Citizens living, working and studying from across the Thames Valley fighting the proposed new waste incinerator located in Reading West, Berkshire, England
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West Berkshire Council's present Waste Strategy expires 2022. In the next few weeks they will be determining the Reading West Incinerator in the absence of a new Waste Strategy. What should a net zero policy test look like? https://t.co/AIjLg2wfdc via @theENDSReport
“It becomes no 'woman or' man to nurse despair, but, in the teeth of clenched antagonisms, to follow up the worthiest till he die.”-- Alfred the Great
Our worthiest in the 21st century is to save our home, this place we call Earth.🌏
Veolias planning application for a massive commercial waste incinerator in the rural Wey Valley, Alton Hampshire has been refused planning permission by elected HCC Councillors 🌳 Read our summary of yesterdays marathon 6 hour meeting here: https://t.co/9ZqUfIIrko
Water company fat cat bosses cut investment in sewage network by almost 40%, fail environment targets for the 5th year running but don't worry we'll still give you a £1m 'special bonus'.
Where does that leave @Ofwat and their finger wagging?
https://t.co/q38oBqN4Uo
Veolia's Alton incinerator plan refused by Hampshire County Council ✅ “After a six-hour long debate, Hampshire County Council's councillors decided to reject the proposals, with three councillors voting in favour and 12 against” https://t.co/Z3FjlPwnwz
Excellent news for the county of Hampshire - congratulations to all those who truly recognise that Incinerators are not the future for Great Britain!
https://t.co/lK1Wr0dVmA
HUGE NEWS❗️Common sense prevailed today - Hampshire County Council’s Regulatory Committee voted with overwhelming majority AGAINST Veolias Wey Valley, Alton Hampshire Incinerator 🔥 A big thank you to everyone who was part of this outcome 🌳#noweyincinerator#nomoreincinerators
@weyincinerator https://t.co/eXSE6jMM7D
This particular council, HCC?, would benefit from a deep dive into understanding the damaging effects of particulate matters emissions from incinerators! Shame on you HCC - King Alfred is turning in his grave!
“I just want to be reassured that the pollution level is not going to exceed… be ingested by people… what is the impact on any agricultural growers in the area… if this gets into food that’s going to be consumed…?”
“…I can’t specifically answer the details of that question”
Costing the Earth? Is West Berkshire Council's solar farm worth it? //www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/costng-the-earth-is-west-berkshire-councils-solar-farm-wor-9241227/
As part of the B Lab’s podcast with @Find_Humanity, the Foundation’s #CircularDesign Programme Lead, Joe Iles, explains the importance of designing for a #circulareconomy in the context of the #RightToRepair movement.
Listen here: https://t.co/HVfLqExeMp
We & @WWF call for a legally-binding UN treaty on plastic pollution that addresses the entire plastics lifecycle.
In February, at #UNEA, world leaders have a crucial opportunity to begin negotiations for such a treaty.
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