{"id":25346,"date":"2018-02-14T17:07:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T17:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=25346"},"modified":"2018-02-14T17:07:20","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T17:07:20","slug":"barry-incinerator-needs-scrutiny-says-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/14\/barry-incinerator-needs-scrutiny-says-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Barry incinerator needs more scrutiny, says minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">OPPONENTS of the Barry incinerator are celebrating\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">after the plant\u2019s owner was told its operational application needs further scrutiny.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Biomass No 2, which owns the incinerator, was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/08\/incinerator-gets-go-ahead-campaigners-arent-giving\/\">given an operational permit last week<\/a> by the Welsh Government\u2019s environment quango, Natural Resources Wales.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The decision was questioned by politicians and campaigners, who said Biomass No 2\u2019s plans hadn\u2019t been properly scrutinised and were vague about their environmental impact.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This afternoon, however, Environment minister Hannah Blythyn told AMs Biomass No 2 must undergo an Environmental Impact Assessment.<\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25348 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Hannah-Blythyn-EIA-response.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"505\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Hannah-Blythyn-EIA-response.png 505w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Hannah-Blythyn-EIA-response-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Hannah-Blythyn-EIA-response-500x272.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Hannah-Blythyn-EIA-response-293x160.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25348 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Hannah-Blythyn-EIA-response.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"505\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Hannah-Blythyn-EIA-response.png 505w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Hannah-Blythyn-EIA-response-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Hannah-Blythyn-EIA-response-500x272.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Hannah-Blythyn-EIA-response-293x160.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It means Biomass No 2 will have to<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0detail how its plans will affect the surrounding area environmentally.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Campaign group Docks Incinerator Action Group <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said the Welsh Government\u2019s decision vindicates its claim the incinerator should have been subject to environmental assessment \u201cfrom the start\u201d.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe community of Barry have come together on this issue, and have fought for the health of our children and elderly family members,&#8221; said campaigner Julia Brunskill.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cToday we have seen some progress. Let&#8217;s keep fighting to be listened to,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OPPONENTS of the Barry incinerator are celebrating\u00a0after the plant\u2019s owner was told its operational application needs further scrutiny. Biomass No 2, which owns the incinerator, was\u00a0given an operational permit last week by the Welsh Government\u2019s environment quango, Natural Resources Wales. The decision was questioned by politicians and campaigners, who said Biomass No 2\u2019s plans hadn\u2019t been properly scrutinised and were vague about their environmental impact. This afternoon, however, Environment minister Hannah Blythyn told AMs Biomass No 2 must undergo an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":24805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,17,3],"tags":[144,5504,5505,5593,1333,4244,126],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-25346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-barry","category-home-lead","category-news","tag-barry","tag-biomass-no-2","tag-diag","tag-hannah-blythyn","tag-incinerator","tag-natural-resources-wales","tag-welsh-government"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Barry incinerator needs more scrutiny, says minister - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/14\/barry-incinerator-needs-scrutiny-says-minister\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Barry incinerator needs more scrutiny, says minister - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"OPPONENTS of the Barry incinerator are celebrating\u00a0after the plant\u2019s owner was told its operational application needs further scrutiny. 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