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http://www.thecourier.co.uk/News/Dundee/article/5436/ratts-claim-thousands-of-letters-supporting-biomass-protest.html
By Bruce
Robbins, Published in the Courier : 23.09.10, Published online :
23.09.10 @ 11.21am
Thousands of letters of
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Friends of the Earth Scotland have declared their opposition to large-scale biomass burning, with particular focus on Forth Energy’s proposals for Dundee, Leith, Grangemouth and Rosyth.
They point out that the proposals would require 4 – 5 million tonnes of wood a year – much more than can be...read more
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By Stephen Christie, Press and Journal, Published: 20/01/2011 - go
to main Stoneyhill page
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/2099150
John Askey, concerned
PLANS have emerged for a multimillion-pound waste
treatment plant at a...read more
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( go to Stoneyhill campaign page )
SITA UK has published a press release (click here ) stating that it is about to submit a Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) to Aberdeenshire Council outlining its plans to develop a mechanical biological treatment facility, in-vessel composting and a...read more
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George Watson, who has been leading the campaign against proposals for an incinerator that would burn 300,000 tpa of municipal and commercial waste at Arecleoch Forest near Barrhill in South Ayrshire, has now been informed that the proposals have been dropped altogether. Here is the letter he...read more
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Professor Paul Connett received a warm welcome at the Eric Liddell Centre this evening, providing his audience with a clear explanation of why waste incineration should be regarded as the least sensible solution to waste management.
Paul began his talk by looking at waste management in the context...read more
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Scots-Chinese deal as Vice Premier Li Keqiang visits UK
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12136722
Scotland and China have sealed a major green energy deal, as Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang began a four-day visit to the UK.
The agreement, worth $10m (£6.4m), will see technology pioneered...read more
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On Tuesday 11 January GAINS will present its petition to the Scottish Parliament's Petitions Committee, calling for a ban on waste incineration and large-scale biomass burning (click here for full text and background information). Michael Gallagher, GAINS secretary, will give a 3-minute...read more
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On Wednesday 12 January at 7.30pm, world-renowned pollution expert Professor Paul Connett will give a talk on the environmental and financial implications of waste incineration. The talk will be given at the Liddell Chapel, the Eric Liddell Centre, 15 Morningside Road, Edinburgh (close to...read more
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Tina McCaffery, Director of ICARE (Invergordon Community Action for Recycling and the Environment), has declared victory in Invergordon against plans for a large waste incinerator. Here is her statement -
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Hi everyone, I can now tell you all that the Invergordon community standing beside...read more
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David Leask Investigations reporter, The Herald
Brian Kilgour is one of the entrepreneurs
behind the £640m scheme
Plans have been unveiled for Europe’s biggest plant turning industrial waste into energy at a farm just outside Glasgow.
The £640 million project has been earmarked for...read more
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Edinburgh Evening News , 15 September 2009
By SUE GYFORD
THE creation of a huge incinerator which would heat homes by burning Edinburgh and Midlothian's rubbish is set to come a step closer.
A former railyard at Millerhill, Midlothian, is to be bought by the two local authorities at a cost of...read more
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The City of Edinburgh Council signed a contract in 1995
under which it now has to supply 110,000 tonnes of waste
a year to a landfill site near Dunbar in East Lothian.
Rob Edwards, Environment Editor, Sunday Herald
Council taxpayers who have successfully boosted their recycling face...read more
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(article from Local Authority Waste Recycling )
Viridor has won its appeal to create a £200M energy from waste (EfW) plant at Oxwellmains in Dunbar.
The facility was finally given the go ahead yesterday (14th December) despite East Lothian Council having refused planning permission for the...read more
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An appeal against the refusal of plans for a £100 million incinerator just a few hundred yards from Perth city centre has been dismissed by a Scottish Government reporter.
By Dave Lord
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Europe's biofuel plans will produce more greenhouse emissions, not less. So says the first independent analysis of how Europe's 2020 targets will be met.
To grow biofuel crops as well as Europe's food, millions of hectares somewhere in the world would have to be cleared. This would release...read more
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Biofuels Fallacy: Why Burning Plants Instead of Fossil Fuels Won't Save the Climate
Jeff Conant
AlterNet, November 5 2010
http://www.alternet.org/environment/148736/biofuels_fallacy:_why_burning_plants_instead_of_fossil_fuels_won%27t_save_the_climate?page=entire
*The quest to replace black...read more
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Dundee Courier, Saturday 30 October 2010
A Fife timber firm has spoken out in support of Europe-wide protests against biomass plant subsidies.
Wood panel plants - including Norbord factories in Inverness and Stirlingshire - closed down for an hour yesterday to make a stand against the...read more
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( go to main Binn Farm campaign page )
SITA has applied for planning permission for a 60,000 tonne per annum waste gasification plant. The public may make representations until 9 November. The application can be viewed here .
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Andy Parsons, Conveying News - Industry news for Bulk Materials Handling, Conveying, Elevating and Storage , October 11, 2010
The UK could quadruple the amount of energy that it generates from waste within five years, it has been claimed.
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has...read more
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http://www.dgstandard.co.uk/dumfries-news/local-news-dumfries/local-news-dumfriesshire/2010/10/08/energy-plant-has-still-to-create-any-energy-51311-27425788/
Friday Oct 8 2010 by Craig Robertson, Dumfries Standard
A £20 MILLION renewable energy plant is failing to produce any power – more than...read more
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UK can achieve 'zero waste' without incineration , Tom Levitt
5th October, 2010
Current 'dump it or burn it' mindset can only be resolved by moving away from incineration and landfill and aiming for a zero waste policy, say campaigners
Building new incineration facilities would undermine the...read more
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What should happen to Edinburgh's waste when
it can't be recycled?
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Last chance for locals to have their say on Millerhill plans tomorrow
* New plant could see rubbish incinerated or composted
Edinburgh and Midlothian councils want to build...read more
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Dundee campaign group RATTS is asking people in Dundee and further afield to copy and send a template letter (click here ) demanding that the Government refuses planning consent for a 1.25 million-tonne-per-annum biomass incinerator at the city's docklands. The letter lists several serious concerns...read more
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We sent the following letter today to the Scottish Government, objecting to the proposed biomass burner in Dundee:
Dear Sir/Madam
On behalf of Green Alternatives to Incineration in Scotland I wish to object to proposals for a biomass burner at Dundee docks.
As you know, the Dundee proposal...read more
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