{"id":47425,"date":"2019-12-14T15:35:58","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T15:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=47425"},"modified":"2019-12-14T15:35:58","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T15:35:58","slug":"a-schoolboy-wrote-a-letter-to-prince-charles-to-oppose-cardiff-new-incinerator-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/science-environment\/a-schoolboy-wrote-a-letter-to-prince-charles-to-oppose-cardiff-new-incinerator-proposal","title":{"rendered":"Schoolboy Wrote a Letter to Prince Charles to Oppose Cardiff Incinerator Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">To protect the environment and air quality, residents in Rumney Cardiff are fighting against the incinerator proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1421-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1421-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1421-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1421-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1421-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1421-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1421-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1421-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1421-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1421-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1421-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1421-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1421-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1421-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Ben with his &#8220;ECO council&#8221; badge and his mother Ruth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A nine-year-old schoolboy in Rumney has written a letter to Prince Charles asking his help to stop an incinerator proposal, which he says will damage the local environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ben Rogers wrote the letter as a part of  the local campaign against the proposed \u00a3150 million energy facility plan on Newlands Road, Wentloog, Cardiff, which will burn 200,000 tones commercial waste each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u201cIt will release harmful smoke\nwhich will go into our lungs,\u201d says Ben. \u201cI want do something to protect the\nenvironment in our community.\u201d\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-2-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-2.jpg 1645w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-2-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-2.jpg 1645w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"550\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-3-1024x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-3-1024x550.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-3-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-3-768x412.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-3-1536x824.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-3-500x268.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-3.jpg 1636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-3-1024x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-3-1024x550.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-3-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-3-768x412.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-3-1536x824.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-3-500x268.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1361-3.jpg 1636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1362-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1362-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1362-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1362-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1362-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1362.jpg 1454w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1362-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1362-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1362-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1362-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1362-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1362.jpg 1454w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Ben&#8217;s letter posted to Prince Charles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nproposal is lunched by the M\u00f4r Hafren Bio Power company, which would produce\n15MW of electricity and target some of the 90,000 tones of commercial and\nindustrial waste that Wales currently sends to landfill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt\nthe moment, there is one incinerator in Splott already. We don\u2019t want them to build\nanother one, because one is more than enough. It already added more pollutions in\nthe air and it\u2019s not the best place to put the incinerators,\u201d said Amir Khan,\none of the organizers in the against CF3 incinerator campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1229-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1229-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1229-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1229-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1229-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1229-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1229-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1229-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1229-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1229-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1229-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1229-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1229-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1229-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Amir Khan, one of the organizers of  residents against the CF3 incinerator group<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHowever, the new planned\nplant will be located just 717m from the St John Lloyd R.C Primary School and\nvery close to the local residential area and other three high schools nearby,\nwhich also having the potential to pollute the air for up to 50 miles in all\ndirections.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u201cIf it will be built, we\nwill see the incinerator directly from our street, and a lot of green trees\nwill be felled down that way. A lot of emissions we don\u2019t know what\u2019s likely will\ncome out of the tower, and the extra traffic as well. They recognized that there\nwill be extra up to a hundred vehicles a day going to that plant,\u201d said Ben\u2019s\nmother, Ruth.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/876938d4-17dc-4351-960e-7300d91562cf-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/876938d4-17dc-4351-960e-7300d91562cf-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/876938d4-17dc-4351-960e-7300d91562cf-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/876938d4-17dc-4351-960e-7300d91562cf-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/876938d4-17dc-4351-960e-7300d91562cf-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/876938d4-17dc-4351-960e-7300d91562cf-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/876938d4-17dc-4351-960e-7300d91562cf.jpg 1599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/876938d4-17dc-4351-960e-7300d91562cf-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/876938d4-17dc-4351-960e-7300d91562cf-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/876938d4-17dc-4351-960e-7300d91562cf-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/876938d4-17dc-4351-960e-7300d91562cf-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/876938d4-17dc-4351-960e-7300d91562cf-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/876938d4-17dc-4351-960e-7300d91562cf-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/876938d4-17dc-4351-960e-7300d91562cf.jpg 1599w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Residents attended the community meetings against the incinerator proposal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Up to now, there are more than 2006 people signing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.assembly.wales\/en\/gethome\/e-petitions\/Pages\/petitiondetail.aspx?PetitionID=1635\">the online petition<\/a> against the CF3 Incinerator, a protest held on November 23 as well. People gathered outside the Senedd showing their concerns towards the potential air pollution and its negative effects on health.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Its effects on the environmental is in the form of global warming, acidification, photochemical ozone or smog formation, eutrophication, and human and animal toxicity,&#8221; said Sharma, environmentalist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cIt will also damage all students\u2019 health in the Eastern High, and will increase heart problem, asthma and skin diseases of students,\u201d written by a student from the Eastern High school in an open letter to a Welsh politician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1389-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1389-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1389-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1389-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1389-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1389-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1389.jpg 1599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1389-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1389-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1389-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1389-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1389-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1389-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1389.jpg 1599w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Residents  gathered outside the Senedd to protest the waste incinerators<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The company is conducted the first round of public consultation for its energy facility plan, which will take two year to build, creating up to 300 jobs during construction and 40 permanent jobs once the facility is operational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The  proposed incinerator review will be conducted by the Welsh government and Natural Resources Wales to obtain the finial permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1391-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1391-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1391-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1391-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1391-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1391-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1391.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1391-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1391-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1391-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1391-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1391-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1391-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/12\/IMG_1391.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Proposed incinerator sketch map shows how close the incinerator will be to the schools and residential area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat we think the Welsh government need to do is obviously to reject (the proposal), otherwise the incinerator firm will appeal. If the rejection would not be done strongly enough and it will be accepted by its appeal, so the government do need to take the stance,\u201d said Amir Khan.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To protect the environment and air quality,  residents in Rumney Cardiff are fighting against the incinerator proposal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":420,"featured_media":47427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"coauthors":[657],"class_list":["post-47425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-environment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Schoolboy Wrote a Letter to Prince Charles to Oppose Cardiff Incinerator Proposal - 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