Concern as incinerator breaches emissions limits December 6, 2012 Public Health Wales points to ‘recurring problem’ after plant is forced to temporarily close after exceeding emissions limits. An incinerator in South Wales has had to temporarily halt operations after breaching strict emissions limits set out in its environmental permit. Test results from the Materials Recovery and …
Apr 06 2014
‘Cover up’ claim as incinerator study postponed
‘Cover up’ claim as incinerator study postponed February 3, 2014 Research into effects of waste incineration on human health will be postponed after data had to be ‘manually’ entered A study aiming to establish whether there is a link between modern municipal waste incinerator emissions and health defects has been postponed until 2015, in what …
Apr 06 2014
Boris Johnson accused of ‘complacency’ over air quality
Boris Johnson accused of ‘complacency’ over air quality April 3, 2014 London Assembly Labour Party brands comments on air pollution by Mayor of London as ‘dangerously complacent’ Mayor of London Boris Johnson has come under fire from the London Labour Party after playing down concerns over the capital’s air quality. Much of southern England, including …
Apr 06 2014
Boris Johnson accused of hiding London air pollution
Boris Johnson accused of hiding London air pollution Labour MPs say mayor using dust particle suppressants around air quality monitors to bring down their readings Fiona Harvey, environment correspondent theguardian.com, Tuesday 24 April 2012 10.54 BST Jump to comments (45) Suppressants are being used at key sites in London but the environment department says there is no …
Apr 06 2014
UK smog: David Cameron accused of misunderstanding air pollution crisis
UK smog: David Cameron accused of misunderstanding air pollution crisis European commission spokesman says PM’s remarks that conditions are due to Saharan dust are ‘more than disappointing’ Rowena Mason and Josh Halliday The Guardian, Thursday 3 April 2014 20.21 BST Jump to comments (543) A couple wear smog masks while walking dogs near the Ironbridge power stations in Shropshire. …
Apr 06 2014
Flawed inspection regime highlights health risks of incinerators
Flawed inspection regime highlights health risks of incinerators Posted on November 2, 2013by insidecroydon Four years ago, Simon Hoar, a cabinet member in the Conservative group that controls the Town Hall, was distributing leaflets in Waddon ward offering a solemn promise that he and his colleagues, if re-elected to the council, would stop the development of a …
Apr 06 2014
Planning consultancy admits hiring senior public sector officials
Planning consultancy admits hiring senior public sector officials A consultancy in Cambridge advised undercover reporters that the planning officials could explain the complex planning system to private clients while still working for local authoritie 10:35PM GMT 11 Mar 2013 The Telegraph can disclose that Alan Folkes, who runs AFA consulting in Cambridgeshire, is informing …
Apr 06 2014
Councillor explains ‘tricks of the trade’ for planning approval
Greg Stone, a long-serving Liberal Democrat councillor in the North Heaton area of Newcastle, told undercover Telegraph reporters that many fellow employees at planning consultancy Indigo Public Affairs also worked as councillors. 10:00PM GMT 10 Mar 2013 “I wouldn’t say dark arts but, but, there is, there is sort of tricks of the trade,” …
Apr 06 2014
London mayoral hopefuls call for inquiry into Boris Johnson’s ‘delayed’ pollution plans
London mayoral hopefuls call for inquiry into Boris Johnson’s ‘delayed’ pollution plans Ken Livingstone joins calls for a public inquiry into London’s failure to meet air quality targets By Jessica Shankleman 01 May 2012 More from this author 1 Comment Labour’s Ken Livingstone has joined fellow mayoral hopefuls in calling for a public inquiry into …