Ayrshire Power have now submitted their planning application for a new coal-fired power station at Hunterston in Ayrshire. This is a mad plan and we need to stop it now!
- It’s completely unnecessary – ‘The Power of Scotland Renewed’ showed that Scotland can meet 60-143% of its energy needs from renewables by 2030. See http://bit.ly/cQtqC9 for the full report
- It will completely undermine Scotland’s world-leading climate change legislation – even Ayrshire Power are only claiming that 15% of the CO2 will be removed from day one with Carbon Capture and Storage. And they haven’t even said how they will do this!
- The proposal is being handled in an anti-democratic way – it was shoe-horned into the National Planning Framework after the public consultation period, Ayrshire Power are doing everything they can to avoid proper consultation, and the Scottish Parliament has already voted by 66 to 26 calling on the Scottish Government to throw the plan out.
Take just a couple of minutes to send in an objection and stop this madness – http://www.wdm.org.uk/scotland-campaign-actions or go to the Communities Opposed to New Coal at Hunterston website for lots more info and a sample objection letter – www.conchcampaign.org/
