38 degrees needs at least 50,000 votes to help stop the Government using this national Park as a Nuclear dumping ground.. keep an eye on them though guys, we don't know where they'll try next :hot:
It’s inspired our poets and painters for centuries, and still provides a haven of unspoiled beauty and calm for millions of visitors every year.
But if we don’t act, our iconic and beloved Lake District could soon be known as something else: the UK’s newest nuclear waste dump and the largest toxic dump in the world. [1]
We’re not making this up. And if this plan goes ahead, it’s not only radioactive waste we’d be dumping: we’d likely be kissing goodbye to tens of thousands of jobs and wiping billions of pounds off our tourist industry as well.
We don’t have much time - decision-makers meet tomorrow. But they’re under heavy pressure already - experts have condemned the plans, local people have been up in arms and thousands have signed a 38 Degrees petition to stop the nuclear dump. A late surge of signatures could be all we need to push them over the edge - and stop this crazy plan once and for all.
Click here to sign the petition:
https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/stop-lakes-nuclear-dump
A few years ago, the government asked local councils to volunteer to store the country’s nuclear waste. Cumbria County Council responded, lured by the prospect of new jobs in construction. Now councillors are meeting tomorrow to vote whether to start investigating potential dump sites - either next to or actually inside the borders of the national park.
They’re actually considering this. Radioactive waste. Inside our largest national park.
Eminent scientists like Stuart Haszeldine of the University of Edinburgh are already warning that if a dump is built, radioactive gas could leak to the surface within 60 years. But you don’t have to be a geology professor to work out that this plan is a monumentally bad idea. [2]
If we can show local officials their dumping plans are likely to cause a national outcry, they’ll be much more likely to quietly drop them at their vote this Wednesday. Sign the petition now:
https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/stop-lakes-nuclear-dump
When David Cameron’s government tried to sell off our forests, we didn’t let them sweet-talk a few local decision-makers with promises of economic gain. We banded together as a nation and said, ‘no way - this history, this heritage, this space for wild beauty and freedom belongs to all of us.’
Well, the Lake District is a national treasure. It employs 55,000 people in tourism alone - but how many people are going to want to visit a national park scarred by a Channel Tunnel-sized construction project? Who’s going to go on holiday to a toxic waste dump the size of a city? This is going to cost jobs - and far more than will ever be created by turning the Lake District into the UK’s newest dumping ground. [3]
Most of the country still has no idea this is happening - and we only have 24 hours to spread the word far and wide. Click here to sign the petition - and share it with your friends:
https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/stop-lakes-nuclear-dump
Thank you for standing up for something so special,
Hannah, David, Marie and the 38 Degrees team
PS: Our petition is going to be hand-delivered to local officials tomorrow. It was set up by 38 Degrees member Peter Maher from Cumbria on the new ‘Campaigns by You’ part of the 38 Degrees site. ‘Campaigns by You’ is a free and powerful tool that lets you start and run campaigns on any issue you care about. Check out the campaigns that are already running or start your own here: http://you.38degrees.org.uk/
NOTES
[1] The Guardian: 'Nuclear waste? No thanks,' say Lake District national park tourism chiefs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/16/cumbria-tourism-chiefs-oppose-nuclear-waste-burial
[2] Open Democracy: How to bury nuclear waste under the democratic carpet in Cumbria
http://www.opendemocracy.net/openec...lear-waste-under-democratic-carpet-in-cumbria
[3] Cumbria Tourism research
http://www.cumbriatourism.org/research/surveys-data.aspx
It’s inspired our poets and painters for centuries, and still provides a haven of unspoiled beauty and calm for millions of visitors every year.
But if we don’t act, our iconic and beloved Lake District could soon be known as something else: the UK’s newest nuclear waste dump and the largest toxic dump in the world. [1]
We’re not making this up. And if this plan goes ahead, it’s not only radioactive waste we’d be dumping: we’d likely be kissing goodbye to tens of thousands of jobs and wiping billions of pounds off our tourist industry as well.
We don’t have much time - decision-makers meet tomorrow. But they’re under heavy pressure already - experts have condemned the plans, local people have been up in arms and thousands have signed a 38 Degrees petition to stop the nuclear dump. A late surge of signatures could be all we need to push them over the edge - and stop this crazy plan once and for all.
Click here to sign the petition:
https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/stop-lakes-nuclear-dump
A few years ago, the government asked local councils to volunteer to store the country’s nuclear waste. Cumbria County Council responded, lured by the prospect of new jobs in construction. Now councillors are meeting tomorrow to vote whether to start investigating potential dump sites - either next to or actually inside the borders of the national park.
They’re actually considering this. Radioactive waste. Inside our largest national park.
Eminent scientists like Stuart Haszeldine of the University of Edinburgh are already warning that if a dump is built, radioactive gas could leak to the surface within 60 years. But you don’t have to be a geology professor to work out that this plan is a monumentally bad idea. [2]
If we can show local officials their dumping plans are likely to cause a national outcry, they’ll be much more likely to quietly drop them at their vote this Wednesday. Sign the petition now:
https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/stop-lakes-nuclear-dump
When David Cameron’s government tried to sell off our forests, we didn’t let them sweet-talk a few local decision-makers with promises of economic gain. We banded together as a nation and said, ‘no way - this history, this heritage, this space for wild beauty and freedom belongs to all of us.’
Well, the Lake District is a national treasure. It employs 55,000 people in tourism alone - but how many people are going to want to visit a national park scarred by a Channel Tunnel-sized construction project? Who’s going to go on holiday to a toxic waste dump the size of a city? This is going to cost jobs - and far more than will ever be created by turning the Lake District into the UK’s newest dumping ground. [3]
Most of the country still has no idea this is happening - and we only have 24 hours to spread the word far and wide. Click here to sign the petition - and share it with your friends:
https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/stop-lakes-nuclear-dump
Thank you for standing up for something so special,
Hannah, David, Marie and the 38 Degrees team
PS: Our petition is going to be hand-delivered to local officials tomorrow. It was set up by 38 Degrees member Peter Maher from Cumbria on the new ‘Campaigns by You’ part of the 38 Degrees site. ‘Campaigns by You’ is a free and powerful tool that lets you start and run campaigns on any issue you care about. Check out the campaigns that are already running or start your own here: http://you.38degrees.org.uk/
NOTES
[1] The Guardian: 'Nuclear waste? No thanks,' say Lake District national park tourism chiefs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/16/cumbria-tourism-chiefs-oppose-nuclear-waste-burial
[2] Open Democracy: How to bury nuclear waste under the democratic carpet in Cumbria
http://www.opendemocracy.net/openec...lear-waste-under-democratic-carpet-in-cumbria
[3] Cumbria Tourism research
http://www.cumbriatourism.org/research/surveys-data.aspx
(they've only just allowed sheep back there)