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ANTI-BIOMASS ACTION,THURSDAY 19TH APRIL
Scottish Parliament, Thursday 19th April at 1230
The Scottish Government has been vocal in its criticism of large-scale biomass power stations, and last year called on the UK Government to scale down its ambition for biomass expansion.
But despite this rhetoric, Scottish Government has recently published draft proposals for biomass subsidies that would see companies like Forth Energy earn windfalls of over £170millions every year for biomass power stations at Dundee, Rosyth, and Grangemouth – and maybe Leith, again, if they come back with another proposal in future. Ayrshire Power, which proposes a coal, and biomass power station at Hunterston in Ayrshire, would gain over £91milion a year from public subsidies, for co-firing biomass with coal, if their project is approved.
Please come along to support this demo, if you can. An hour spent NOW on persuading MSPs not to vote through subsidies for industrial biomass could save us all years of protesting against individual horrors like the proposed Leith biomass plant, in future.
LEITH WARD HUSTINGS, THURSDAY, 29TH MARCH ,7.30pm
With local City Council elections in May the Community Council have organised an event at Leith Community Centre to give local residents in the Leith Ward and opportunity to meet the candidates ,hear their views and ask a few questions. Questions can be submitted on paper when you arrive. The meeting will start at 7.30pm and we hope for a reasonable turn out.Leith%20Hustings%20Poster[1]
LEITH LINKS COMMUNITY COUNCIL 26TH MARCH
The next community council meeting will take place at Room 1, Duncan Place Resource Centre starting at 7pm on Mondayy, 26 March. If you live in the area of the community council and have an interest in local issues we would be happy to see you.agenda 260312
LEITH DECIDES RESULTS
Saturday afternoon at Ocean Terminal gave local community groups in the Leith time to explain to the local population why they needed their support. There was £17660 available to be shared between a possible 22 groups and local Leithers turned out to vote. When ballot papers were counted there were 702 valid returns. If you want to find out who received funding go to http://www.edinburghnp.org.uk/neighbourhood-partnerships/leith/about/%C2%A3eith-decides/
LEITH LINKS COMMUNITY COUNCIL,Monday,27th February 2012
SPLASHBACK CAMPAIGN THROWN A LIFELINE
The hard work of campaigners to reopen Leith Waterworld as a community run pool was recognised at the City Chambers on Thursday, 2nd February when elected councillors agreed to delay the sale of the site by 6 months. Members of Splashback now have more time to put together a business case and seek alternative funding to run the pool as a community asset. For more information on their plans visit the website http://www.splashbackedinburgh.blogspot.com/
MELA 2012
The Mela returns to Leith Links from Friday, 31st August to Sunday, 2nd September and promises to build on the last two successful events. The new director, Chris Purnell will hopefully attend the April meeting of the community council when more details of the programme of multicutural events will be known.
NO LEITH BIOMASS CAMPAIGN
The fight continues to prevent Forth Energy’s plan for a large scale biomass plant in Leith Docks. Forth Energy asked for a further delay for details going before City Planners until June 2012. In May the Edinburgh public go to the polls to vote in or out our current City Administration and if like me you are against the power plant take every opportunity to ask candidates what their stance is. Encourage your friends who live in other wards in Edinburgh to do the same because the elected politicians who will sit on the planning committee in June will come from across the City not just Leith. For further information on what’s going on behind the scene visit the NoLeithBiomass site
LEITH WATERWORLD
Although Waterworld closed earlier this month the campaign by Splashback to open the pool again is still alive. Splashback would like to investigate the possibility of a community buy out. The current closing date for the sale of the site is 8th February but activists would like this delayed by 6 months so they can build a business case and try to attract alternative funding. Members of the group attended the community council meeting asking for support to a motion being put to a full CityCouncil meeting on 2nd February. Leith Links Community Council agreed to offer our support to the proposal and also asked that the figures for running costs be made available to Splashback for their alternative business plan.