Aims

Cumbria Trust

Aims and Objectives

 

  1. Campaign against any GDI (formerly GDF) in Cumbria on geological, environmental and safety grounds.
  2. Campaign against DBEIS’s (formerly DECC) proposed exclusion of Cumbria County Council and all other County Councils from the process and exclusion of Parish and Town Councils.
  3. Respond to the current DBEIS consultation and do so on an ongoing basis concerning MRWS process; and encourage others to do the same.
  4. Campaign for safer, longer term storage of nuclear waste currently at Sellafield and other UK nuclear licensed sites. *
  5. As part of ongoing Sellafield decommissioning; campaign for greater spend and investment in West Cumbria as part of this process and also diversification of local economy.
  6. Campaign to preserve the integrity of our National Park with its “World Heritage site” status, AONBs and other environmentally sensitive sites and also the “Lake District” brand.
  7. If needs be to challenge legally the policy outcomes and decisions of DBEIS and local authorities.

Interim Storage

Cumbria Trust