Activists Target BioMass Plant in South Wales
Activists from Climate Camp Cymru blockaded a biomass plant in Port Talbot and hung banners from chimneys in protest of plans to produce electricity from imported woodchips. The plant is the first of its kind in the UK, and is serving as a test site in anticipation of building larger plants, including what would be the world’s largest biomass plant nearby.
Melissa Harvey explains, “Burning wood is called carbon neutral but this is a myth. It’s hard to believe but burning wood for electricity is even dirtier than coal. It releases one and half as much carbon dioxide as burning coal, and the other pollution affecting air quality is nearly as bad as coal…. Catastrophic climate change could be unstoppable in as little as 10 years. This is our last window of opportunity. False solutions such as biomass and carbon trading mean we’ll have no chance at all. And when we talk about catastrophic climate change, we’re not talking hot summers, we’re talking about the question of survival.”
source: http://tv.oneworld.net/2009/11/30/arrests-at-biomass-plant-in-south-wales/
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