PRESS RELEASE: Power station petition signed by over 110,000 to be handed to DECC by giant White Elephant
Jun 17, 2015 | Press Releases
When: 8:30-9:30, Thursday 18th June 2015
Where: DECC offices, 3 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2AW
Who: Biofuelwatch, London Mining Network & Care2 Petitions https://londonminingnetwork.org/2015/06/pr-biofuelwatch-white-elephant/
“The UK Government is expected to make an imminent announcement of a grant of up to £1 billion to a coal power station ‘carbon capture’ project by a consortium including Drax Plc, owners of the UK’s largest power station [1]. In response to this, campaign groups Biofuelwatch, London Mining Network and US-based Dogwood Alliance, started a Care2 petition [2] against public support for the new power station, which was signed by over 113,000 people. Campaigners plan to deliver it to the Department of Energy and Climate Change with the aid of Rosie, a giant inflatable White Elephant.”
The amount of carbon dioxide in the air was roughly 403ppm. As of 2025 it is 430ppm, but check here for daily measures.
The broader context was that carbon capture and storage was close to getting some money…
What I think we can learn from this is that not every technofix arrives on time…
What happened next The second competition for CCS funding fell over and was followed by a long process of the shards of the Ming Vase being put together again, and then waiting for a long time…
What do you think? Does this pass the ‘so what?’ threshold? Have I got facts wrong? Interpretation wrong? Please do comment on this post, unless you are a denialist, obvs.
