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Green Port Hull application welcomed by RSPB
Last modified: 13 December 2011
This development would generate jobs in the green economy through the manufacture and construction of offshore wind turbines, essential to help us mitigate the effects of climate change.
The RSPB has welcomed the news that Associated British Ports and Siemens plc (Siemens) have submitted a joint application for the development of the Green Port Hull facility.
This development would generate jobs in the green economy through the manufacture and construction of offshore wind turbines, essential to help us mitigate the effects of climate change.
The conservation charity believes that the proposals, submitted today, to Hull City Council offer a prime example of how responsible developers can promote economic growth without destroying the environment.
Amanda Miller, the RSPB’s Conservation Manager for Northern England, said: “ABP and Siemens have shown that sustainable development is possible by ensuring that they have fully addressed the environmental impacts of their proposals through engagement with us and other environmental stakeholders and through proper application of the Habitat Regulations, which protect our most important wildlife sites.”
“In his Autumn Statement, George Osborne attacked these important environmental regulations, decrying them as a ‘ridiculous cost on British business’. The Green Port Hull proposal makes a mockery of his assertions, demonstrating clearly that responsible developers , working with environmental organisations, can ensure that they minimise and offset damage to internationally important wildlife sites.
“ABP and Siemens are to be congratulated on bringing forward a scheme, which minimises the loss of habitat through resourceful use of brownfield sites, and for providing compensatory measures for those effects which cannot be avoided.
“It is now for Hull City Council and other decision makers to decide if these proposals should be allowed to go ahead. However , by focussing on achieving the best possible outcome for industry and environment, ABP and Siemens have ploughed a streamlined path through the environmental legislation, and given the best chance of success for both their development and the environment.”
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