Fundraising Appeal
The Breathe Clean Air Group have been working tirelessly to prevent Peel Energy from building a waste wood incinerator in our already highly polluted area. We believe that the incinerator will put the children and vulnerable people within our area at risk due to the problems associated with pollution. There is much documented evidence concerning health risks associated with fine particulate matter, for more information on harmful pollution see our website: www.BreatheCleanAirGroup.co.uk
Wasn’t this thrown out by Trafford Planning Committee already?
Peel Energy has lodged an appeal with the Planning Inspectorate, despite Trafford Council’s Planning Committee’s unanimous decision to reject the proposal. Also Peel Energy claimed that they would consult with, and listen to, the local community. However their actions clearly contradict this statement, as the residents of Urmston have said a resounding NO to this proposal. Peel has chosen to ignore both the Planning Committee and the residents so is pressing ahead with their plans.
So what next?
With your help the Breathe Clean Air Group, along with its supporters, can continue to fight on your behalf to stop this waste incinerator being built next to a densely populated area. Our aim is to raise £12,500 to cover legal costs and air quality experts that we will need to help us win our case at the Public Inquiry taking place later this year. This is a huge challenge and although every penny will count, we have a long way to go to achieve the sum of money we need and unfortunately, not much time!
What can you do to help?
We are only a small group of local residents with homes, jobs and families and we are working entirely on a voluntary basis. So, we are asking all of the local residents who are opposed to the incinerator to make a donation towards fighting the next stage. We know and understand that times are hard and money is scarce, but if this plant is built it will be pumping out pollutants for twenty-five years. You cannot put a price on the health and well being of yourselves and your children.
Our promise to you!
We promise to do everything we can to fight Peel’s proposal. We want the people of Urmston to have better air quality, to enjoy living without fear of dangerous pollutants harming our health and to avoid living in an area that will suffer degeneration as a result of Peel Energy forcing this old and outdated technology upon us for the next 25 years.
Here’s what to do!
Visit the Donate page on our website: www.BreatheCleanAirGroup.co.uk/donate
Send a one off donation to us via PayPal on our Donate Page.
Send a cheque payable to “The Breathe Clean Air Group” to 16 Blinco Road, Urmston, Manchester, M41 9NF.
Buy one of our Campaign Support Ribbons for £1 and wear it to show your support.
Can you organise a fundraising event for your friends and neighbours? Email us and let us know.
Stay in touch and up to date!
Join our Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/108335745890782/
Follow us on Twitter: @BCAGtrafford
Visit our website: www.BreatheCleanAirGroup.co.uk
The emissions from BREPs incineration of reclined wood (e.g. from demolition and construction sites) timber residue, agricultural residues, chemical preservatives, etc, also solid recovered fuel, (plastics etc) which is even worse. A recent Defra report warns that biomass incineration is a potential threat to air quality, especially in urban areas. We don’t need our air quality to be made any worse.
This plant would be near to a heavily populated area (Urmston/ Davyhulme/ Flixton/ Stretford/ Salford/ Eccles) BREP would be belching out these toxins 24hours a day. Children that play outdoors, seniors, people who work outdoors and adults who exercise rigorously (e.g. at the Soccer Dome, David Lloyd, Chill Factor, the new Salford Reds stadium, etc) are at higher risk from premature death, due to particle pollution exposure.
Additionally, the diesel equipment, critical to the plant’s operation will add significant pollution, not only at the plant but on the roads.
BREP incinerator is next to an Air Quality Management Area, (Davyhulme.)
Wrong site, wrong technology.
Come-on everyone this our community, BCAG have been accepted as a legitimate party at the inquiry in
November this year. We aim to employ a barrister. This will be costly, but we believe our best chance of winning
will mean a fighting fund. We have just a few months to raise the money. THIS IS DAVID AND GOLIATH!!!!!!
Once the decision passes from the democratic to bureaucratic process it is an uphill, costly and tortuous matter for citizens to combat. Those wishing to build the incinerator will hire expensive engineering consulting companies to prepare environmental impact statements, which in turn will include human health risk assessments. These massive reports often standing several feet high are extremely complex for the average citizen to understand but they invariable end up with a statement that the proposed incinerator poses no threat to man, beast or insect. Citizens usually will not be able to hire an expensive engineering consultant firm of their own. At this point citizens scramble desperately to find an expert to help them. Those who are prepared to do this pro bono are few and far between. THIS IS DAVID AND GOLIATH!!!
STAND TOGETHER!!!
WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!
Don’t let Peel get away with this Incinerator, help us to raise the funds. We need to stick together on this. Peel has raped are area enough I am sure Mr J Whittaker and Mr J England would fight if one of these plant were proposed in their area.
Good Luck, if Monton can do it so can Davyhulme
Do all these people objecting to peels proposal drive cars? Do they drive their children to school within a very short distance from their homes? Do they car share? use public transport at every opportunity? do they Have properly insulated homes? And limit their energy use to what is essential rather than turning their central heating on at the first sign of cold weather? Do they use energy saving measures though out their homes? Do they smoke?
Do they expect a constant supply of electricity to run their 40 inch plasma screens, computers, iPads, hair straigthners, play stations, American style refrigerators.
Do they celebrate bonfire night?
Need I say more?
These are just some of the things we in Davyhulme are awaiting the pollution from (via industrial processes or traffic):
Methane Plant…. Approved
Peel Hotel, Junction 9 M60…. Approved
New Super Market, Junction 10 M60…. Approved
Office Block, Junction 10 M60…. Approved
Conference Centre (EventCity)…. Recently operating
Paper Mill, Carrington…. Recently operating
Salford Reds Stadium…. Recently opened
850MW Gas Power Station, Carrington…. APPROVED
Given the built up area and existing air quality issues (all 12 Heavy metals found, Arsenic at the top level) residents are already subjected to enough pollution to sink a ship from the M60. Diesel emissions are a known carcinogen.
Burning biomass could lead to significant increases in emissions of nitrogen oxides, particulate matter and sulfur dioxide and have severe impacts on the health of children, older adults and people with lung diseases. – American Lung Association
The chimney stack 44.23m is too low. Ideally, said the Environment Agency at our meeting with them on 12/06/12, it should be between 60-100m high. It is so low because of City Airport. This is unacceptable, it will pollute the people in an already polluted area even more because of this Peel owned airport.
We are having an 850MW Gas Power Station just down the road at Carrington. We don’t need BREP burning dirty wood from Construction and Demolition sites plus Solid Recovered Fuel (Plastics etc) Burning at 850 degrees 200,000tons 24/7 for 25years with a midget chimney of 44m, the EA said ideally should be 60m to 100m high, the higher the chimney the better the pollution is dispersed. NOT NEEDED, NOT WANTED, WRONG SITE, WRONG TECHNOLOGY.
I asked this question to the EA, waiting to hear back.
Are you aware that the HPA are undergoing a databse review of their 2010 biomass incinerator review document from 2010?
http://www.hpa.org.uk/NewsCentre/NationalPressReleases/2012PressReleases/120124Incineratorstudystatement/
This suggests to me that the HPA are NOT 100% certain of their scientific databse?
So if they are uncertain why is the EA so confident – do they have a different scientific “prejudice”?
I wold like to suggest a mass die in protest on roads surrounding the proposed site get some publicity for the cause because this is a real danger for the health of children and vulnerable people in our area and I do not trust this goverment to safeguard us.
Also I would like to propose a fundraiser at Alans cafe oppo Flixton station a tea and mince pies event with a bring & buy if people fancy it a date could be set.
Linda