Interview with Mason Corbishley on BBC Radio Cumbria talking about the proposed Barrow Incinerator ahead of a public meeting in Cumbria.
May 12 2012
Longford Park Centenary
BCAG would like to thank everyone for their fantastic support today at the Longford Park Centenary celebratory event which was a great success. Lots of people signed our petition and as well people supported our fighting fund by buying BCAG merchandise. It was great to see so many new faces too, which helped us to reach a new audience.
Thank you to our MP, Kate Green, and Davyhulme East Councillor, Lisa Cooke, for attending the event and showing their support for our campaign.
Lots of people also bought our new Support Ribbons which are priced at £1 and you can purchase one from us and from our website in the coming weeks so keep an eye out.
We will be back out in Urmston Town Centre also in the next few weeks with our new leaflets, which provide information about the appeal that has recently been lodged with Trafford Council Planning Department.
May 08 2012
School Children Plant Tree for Clean Air
Members of the Breathe Clean Air Group were joined by Trafford Councillors and Alan Dawson of Newcroft Nurseries, at Highfield Primary School, Urmston, Greater Manchester, on Friday (27th April), to plant a cherry tree.
Chairman of the Breathe Clean Air Group Pete Kilvert, said that greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and other air pollution are a threat to our very existence. Since trees absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen it is vital to plant trees and keep our native forests intact.
Mr Kilvert thanked Alan Dawson of Newcroft Nurseries for donating the tree; Councillors David Acton and Joanne Harding for attending, BCAG member Margaret Moules for making the arrangements; and Headteacher Charles Parfitt and the children of Highfield for their assistance in planting the tree.
May 02 2012
BREP Appeal Submitted
This week Peel Energy has announced that it will appeal against Trafford Council’s, unanimous decision to reject the Davyhulme Incinerator. The Breathe Clean Air Group pledges to fight this all the way, to protect the people of Trafford, Salford and Greater Manchester from hazardous emissions, which may affect the health of the local population.
The incinerator, located in Davyhulme, Greater Manchester, is to burn commercial and industrial waste wood and plastics, next to an Air Quality Management Area, where nitrogen oxides are already above the safety level. The proposed chimney stack is only half the height of a similar proposal at Ince Marshes near Frodsham. It’s clear that the low chimney stack will not be able to disperse the airborne pollution adequately. BCAG has identified serious flaws in Peel Energy’s calculations and informed the Environment Agency.
We had a quick response from BBC Radio Manchester whose Presenter Andy Crane interviewed Mason Corbishley (BCAG). Mason was able to get across the health implications of burning biomass and a chimney stack that would be only 44.23 metres high; the fact that the Environment Agency will only monitor the plant twice per year; the plant could burn any old rubbish in the next 25 years; and that there are alternative technologies such as pyromex and plasma gasification. If you missed the radio interview, then you can listen to it at http://breathecleanairgroup.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/bbc2.mp3
The Announcement also made BBC TV North West Tonight; the political parties in Trafford are posting leaflets prior to the forthcoming election.
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