EDF & Hinkley, Fish Ecological Disaster

EDF’s “shambolic” attempt to “wriggle out of” installing a key eco-saving measure at Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant has been blasted by a wildlife charity amid fears it could lead to an ecological disaster in the Severn Estuary. In a series of shambolic engagement events with local communities, EDF has failed to make a clear case for the removal of the AFD or provide evidence for why the proposals would adequately compensate for the types of fish that will be killed, according to the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. The trust says the energy firm has effectively destroyed community support for these alternative measures through a ham-fisted approach to landowners that threatened compulsory purchase to acquire the land to enable habitat restoration.