cumbria

The findings are published this morning as flood-affected people and campaigners have started installing an artwork opposite Parliament displaying hundreds of testimonies from communities affected by the recent floods.

The stories gathered by Greenpeace include distressing accounts of parents carrying their children out of flooded buildings, older people trapped in their homes, and businesses being wrecked by floodwater. There are also passionate appeals to David Cameron to step up his government’s flood prevention plans in the face of the growing threat from climate change.

Responding to the news that councils in Cumbria have voted against the construction of an underground nuclear waste facility, Greenpeace Energy Campaigner Leila Deen said:

"This decision represents yet another major blow for the Government's attempts to force the construction of costly nuclear power plants.

“Even the PM admits we need a plan to store waste before we can build a single new plant. This decision shows that dumping waste in uncertain geology near one of the country's most pristine national parks is no solution at all.