The article below was published by Open Democracy in 2013. At that time Friends of the Lake District were conspicuous by their determined absence during the long hard campaign to stop "Steps Towards Geological Disposal" from 2008 to 2013. . Now in 2018, we really hope FoLD campaign to stop a nuclear dump ANYwhere under …
page 43 12th June 1997 Man from the Dept of Environment says NO! Hurray!!! Simon Pryce concluded “The beeches are a significant feature of the valley and make a considerable contribution to its character and amenity. There is NO JUSTIFICATION for felling them all on safety grounds and individuals could be retained for several decades.” […] …
The Beast of Beckermet “What am I? Nosing here, turning leaves over Following a faint stain on the air to the river's edge I enter water. Who am I to split The glassy grain of water looking upward I see the bed Of the river above me upside down very clear” Wodwo by Ted Hughes …
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RELATIVE LIFETIMES A. PYLONS From Moorside - 60 Years B. HIGH BURN NUCLEAR WASTE FROM MOORSIDE- 250MILLION YEARS Recieved this today from Friends of the Lake District. It is beyond satire FoLD and all other conservation, wildlife, countryside and other groups tasked with "protecting" Cumbria are clamouring to stand up and say a vehement …
Great News!! **Many Thanks** to all who have so generously donated we have been able to commission an expert report into Moorside impacts. The Crowd Funding appeal has just over a week to go and the more money we can raise the more we can do to #StopMoorside. There are lots ways people can get …
Friends of the Lake District and the Lake District National Park Authority are getting together to oppose pylons through the Lakes from the proposed diabolic Moorside nuclear plant. People think this is grand - this is great, at last some action. BUT to "support the offshore route for pylons" while IGNORING Moorside, while keeping schtum about the plan to more …
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LETTER TO TIM FARRON MP Dear Tim Tomorrow in the House of Lords at 3.45pm in the Moses Room Baroness Verma will be leading a plan to change the law in order to dump democracy along with nuclear waste. Having just found out about this, Radiation Free Lakeland and other voluntary groups have been frantically …
Lord Chris Smith is pro nuclear and pro fracking. He is giving a lecture tonight to Friends of the Lake District on the threats to our fragile natural environment....his pro nuclear stance while Head of the Environment Agency has been instrumental in facilitating the biggest threat to the Lake District....the proposal for nuclear geological dumping …
Friends of the Lake District have joined the Lake District National Park and Cumbria Tourism in making the right noises and playing to the increasingly angry gallery but not doing the right thing and OPPOSING the nuke dump. Jack Ellerby Policy Officer of FoLD has just sent a letter to the Decision Making Bodies of …
The New Year sort out of cupboards has unearthed an interesting find. It is the Spring 1997 issue of the FRIENDS OF THE LAKE DISTRICT newsletter. FLD has "much cause for celebration. We could not have hoped for better news and the decision has been greeted with delight by local people, local authorities and environmental …
Continue reading New Year, New Friends? OR Complicit Silence?
RADIATION FREE LAKELAND 