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Oct 30 2003
The environmental lobby group, Friends of the Earth, will today (Fri 31 Nov) appear alongside the Environment Agency and Able UK as part of an inquiry being held by Hartlepool Borough Council (HBC) into the scrapping of the so-called US"Ghost Fleet" in the UK.
Friends of the Earth will be questioning why local people on Teesside have not been consulted and are being forced to take American toxic waste that could be dealt with in the US, as well as asking why there has been no full assessment of the environmental damage dismantling the ships will have on Seal Sands - an internationally important wildlife site of special scientific interest.
The HBC inquiry aims to look at the impact the arrival of the ships will have on:
Contact details:
Friends of the Earth
26-28 Underwood St.
LONDON
N1 7JQ
Tel: 020 7490 1555
Fax: 020 7490 0881
Web: www.foe.co.uk/feedback.html
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