No Incinerator in Middlewich
Brilliant news for Middlewich yesterday as Eric Pickles the Secretary of State announced that he had refused planning permission for an incinerator in Middlewich. For the full story and a copy of the...
View ArticleToxic emissions from Scottish incinerator spark Cancer fears
Plans for similar incinerators across the country are now in disarray after it was revealed that a new state of the art incinerator at Dargavel in Dumfries has had its operations restricted by SEPA...
View ArticleNorthwich Incinerator given go ahead
After a twelve year battle against the plan to turn the former power station site on Griffiths Road, Lostock into an incinerator the Secretary for State for Energy and Climate Change has today, 2nd...
View ArticleCHAIN Press Release issued over Northwich Incinerator decision
CHAIN have released a statement to the press today, 5th october 2012, regarding the recent decision by the Secretary of State to award planing permission to TATA/EON to build an Incinerator in...
View ArticleCHAIN seeks legal challenge after expert opinion
CHAIN have today requested that CWAC help support financially a legal challenge to the Secretary of State’s decision to grant planning permission for an Incinerator in Northwich. This move follows...
View ArticleSID and CHAIN Curry & Quiz night 9th January
SID understands that many people will be asking why are we trying to raise money, after all isn’t the incinerator thing all over? Here are some answers? Q1.Why fund raise, isn’t is all over? A1. Yes we...
View ArticleTATA and EON abandon West London waste contract
CHAIN have today issued a press release which reads as follows: TATA and E-ON abandon West London waste contract CHAIN has been officially informed that TATA and E-ON have withdrawn from the tendering...
View ArticleDioxins in ‘Agent Orange’ linked to Prostate Cancer
Agent Orange, the controversial herbicide used to clear vegetation in the Vietnam War, has been linked to cases of deadly prostate cancer. Exposure to the chemical more than doubled the chances of...
View ArticleIncineration in doubt as Covanta UK seeks buyer
We are reproducing this story here in full as it originally appeared on the Resource Recycling website. Of particular note is the final analysis on overcapacity which now reaffirms what CHAIN have been...
View ArticleIt’s not too late to object
Whilst TATA/EON may think that they have this sewn up there is still time to object to the Environment Agency about the plan to dump a toxic incinerator on the edge of Northwich. The new gyratory...
View ArticleCHAIN ask for help from Hull councils
CHAIN’s plight has now been picked up by the Hull Daily Mail and East Yorkshire’s councils who are responsible for setting up the new waste contract for the area have been asked to rule out sending it...
View ArticleThe Environment Agency gets it wrong
CHAIN have issued a press release today covering the recent announcement by the Environment Agency that they are ‘minded’ to grant a permit to TATA/EON to build and operate an incinerator in Northwich....
View ArticleIs this a con?
Very disturbing news this week in Northwich as TATA have announced 220 job losses as it partially closes down its chemical production in the town. CHAIN argued at the Public Inquiry that this was the...
View ArticleWhy does the EA ignore the original planning application?
In another bizarre twist to this sorry tale the EA are steadfastly refusing to take any notice of why Planning Permission was actually issued in the first place. They want to ignore the simple fact...
View ArticleThe fight goes on
Despite the recent setback with the EA granting a permit to TATA/EON to operate their incinerator in Northwich, the fight continues apace. This week we have received great coverage in the Chester...
View ArticleLies, Damn Lies and Planning Applications
Here’s another example where one thing is said at planning applications and something different happens in the real world that the rest of us inhabit. Our friends at HAGATI in Runcorn fought long and...
View ArticleCHAIN update – July 2014
Since the granting of the Planning Permission in 2012 nothing of a significant nature regarding the TATA/EON Northwich waste incinerator project has occurred that we felt necessary to bring to your...
View ArticleWhat are TATA/EON up to now???
It may seem that everything has gone quiet over the past few months however as the old saying goes, there is generally a calm before the storm. Behind the scenes it seems that our old friends at...
View ArticlePublic Message to members of the new Cheshire West and Chester Council
Dear Councillors This message is a reminder to members of CWAC Council, particularly those recently elected for the first time, that the prospect of having a large waste incinerator constructed and...
View ArticleTata Fined 350k – Would you trust this lot to operate a large waste...
TATA Chemicals Europe has been fined almost £350,000 over incidents at its Lostock and Winnington plants in which a worker suffered chemical burns and another fell through a walkway. Winnington company...
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