Victory In Fight Against Leith Biomass

Forth Energy confirmed yesterday that they've abandoned plans for a huge biomass plant in Leith Docks.

It's a victory for local campaigners No Leith Biomass and Greener Leith. It's also a victory for common sense.

The wood chips that the plant would burn would have to be specially shipped in from America, prompting a complaint from the American branch of Friends of the Earth, amongst others.

Unfortunately, Forth Energy still has plans to place biomass plants elsewhere on the Forth, at Rosyth and Grangemouth, and in Dundee. There can be no place for large-scale biomass plants in Scotland.

The battle is won, the war continues...