This blog was set up in mid-March 2020 during the emerging COVID-19 health crisis in the UK. It initially aimed to provide records of wildlife sightings and photographs from sites within walking distance of my home in the SS15 postcode area of Basildon in Essex during lockdown travel restrictions. Even though the pandemic has largely subsided, this blog continues to include my local wildlife sightings, my trips away from home plus some personal thoughts and reflections on other issues.
Tuesday 26 July 2022
Sizewell C nuclear plant gets go-ahead from Government
The Government has
just been granted planning consent for the new Sizewell C nuclear power plant on the Suffolk coast despite the Planning Inspectorate
NOT recommending approval.
The project, mainly funded by the French energy company EDF, is
expected to cost in the region of £20 billion and is expected to generate about
7% of the UK's electricity needs and operate for 60 years.
Local campaigners have objected to the plant on
several grounds, including that it would be built next to RSPB Minsmere and have a negative effect on the environment and wildlife.
The campaign group Stop Sizewell C has said it will continue to oppose
the project and would be trying to find grounds to appeal against the decision.
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