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A Bath energy firm has lost the first round of its battle to build a controversial biofuels plant in London. Blue NG already has permission for a plant in Beckton in east London, but its plans for a biofuel power station at Southall were rejected by Ealing Council this week.
The firm's offices in Railway Street were invaded by environmental campaigners in April, and Ealing Council's decision has been welcomed by the pressure groups Friends of the Earth and Biofuelwatch, which say the argument that biofuels are sustainable is a "pretence". But the final decision on the scheme rests with the Greater London Assembly (GLA), which has appeared to look favourably on the idea in the past. A spokesman for the firm pointed out that the decision had been made in the week that the Government warned in its Low Carbon Transition Plan of power cuts in the future as oil and coal power stations were shut down.See the full content of this document
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Bath Firm Hopes Boris Will Give Nod to Plant
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