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News
Irresponsible
view? Dovesdale court case begins, 27 Oct 2011
THE Judicial Review into the Dovesdale Incinerator has started at the
Court of Session in Edinburgh. On Friday members from Dovesdale
Incinerator Action Group...read
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LibDem MSP attacks SNP over Dovesdale incinerator, 15 Sept 2011
Jim Hume, Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP for the South of Scotland, has spoken out against the SNP on the Dovesdale incinerator after a debate in the Scottish Parliament on waste management.
Row
as South Lanarkshire Council’s award £459m waste contract, Sep 8 2011
SOUTH Lanarkshire’s municipal waste will NOT be disposed of at the
controversial incinerator planned for Dovesdale Farm, between Larkhall and
Stonehouse...read
more
Row over Dovesdale plant rumbles on,
Jun 16 2011 - external link
THERE’S been no let-up in the political row over the controversial Dovesdale incinerator
proposal...read more
Row over SNP Minister's stance on Dovesdale decision, Jun 9 2011 -
external link
ONE of the SNP Government’s newest Ministers was this week branded “unscrupulous and deceitful” over her stance on the controversial Dovesdale incinerator
proposal...read more
How hazardous waste in Lanarkshire had an effect at
Holyrood, May 9, 2011 - external link
It was around 1:30am on Friday, in East Kilbride. Andy Kerr had just become Labour’s first high-profile
casualty...read more
Ministers
refuse to `call in’ Dovesdale incinerator planning application, 24 Mar
2011 - external link
THE Scottish Government have rejected demands to intervene in the bitter row over the Dovesdale incinerator plan...read
more
Incinerator gets the green light despite 20,000 objections, 9 Feb 2011
(external link to campaign website)
THE construction of a controversial incinerator has been given the go-ahead by council planners - despite receiving around 20,000 objections. The "gasification"
plant...read more
Scotgen
get planning permission for £50m incinerator, 8 Feb 2011
A
£50 million waste to energy plant has been given planning permission
despite receiving more than 20,000 objections...read
more
Dovesdale
group alert Lanark residents about incinerator proposals, 29 September
(external link)
With the battle still
raging over a new incinerator plant on the fringes of Clydesdale,
plans for another waste disposal development site virtually on Lanark's
doorstep has come to light....read
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SEPA object to controversial £50m incinerator
(external link)
Aug 19 2010 - SEPA have now objected to plans for the controversial £50m waste incinerator....
Waste
incinerator company in emission safety breaches, 28 July
Campaigners
with Dovesdale Action Group are fighting plans for a £50m waste disposal
unit A company that wants to build a controversial waste disposal...read
more
More
demos on Stonehouse waste bid, 21 July
More
demonstrations are planned in protest at a proposed waste disposal
incinerator overlooking a Lanarkshire village. The warning from
campaigners came after farmers used tractors on...read
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Dovesdale
Action Group announces new website, 11 July 2010
Dovesdale
Action Group, which is taking the lead in the campaign against Scotgen's
application to build a waste gasifier at Dovesdale Farm, near Stonehouse
in South Lanarkshire - www.dovesdaleincinerator.info
Scotgen
submits planning application, 2 July 2010
Scotgen
has announced that it has submitted an application for planning consent
for a proposed waste gasification plant. The application was declared
valid on 5 July, at which point the public may make representations for 28
days. For more information you may wish to look at Scotgen's latest
newsletter (go to their homepage
and clicking on the link titled 'About Scotgen South Lanarkshire'). The
planning application can be viewed here - HM/10/X0364/NEW.
7
June - Scotgen still accepting pre-application comments
Scotgen
has published a newsletter stating that it will still accept comments as
part of its pre-application consultation with the community - click here.
You can see other Scotgen newsletters by going to their homepage
and clicking on the link titled 'About Scotgen South Lanarkshire'. The
company is currently preparing a planning application and environmental
impact assessment.
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her...read more
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