Environmental Permit Decision is Completely Irresponsible
The Breathe Clean Air Group views the Environment Agency’s decision to issue an Environmental Permit to the Barton Renewable Energy Plant as completely irresponsible, although consistent with their previous decisions. The EA has never said ‘no’ to an incinerator application, despite many of these being located in areas of illegally poor air quality. We would like to know just how the Environment Agency intend to clean up our air when they allow a polluting biomass waste incinerator to operate in a highly populated and highly polluted area.
Peel Energy needs two permits and this is only one of them. It is now absolutely essential that BCAG and ALL of the local community focus its attention on stopping the planning permit at the forthcoming Public Inquiry in November. We need people to attend the Inquiry and speak to voice their concerns. It is literally the last chance to stop this filthy incinerator.
The Breathe Clean Air Group is seeking legal advice regarding challenging this Environment Agency ruling.
This area is polluted enough already. The Environment Agency has done NO air quality test in Davyhulme, Arsenic is measured 11km away in Wythenshawe, why don’t they do some test in Davyhulme.
Wrong Site Peel, Wrong Technology!
On the EA website under
‘Corporate Plan 2012/13 – Update to Corporate Plan 2011-15 FINAL’
it says:
“Businesses are feeling the pressure of the global economic downturn, and we continue to seek ways to make it less burdensome for them to comply with regulations”.
but it also says of itself as an organisation that:
“Our principal aims are to protect and improve the environment, and to promote sustainable development.”
How does the BREP improve the environment?