On the day the world learned that last year was the hottest on record, we’re hugely dismayed that Cheshire West and Chester Council has approved the HyNet fossil fuel hydrogen scheme which relies on dumping carbon dioxide under the seabed.
The numerous objections fell on deaf ears because the planning committee is unwilling or unable to engage with the science, and the council’s climate emergency declaration is treated with disdain by its own councillors.
CWaC has fallen for the hydrogen hype being pushed by the fossil fuel industry which is greenwashing blue hydrogen made from gas as clean and low carbon. CWaC’s shameful decision disregards the public it’s supposed to serve and locks Cheshire into a fossil fuel future.
Blue hydrogen isn’t green, HyNet is a white elephant and today is a black day for Cheshire.
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