"DECC - Please See The Light" Protest and March
6.15pm, Thornbury Town Hall
Shepperdine Against Nuclear Energy are to hold a protest gathering and march in Thornbury town centre before the meeting held by the promoter (Eon) on the same evening.
It will involve a short march from outside the Thornbury Town Council Offices to the Eon meeting at Cossham Hall with the protesters carrying placards, torches, candles and other forms of light.
They will also be projecting some key messages and images onto buildings in the vicinity.
Reg Illingworth of SANE says "The people of the villages of the Severn Vale and the town of Thornbury know that what DECC is proposing is wrong on so many grounds - it is reassuring to have the support of South Gloucestershire Council and numerous politicians. Our County Council have now highlighted most of these to the DECC in their formal response. Including the fact that it is in a high level flood zone, where it is so obviously ridiculous to consider such a scheme, made even more ridiculous when you bear in mind they are planning to store highly toxic waste on the site for up to 150 years! Other obvious concerns highlighted by the council include the impact of the monstrous cooling towers on the adjacent areas of outstanding natural beauty and the cummulative effect of other large scale proposals in the area including the Severn tidal barrage."
" We invite everybody with any concerns to join our protest on the evening. It is still by no means certain that the government will listen to us in their rush to rectify the damage done by doing nothing about filling the energy gap for far too long. It will be for a maximum of one hour! It could help save our community! Your support is valued".
For more information, please call Reg on 07979 560056.
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