Comments on: Local resident wins landmark secrecy court battle with waste giant http://ukwin.org.uk/2009/10/01/local-resident-wins-landmark-secrecy-court-battle-with-waste-giant/ Fri, 18 May 2012 19:54:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Lilian Pallikaropoulos http://ukwin.org.uk/2009/10/01/local-resident-wins-landmark-secrecy-court-battle-with-waste-giant/comment-page-1/#comment-475 Lilian Pallikaropoulos Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:46:15 +0000 http://ukwin.org.uk/?p=1361#comment-475 Well done indeed! This is a major break through, and could help us in Rugby!! Cemex are now in "private" talks/negotiations with Warwickshire County Council and Waste Partnership as they try to build a 500,000 tonne a year WASTE PROCESSING PLANT in Southam or in Rugby to CHEAPLY FUEL their giant unlawful CO-INCINERATOR see www.rugbytown.org for details. In the Rugby Cement case the Environment Agency withheld all the documents about the environmental, air quality and health impacts of the cement plant, that was built in co-operation with Warwicks CC in contravention of the EIA Directive, and operated in co-operation with the EA in contravention of the IPPC Directive. When we became involved in a Judicial Review false/misleading information was given to the House of Lords about the cement co-incinerator itself and then later on about me personally in order for the government (Treasury and Environment Agency) to claim over £100,000 costs against me. In so doing they breached the AARHUS Convention and Public Participation Directive, and all this based on false and misleading information supplied to the Lords. No one is allowed to say "they lied in court", so we have to say " they misdirected the five Law Lords", and this is now the subject of an investigation. The Environment Agency's legal team (endorsed by the Treasury's Erol Mertcan, who signed up to it even though he did not know a thing about any of it) made inaccurate and misleading claims about me personally, obviously without any evidence for the sworn "fairy tales" they presented as "fact!" They also said that NO - ONE in Rugby or in the WHOLE of the UK is concerned about CO-INCINERATOR emissions and health effects - not in Rugby or elsewhere. They said that "no-one in Rugby was prepared to take on the case", but they never asked even ONE of the 60,000 Rugby residents. They said that Mrs P is "all alone, carrying out a private and personal campaign and vendetta of NO public interest and importance." Surely it is a criminal offence to mislead the courts, and even more so the House of Lords? The Agency and Treasury use this manner of bullying and intimidation to frighten people and to make any truthful out spoken person into a wreck - homeless, ill, and bankrupt - so they can get away with environmental crimes. They hide the true evidence and facts, from the public, and even in the courts and give false witness in order to gain money. Is this not fraud? Off with their heads I say!! WELL DONE SHLOMO ! You have achieved so much! Let's hope this can now be applied to Warwickshire County Council, the Environment Agency and the "partners" in the waste management for burning at the (unlawful) Cemex co-incinerator. Well done indeed! This is a major break through, and could help us in Rugby!! Cemex are now in “private” talks/negotiations with Warwickshire County Council and Waste Partnership as they try to build a 500,000 tonne a year WASTE PROCESSING PLANT in Southam or in Rugby to CHEAPLY FUEL their giant unlawful CO-INCINERATOR see http://www.rugbytown.org for details. In the Rugby Cement case the Environment Agency withheld all the documents about the environmental, air quality and health impacts of the cement plant, that was built in co-operation with Warwicks CC in contravention of the EIA Directive, and operated in co-operation with the EA in contravention of the IPPC Directive. When we became involved in a Judicial Review false/misleading information was given to the House of Lords about the cement co-incinerator itself and then later on about me personally in order for the government (Treasury and Environment Agency) to claim over £100,000 costs against me. In so doing they breached the AARHUS Convention and Public Participation Directive, and all this based on false and misleading information supplied to the Lords. No one is allowed to say “they lied in court”, so we have to say ” they misdirected the five Law Lords”, and this is now the subject of an investigation.

The Environment Agency’s legal team (endorsed by the Treasury’s Erol Mertcan, who signed up to it even though he did not know a thing about any of it) made inaccurate and misleading claims about me personally, obviously without any evidence for the sworn “fairy tales” they presented as “fact!” They also said that NO – ONE in Rugby or in the WHOLE of the UK is concerned about CO-INCINERATOR emissions and health effects – not in Rugby or elsewhere. They said that “no-one in Rugby was prepared to take on the case”, but they never asked even ONE of the 60,000 Rugby residents. They said that Mrs P is “all alone, carrying out a private and personal campaign and vendetta of NO public interest and importance.”

Surely it is a criminal offence to mislead the courts, and even more so the House of Lords? The Agency and Treasury use this manner of bullying and intimidation to frighten people and to make any truthful out spoken person into a wreck – homeless, ill, and bankrupt – so they can get away with environmental crimes. They hide the true evidence and facts, from the public, and even in the courts and give false witness in order to gain money. Is this not fraud? Off with their heads I say!!

WELL DONE SHLOMO ! You have achieved so much! Let’s hope this can now be applied to Warwickshire County Council, the Environment Agency and the “partners” in the waste management for burning at the (unlawful) Cemex co-incinerator.

]]> By: John Costigane http://ukwin.org.uk/2009/10/01/local-resident-wins-landmark-secrecy-court-battle-with-waste-giant/comment-page-1/#comment-462 John Costigane Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:16:14 +0000 http://ukwin.org.uk/?p=1361#comment-462 Congratulations Shlomo, and Friends of The Earth. This is an important development which should end the secrecy mentality associated with PFI EfW. I look forward to reading your findings from the waste management contract. One questionable aspect is the assumed increased waste arisings when we all know that there are many factors tending to lower these figures with time. Of course, the plan might be to widen the collection area due to a shortfall in EfW sites available. Congratulations Shlomo, and Friends of The Earth. This is an important development which should end the secrecy mentality associated with PFI EfW. I look forward to reading your findings from the waste management contract.

One questionable aspect is the assumed increased waste arisings when we all know that there are many factors tending to lower these figures with time. Of course, the plan might be to widen the collection area due to a shortfall in EfW sites available.

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