GREAT Graveney

The Graveney Rural Environment Action Team - opposed to the proposed massive solar power station that would be 5 times bigger than anything else in the UK

[GREAT Graveney @GREATGraveney]

The UK Government has announced it will remove barriers in the planning system to make it easier to construct larger, more powerful batteries to store renewable energy.⠀
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“Over 100 large-scale batteries could now be… https://t.co/p8qlXxK4en

[Ros Coward 🍃💚🍃 @RosCoward]

@doug_parr This is not necessarily a good thing. Large battery technology is as yet unproven and even potentially dangerous. Meanwhile huge developments are set to destroy wildlife havens like Graveney Marshes @GREATGraveney . Surely insisting on solar panels & local solutions is better?

[Doug Parr @doug_parr]

Large electricity storage will no longer need to go through national planning system, meaning increased investment

https://t.co/nVecTKk3oj

[Ros Coward 🍃💚🍃 @RosCoward]

https://t.co/LTRLMOEEC7 For those who know Kent, no surprise here: it’s the county which has lost most to development. We urgently need to protect what was once called the ‘garden of England’ @GREATGraveney @guyshrubsole @KentishStourCP @KentWildlife @MeadowsSave @ChrisGPackham

[GREAT Graveney @GREATGraveney]

This is undoubtedly the most difficult information we have to share during our 2½ year campaign. Regrettably, we will not be pursuing a Judicial Review and therefore the Solar Power Station development on Graveney… https://t.co/zf9EKjR8MA

[GREAT Graveney @GREATGraveney]

A fruit grower in Kent has cut its carbon footprint by installing renewable energy on its roof! The horticultural collective has installed 3,600 solar panels on its production facility in Maidstone.⠀
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The system… https://t.co/mRqsCklTXi

[GREAT Graveney @GREATGraveney]

Boris Johnson just pledged £40m “to boost local conservation projects, create jobs, train people to protect local environments.“ ⠀
“This will go a long way to safeguard the UK’s natural carbon stores and wildlife… https://t.co/amQdIXEj6F

[GREAT Graveney @GREATGraveney]

From @KentishWanderer
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“I spent my day just sitting out on Graveney Marshes, just observing and relaxing and rejuvenating myself surrounded by nature! And whilst the blustery wind rustled through the reeds and long… https://t.co/BhqvoBhy9D

[GREAT Graveney @GREATGraveney]

The government’s pledge to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 is under close scrutiny as the committee on climate change publish a progress report on the government’s efforts to reach net zero, and call for… https://t.co/2OHqfB7rXD

[GREAT Graveney @GREATGraveney]

Cleve Hill Solar Power Station would be the largest EVER proposed in the UK and the second largest in the whole of Europe.⠀
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880,000 panels across 4km (2.5 miles) of precious green landscape.⠀
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East west alignment… https://t.co/2tF5mDuhWZ

[Ros Coward 🍃💚🍃 @RosCoward]

@GeorgeMonbiot @Natures_Voice @BBOWT @WoodlandTrust In #kent @friends_earth has just supported a hugely damaging industrial solar plant to be built on the precious #graveneymarshes @GREATGraveney . ‘Mitigation’ is a complete con most of the time. Once nature is built on you can’t get it back.

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

I'm sick of urging the UK's conservation groups to do their jobs and defend nature. But this is a new low. Instead of opposing the catastrophic Oxford-Cambridge Expressway, @Natures_Voice, @BBOWT and @WoodlandTrust have published a plan for "greening" it. https://t.co/hIcG1xROUa

[GREAT Graveney @GREATGraveney]

Today we continue our series featuring artists inspired by the Marshes.

Local artist Debra Ivens is inspired by the landscapes and seascapes of the south of England. Her art speaks to and of the region, her love… https://t.co/lDvSlqO2l8

[GREAT Graveney @GREATGraveney]

Before the Solar Power Station was proposed, the Environment Agency highlighted Cleve Hill as “one of the top-ranking sites for managed realignment in the area”, and planned to return Graveney Marshes completely to… https://t.co/ksavb7uRsg

[CPRE Kent @CPREKent]

Good to see our friends @GREATGraveney are keeping up the fight against this awful scheme.
#clevehill
@CPREKent

[GREAT Graveney @GREATGraveney]

Have you seen the Compulsory Acquisition Order that Cleve Hill Solar Park Ltd hung this week from gates on Graveney Marshes? This follows the decision made by the Secretary of State for Business on 28th May, and… https://t.co/ci0BdaNLfq

[GREAT Graveney @GREATGraveney]

Have you seen the Compulsory Acquisition Order that Cleve Hill Solar Park Ltd hung this week from gates on Graveney Marshes? This follows the decision made by the Secretary of State for Business on 28th May, and… https://t.co/gLyVvzCLg8

[GREAT Graveney @GREATGraveney]

Repost @emwilco ⠀
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Moderate, sensible solar on Abbey Fields. Not town-sized, not the height of a double decker bus and not a continuous wavy ‘roof’ over barren soil below. The latter is what Cleve Hill Solar plan… https://t.co/Srmc5Ig9S0

[GREAT Graveney @GREATGraveney]

The words of those who support the campaign to Save Graveney Marshes are powerful and passionate.⠀
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Today we’re quoting Rebecca samphireandseasalt as she talks to her followers.⠀
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‘How important has nature been to… https://t.co/8O1a0xaeAE

[GREAT Graveney @GREATGraveney]

One of our amazing supporters alexlawdesigns has created a film to highlight the campaign to Save Graveney Marshes. Such beautiful artwork and so timely because today is World Environment Day. ⠀
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This year’s theme… https://t.co/htrSQ1kYqG