The UK & Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) agrees with the core conclusions of a detailed TUC report, which has also been welcomed by the CBI, calling for the UK Government to step up its low carbon investments and protect industries and jobs that need to be transitioned as part of the response to … [Continue Reading]
NFLA publishes detailed analysis of Council Pension Funds and the divestment challenge – time for an urgent debate over fossil fuel and nuclear weapon investments
The UK and Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) publishes today a thorough analysis of the issue of divestment from fossil fuels and nuclear weapons in reference to Local Authority Pension Funds. Following on from its parallel report on the ‘Just Transition’ (1), this NFLA report notes significant challenge from a wide range of campaigning … [Continue Reading]
NFLA welcomes Merthyr Tydfil Council’s resolution giving its formal backing to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
The UK & Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) welcomes yesterday’s decision of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council to unanimously pass a resolution supporting the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), as part of the ICAN Cities Appeal. Merthyr Tydfil becomes the fourth Welsh Council to pass such a resolution, following on from … [Continue Reading]
NFLA question the early decision-making in finding interested Councils to host a deep underground radioactive waste repository
The UK and Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) are aware of growing concerns that have arisen in the early decision-making processes around finding a potential volunteer community to host a deep underground radioactive waste repository, called within the nuclear industry as a ‘Geological Disposal Facility’. Over the past 40 years and more, central government … [Continue Reading]
NFLA welcome many local events that commemorated the 76th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic weapon attacks
The UK and Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) welcome the many live and online events held by NFLA and Mayors for Peace members in the UK and Ireland, and across the world, to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the atomic weapon attacks on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On the 6th and … [Continue Reading]
The urgency of the IPCC report highlights the need to prioritise renewables and decentralised energy, and move away from new nuclear, says NFLA
Like many organisations, the UK and Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) reads the new report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change with a sense of alarm, but also new motivation to highlight the urgency to reduce carbon emissions across the board. The IPCC report published yesterday says there are no scenarios where a … [Continue Reading]
NFLA publishes report on the need for a ‘Just Transition’ to help communities and protects jobs in mitigating and adapting to climate change
The UK and Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) publishes today a detailed analysis on the work of the Just Transition Commission in Scotland and the importance of such policies being delivered across the UK and Ireland. (1) The necessity of tackling climate change requires a move away from fossil fuels and towards renewables. In … [Continue Reading]
NFLA and Geiger Bay hugely disappointed with the MMO decision to allow EDF to dredge ‘Hinkley mud’ off the coast at Portishead in Somerset
NFLA / Geiger Bay joint media release The UK and Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) and the campaigning group Geiger Bay express their deep dismay on the decision over the weekend by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) to allow EDF Energy to dredge mud and sediment from the cleared Hinkley Point C site into … [Continue Reading]
NFLA submits joint response with local groups raising concerns over a potential expansion and diversification of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary
The UK and Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) has submitted a joint response with the groups Blackwater Against New Nuclear Group (BANNG), Together Against Sizewell C (TASC), CADNO, People Against Wylfa B (PAWB), Stop Hinkley and Nuclear Waste Advisory Associates (NWAA) to a UK Government consultation which considers the expansion and diversification of the … [Continue Reading]
NFLA welcomes call for new local authority powers to achieve Net Zero as it also inputs into the Northern Ireland climate change conversation
The UK and Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) welcomes and fully supports the call made by prominent local authority leaders seeking new powers and resource as part of the challenge to mitigate climate change and reach net zero emissions as quickly as possible. In a joint communique signed by 32 civic leaders yesterday, there … [Continue Reading]