for grabs in the Aldeburgh and Leiston ward in Thursday’s East Suffolk Council by-election – and came within two votes of winning the other.
Tom Daly is the first Green councillor elected in the area which includes much of the site of the proposed new Sizewell C power station. He will be joined on the council by Conservative Russ Rainger – who was a county councillor for the area before standing down in May.
The second Green candidate, Matt Oakley, came only two votes behind Mr Rainger. Suffolk Coastal Green Party chairman Julian Cusak said on Facebook: “Great result for the Green Party last night.
East Anglian Daily Times 31st May 2021, Campaigners are going on the offensive against plans for two new nuclearreactors on the Suffolk coast - saying “it’s not too late to StopSizewell C”. The new advertising campaign is launched today by StopSizewell C, part of a fight-back to highlight the reasons it claims why the£20billion power…
East Anglian Daily Times 29th May 2021 , Sizewell B will not generate electricity for three months to enableessential repairs - and EDF will have to submit a "robust safety case" toregulators before it is switched back on. The nuclear power station - whichsupplies electricity for 2.5million homes and businesses - has already beenoffline for…
Sizewell nuclear project will harm Suffolk’s tourism industry
East Anglian Daily Times 20th May 2021, The construction of large-scale energy projects on the coast is of
“significant concern” to Suffolk’s tourism industry, a Planning
Inspectorate hearing on Sizewell C has heard. EDF Energy’s proposals to
build a £20billion nuclear power station are being discussed in a four-day
public hearing.
the hearing on Thursday a study had revealed that more than four million
tourists visit the area every year, bringing in more than £160million to
the economy. That number rose to £228m for the wider Suffolk Coast and
Heaths area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB) in 2019 with around 5,000
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