Message from a comrade involved with opposition to the proposed new
incinerator... ---- Thanks ACG for your recent piece (13th October) on theplanned new incinerator in Edmonton, and its approval by Enfield Council. As youpoint out, the incinerator will produce more than 700,000 tonnes of CO2 everyyear, and emit fine particulates that can damage the lungs of children, reducinglife expectancy in one of the poorest parts of the UK. The amount of carbondioxide pumped out per year will be the equivalent of an extra 250,000 dieselcars. If the plans go ahead, the working class community of Edmonton andsurrounding areas will be saddled with a new, bigger, incinerator for the nexthalf century - replacing the existing one built in the 1970s. Air pollution inEdmonton already goes beyond legal limits. It's the health of working class andpeople of colour that suffers as a result. The campaign against this incineratorenvironmental disaster has now reached a vital stage. Please read on!Six boroughs send their rubbish waste to the Edmonton incinerator for disposal:five of these are Labour Party controlled. The boroughs are Camden, Enfield(where the incinerator is sited), Hackney, Haringey, Islington, Waltham Forest,plus Tory Barnet.These boroughs are all represented on the board of the NorthLondon Waste Authority (NLWA) which is responsible for the incinerator. The NLWAis chaired by Cllr Clyde Loakes, deputy leader of Waltham Forest Council. WalthamForest and other Labour councils have declared climate emergencies - a bad joke!The NLWA board will be making a crucial decision on 16th December on going aheadwith the new replacement incinerator, and awarding the contract to Acciona, aSpanish multinational company. Other bidding companies have withdrawn, reflectinga strong campaign waged against the incinerator. Late September saw hundreds oflocal people, Black Lives Matter and XR, close down the A406 north circular dualcarriageway and march together to the incinerator site. BUT WE NOW HAVE JUSTSEVERAL WEEKS TO FORCE THE NLWA AND ACCIONA NOT TO PROCEED. If the company canbe ‘persuaded' not to continue with its bid the sell-out labour controlled NLWAwill be left high and dry.On the ground mass actions continue to be essential. But all actions are neededin this phase of the campaign to make Acciona realise we mean business when wesay we're going to make their life hell if they proceed. It claims to be a greencompany, "leading the corporate fight to mitigate the effects of the climateemergency and accelerate change towards a decarbonised energy model". Call itout! Please send messages to Acciona via: https://linktr.ee/StopTheBurn You canuse this to for an easy to submit trustpilot review or send Facebook or Twittermessages. TELL ACCIONA IT'S NOT WANTED IN NORTH LONDON!https://www.anarchistcommunism.org/2021/11/15/edmonton-incinerator-the-struggle-continues/_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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