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Sellafield have withdrawn their application. Bittersweet News!
Image: the River Calder before it enters the Sellafield site. Dear Friends, Sellafield have withdrawn their application to the Environment Agency for abstraction and disposal of 40 cubic metres an… Read more ⇢
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Nuclear Waste Booby Trap for Future Generations?
Press Release sent out yesterday Monday 8th June 2026 A giant postcard was coloured in today outside the Mid-Copeland Geological Disposal Facility (UK Nuclear Dump) Partnership meeting by supporters of… Read more ⇢
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A chance to own this beautiful calendar of the Lake District and Push Back against the biggest development EVER in the UK
Donate Aim Calling all lovers of the Lake District. A chance to own this beautiful calendar of the Lake District and push back against the biggest development EVER in the UK… Read more ⇢
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Giant Postcard to Ask: “Nuclear Waste Booby Trap for Future Generations?”
Lakes Against Nuclear Dump (LAND) are staging a creative demonstration outside the Mid-Copeland Geological Disposal Facility Partnership meeting at Calderbridge and Ponsonby Village Hall, Calderbridge, between 1:00pm–3:30pm on 8 June, 2026.… Read more ⇢
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GOOD NEWS! Wildlife and Drinking Water Protected by Refusal of Nuclear Dump at Chalk River, Ottowa
Eastern Wolf (image Wikipedia) Federal Court of Appeal Upholds Victory for Kebaowek First Nation and Allies in ”Species at Risk” Case Against Chalk River Nuclear Waste Project Kebaowek, May 29, 2026 – Kebaowek… Read more ⇢
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Westmorland and Furness Council tasked with writing Sellafield’s Emergency Plans for Cumbria – but – Excluded from having ANY say on Earthquake inducing Mine for Nuclear Dump.
Letter in Westmorland Gazette 27th May 2026 Dear Editor Westmorland and Furness Council have been tasked with writing Sellafield’s “Off-site Emergency planning services” in the event of a major nuclear accidentbut… Read more ⇢
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Our appeal to challenge the Environment Agency’s rubber stamp of Sellafield ‘abstraction’ is in the news – but is not the whole story…
Image: Beatrix Potter’s Jeremy Fisher Digging for Worms – imagine digging the beautiful Lakeland coastal area and releasing contaminated waters – that’s what is proposed at Sellafield with their latest… Read more ⇢
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Resources for Future Generations No Longer a Consideration in GDF Location?
Letter sent by email 20th May 2026 Dear Mid-Copeland GDF Partnership, In 2016 West Cumbria Mining produced a map of coal reserves under the Irish Sea. I have included an overlay… Read more ⇢








