Sizewell C development – response from Suffolk Green, Lib Dem & Independent (GLI) Group

Please see quotes from the Suffolk Green, Lib Dem & Independent (GLI) Group regarding the recent approval of the Sizewell C development:

Cllr Andrew Stringer

GLI Leader

“We believe this is the wrong decision for Suffolk. It locks in ever more expensive ways to generate electricity that we believe will be economically unviable before it is built. Today’s decision will prove a high cost for Suffolk, with the expense falling onto consumers, our village communities, and the county’s leisure economy.”

Cllr Simon Harley

GLI Spokesperson for Public Health and Biodiversity

“We are not only burdening future generations with climate change as a result of our failure to invest in truly renewable energy and insulation now, but we are also leaving a toxic legacy of nuclear pollution, debt, and destruction of our countryside as a result of this decision.”

Cllr Annette Dunning

GLI Spokesperson for Achieving Net Zero

“The decision to approve the development raises a severe concern for the loss of habitats in nature reserves, such as Minsmere. The plans for Sizewell C still do not clarify where the water will come from to service the new plant. Supplies are already stretched in the area and now it will be pushed to breaking point.”

Cllr Andy Mellen

GLI Member

“Nuclear power generates dangerous radioactive waste which needs to be safely stored and monitored for thousands of years: timescales longer than Western civilization has so far lasted. It is the ultimate exercise in kicking the can down the road, hoping it will go away, and expecting future generations to pick up the pieces.”