Agenda 2019

  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/20/choice-cumbria-nuclear-dump-mistake-environment-agency  One million cubic meters of waste near Sellafield are housed at a site that was a mistake Sellafield nuclear facility I have never been a supporter of the use of nuclear as an option for producing energy. Amongst the reasons for my opposition to nuclear generated power, is a very simple question to which the pro nuclear lobby have never been able to provide an acceptable answer. The question is and will always be, "What do you do with the waste?"  The responses trotted out over the years, range between the bizarre and ludicrous (put it in a rocket and fire it into the sun or fill containers with it and dump it in the oceans, amongst the more perverse examples) to the now accepted international practices of land fill and dumping within the existing environment.  The usual criticisms of these suggestions I have documented elsewhere over the year...

  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/03/water-companies-polluting-rivers-beaches?guni=Keyword:news-grid%20main-1%20Main%20trailblock:Editable%20trailblock%20-%20news:Position1  UK water companies are polluting Britain's rivers and beaches Thousands of unregulated pipes dumping sewage into rivers Of all the privatisation scams perpetrated by the then government, the privatisation of water was the greatest iniquity of them all. Not only are these parasite water companies responsible for extortionate charges for the basic commodity of life, but they also pollute our rivers and beaches with, it seems, complete impunity from prosecution or responsibility for their actions. In the unlikely event of criminal charges being brought, the miserly maximum fine of £2 million, would have little impact on the huge profits made by these companies and would in any case, be passed on to their customers in the form of even higher prices. If ever there was a compelli...

  http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/10441786.Gas_companies_granted_licences_for_fracking_in_Dorset/ Gas companies granted licences for fracking in Dorset Possible drilling sites in Dorset Cliff falls along the Dorset coast line have been a regular feature over recent months. Now the gas companies have been granted licenses for fracking beneath huge parts of Dorset and Hampshire. The 150ft  long, 6ft  deep crack appeared on cliffs near Bowleaze Cove, Weymouth landslide near Durdle Door   landslide at West Bay   Fracking has been linked with groundwater contamination and toxic air around sites, and in Lancashire, fracking was blamed for causing small earthquakes. As usual, the old "thousands of jobs could be created" chestnut has been trotted out to justify another of mans assaults on the environment.

http://news.sky.com/story/978020/heathrow-runway-delay-bad-for-business  Capacity constraints at Heathrow Airport are restricting the UK's economic potential, a report by MPs has said.    "Bad for business" !  Never mind the hundreds  of homes that would be demolished to make way for this monstrosity. Never mind the disruption to peoples lives with the increased pollution from noise, traffic and transport congestion. Never mind the devastating effect on the environment and wild life in the area. This and more is of little consequence to the business must come first lobby. For far too long, people have been dominated, abused and dismissed by the greed and self interest of the business community. The argument that developments such as the third runway at Heathrow is good for the economy, as it will bring jobs and increased trade opportunities has always been a load of garbage generated by the business community to conceal their real objective...