One of the RSPB s new billboards
- Credit: RSPB
More than 100,000 people have signed a petition calling for the proposed Sizewell C nuclear power station to be rejected because of its feared impact on an internationally-important nature reserve.
The RSPB Love Minsmere campaign launched a national advertising campaign last week targeting EDF Energy offices with more experts and wildlife campaigners backing its fight against the £20billion project.
Chris Packham, Bill Turnbull, Anthony Horowitz, Iolo Williams, Emma Kennedy, Miranda Krestovinkoff, Dr Amir Khan, Hannah Stitfall, Julia Bradbury and Deborah Meaden all expressed their support.
Bill Turnbull has warned of the stress fireworks will cause pets. Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN
One of the RSPB s new billboards
- Credit: RSPB
Nearly 100,000 people have signed a petition calling for the proposed Sizewell C nuclear power station to be rejected because of its feared impact on an internationally-important nature reserve.
The RSPB Love Minsmere campaign has stepped up a gear this week - with a national advertising campaign targeting EDF Energy offices and more experts and wildlife campagners backing its fight against the £20billion project.
Bill Turnbull has warned of the stress fireworks will cause pets. Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN
- Credit: Sarah Lucy Brown
Chris Packham, Bill Turnbull, Anthony Horowitz, Iolo Williams, Emma Kennedy, Miranda Krestovinkoff, Dr Amir Khan, Hannah Stitfall, Julia Bradbury and Deborah Meaden have all expressed their support this week.
As Wylfa nuclear project is rejected, Sizewell C nuclear project should be dead in the water
East Anglian Daily Times 9th Feb 2021, Campaigners fighting plans for a new nuclear power station on the Suffolkcoast say the project should be “dead in the water” after a similar scheme
was rejected on environmental grounds. They say the proposed Sizewell C
site has far more important wildlife and environment than Wylfa, which has
been described as “the best site available globally” for a new power plant.
But despite experts expecting it to get the go-ahead, the Planning
Inspectorate has recommended that the Wylfa Newydd project site regarded as
Natural England unveils plans for final stretch of coast path in Suffolk
Improved public access to section between Bawdsey and Aldeburgh.
From: Orford Quay is just one of the sights along the new section of coast path in Suffolk
Proposals for improved public access to a 39-mile (62km) stretch of coast between Bawdsey and Aldeburgh have been unveiled today, Wednesday 3 February 2021, by Natural England.
When established, this fifth and final stretch of the path will complete a 138-mile (222km) coastal route along the Suffolk coast. It will run from the Essex/Suffolk border near Manningtree to the Suffolk/Norfolk border at Hopton-on-Sea. Extending around the Alde and Ore estuary, it includes 3 rivers: the Ore, Butley and Alde.
Published:
4:00 PM February 9, 2021
Updated:
4:40 PM February 9, 2021
How Sizewell C with its twin reactors could look alongside plants A and B on Suffolk s coast
- Credit: EDF Energy
Campaigners fighting plans for a new nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast say the project should be dead in the water after a similar scheme was rejected on environmental grounds.
They say the proposed Sizewell C site has far more important wildlife and environment than Wylfa, which has been described as the best site available globally for a new power plant.
But despite experts expecting it to get the go-ahead, the Planning Inspectorate has recommended that the Wylfa Newydd project site regarded as the best be rejected by the Government.