Severn Barrage Project Could Create Damaging Precedents for Habitats
Anticipating the publication of a new report into tidal power by the Sustainable Development Commission, the WWF warned that if the Severn Barrage project was to be approved for development by the Government, the spectre of a Pandora’s Box opening and of creating a precedent enabling all kinds of developments to override the protection of key habitats and species would be raised.
In fact, you might invite a “barrage of abuse”!
Morgan Parry, Head of WWF Cymru said: ‘UK estuaries and coasts offer us a vast potential source of renewable energy, and the Government is right to be looking at ways of harnessing this power.
However, the development of tidal energy resources should not compromise the future ability of these eco-systems to adapt to climate change. WWF urges the Government to consider more economically-viable and sustainable alternatives to the proposed Severn Barrage which could deliver a comparable amount of energy.’
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