READ: 2030 date for Powerfuel Portland waste incinerator announced<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n MJ Sanders, a social worker from Portland, said: \u201cI just felt it was important to make the point to the Port that a lot of people around here are really upset and angry about their plans for this polluting incinerator.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
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Etienne Stott from SPIC (Image: SPIC)\n<\/p>\n
\n SPIC says the original permit was for non\u2011recyclable household waste, but warns the expansion increases the risk from hazardous emissions and \u201cforever chemicals\u201d that accumulate in the body and are linked to health impacts.\n<\/p>\n
\n Olympic medallist and SPIC spokesperson Etienne Stott said: \u201cWe are appalled by the Environment Agency\u2019s position about the permit\u2026 People\u2019s concerns about hazardous emissions seem to have been disregarded and we\u2019re being told that living close to an obviously toxic project will have no effect on our health and wellbeing. It\u2019s bonkers.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
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Cllr Kia Pope (Image: Cllr Kia Pope)\n<\/p>\n
\n Portland’s Green Party also condemned the regulator\u2019s stance.\n<\/p>\n
\n Cllr Kia Pope, leader of the Green Group on Portland Town Council, said: \u201cThis is a crisis moment for Portland\u2026 If our community can mobilise on this scale and still feel powerless to influence decisions affecting its environment and quality of life, then the problem is bigger than Portland. The problem is the system itself.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Developers Powerfuel, however, welcomed the position, saying the agency \u201ccould not find any evidence that would cause us to refuse the permit variation application\u201d and arguing this confirms \u201cthere are no environmental concerns regarding the Portland project\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n Powerfuel director Giles Frampton added: \u201cThe project has now successfully cleared all planning and environmental permit requirements.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Positive commercial discussions are progressing with a number of parties and the company expects to make further announcements later this year confirming the timeline for delivery of the project.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Developers expect the project to be operational by 2030 and will create hundreds of jobs during construction and dozens of full time roles once completed.\n<\/p>\n
\n A consultation on the draft permit variation and decision is open until 11.59pm on July 31, with Dorset Council, SPIC and Portland Greens urging residents to respond, and SPIC planning a large\u2011scale protest on August 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Agency says it is \u201cminded to\u201d grant a permit variation for the incinerator, known as the Portland…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-657046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}