Climate activists urge councillors to reject plans for Scots power station
dailyrecord.co.ukClimate activists have urged councillors to reject plans for a new gas-fired power station in Aberdeenshire. The local authority's Infrastructure Committee is to vote on whether to approve proposals from operators of the plant SSE to build a new facility on the existing site in Peterhead.
As reported by Aberdeen Live, the Scottish Government's Energy Consents Unit will make the final decision on the plans. However, Aberdeenshire Council's committee members will be able to have their say and scrutinise the proposals on Thursday.
Friends of the Earth Scotland are calling on councillors to block the proposals - and they say the plans are built on the "rotten foundations of carbon capture".Alex Lee, a spokesperson for the group, said: "The climate crisis means that the Peterhead fossil gas plant must be stopped.
New fossil fuel infrastructure only benefits greedy energy firms and those companies who want to keep us hooked on oil and gas for decades to come.“Local councillors have an opportunity and a responsibility to interrogate the claims of the developers of this climate-wrecking project.
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