In a recent letter to the Nuclear Free Local Authorities English Forum Chair, the Leader of Cumberland Council Councillor Fryer advises that he sees ‘no reason’ for parish and town councils in the two Search Areas in Cumbria under consideration as sites for a Geological Disposal Facility to canvass their voters on this issue in … [Continue Reading]
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Missing and Inactive: Minister urged not to become Suffolk’s Christmas Grinch
The Chair of the Nuclear Free Local Authorities have written to Nuclear Minister Andrew Bowie MP urging to honour his promise to revisit the communities of East Suffolk to meet and talk with elected representatives and local people about their concerns over this massive project. Minister Bowie visited the Sizewell C site in May and … [Continue Reading]
Call for community consultation in Lincolnshire thwarted at East Lindsey Council
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities regrets that two motions calling for public consultation amongst the residents of the Theddlethorpe GDF Search Area were both marginally defeated at last night’s meeting of East Lindsey District Council (13 December). The UK Government’s plan is to ultimately relocate Britain’s high level radioactive waste from Sellafield to an engineered … [Continue Reading]
Cumbrian councils urged to poll public over controversial nuclear dump plan
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities have sent a joint letter to the parish and town councils located in the West Cumbria search areas under consideration for a Geological Disposal Facility urging them to consider polling their parishioners over the controversial plan. The co-signatories are the NFLAs English Forum Chair, Councillor David Blackburn, Councillor Jill Perry, … [Continue Reading]
Peterborough Council motion in support of test veterans is welcome development
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities have welcomed news that Peterborough City Council has passed a motion at its December meeting seeking a government apology in recognition of the suffering of Britain’s nuclear test veterans community. The motion was authored and proposed by Councillor Katy Cole, and received overwhelming support in the council chamber. It expresses … [Continue Reading]
Warm welcome for Kent council’s commitment to green power for district
The Nuclear Free Local Authorities have warmly welcomed last week’s adoption by Folkestone and Hythe District Council of a motion making a commitment ‘to a new era of clean energy production in the district’. In May 2023, the Green Party formed a minority administration and at the November Council was set a challenge over energy … [Continue Reading]
The green goes into the blue: NFLA welcome for first sustainable fuel Virgin flight
Though air travel represents just 3% of worldwide carbon emissions, the burning of aviation fossil fuels in the upper atmosphere contributes three times the damage to our environment, so the NFLAs have welcomed news that the first flight using low-carbon fuels has just touched down at New York’s JFK Airport after crossing the Atlantic from … [Continue Reading]
No new money for Sizewell C, but Chancellor backs ‘faux Green’ technologies with cash
Campaigners opposed to Sizewell C will be pleased to see that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt did not pledge more money to the ‘Suffolk White Elephant’ in his Autumn Statement, but the Nuclear Free Local Authorities are still perturbed that a further £960 million will be made available for nuclear and other ‘faux Green’ energy technologies in … [Continue Reading]
NFLA Policy Briefing 281: Latest on RAF Lakenheath
Foreign Secretary urged to send observers to nuclear ban meeting in New York
Lord David Cameron is having a busy first week as the UK’s newly appointed and ennobled Foreign Secretary, with a visit to war torn Ukraine and now a demand by numerous groups and activists opposed to nuclear weapons to send British observers to a high-level disarmament conference soon to be held in New York. The … [Continue Reading]