Green groups pull out of nuclear talks with government
Environmental groups have withdrawn from the consultation process to decide whether the government should go ahead with plans to build new nuclear power stations. The reason? They believe the government is being disingenuous with its arguments and is using the consultation process as way to promote nuclear power. Six of the main environmental groups have said the government is distorting the evidence and are considering taking the government to court over the issue. A Friends of the Earth spokesperson said of the consultation process: "We do not feel it was a fair and full public debate, it was much more about promoting the arguments for nuclear power. What we want to do is signal to the wider public and the government that we don't think this was a proper consultation."
The Greenpeace executive director said: "You can't expect people to contribute to an exercise which the government is essentially saying itself is absolutely pointless...it goes much further than this because the consultation documents that we have seen are making all kinds of assertions - for example, that the nuclear waste problem is solved…It even says nuclear power is cheaper than wind even though the government's own published documents show the exact opposite is true."
So it looks like the government has decided on nuclear power as the future for our energy needs, and is ignoring its legal obligations for a fair public consultation and is using half-truths and lies to win the case for nuclear power. Sounds about right for our government.
