PRESCOTT UMOVED BY
MOSS BLUFF DISASTER
'A DISGRACE' SAYS RAP
Following the catastrophic accident at Moss Bluff, Texas where a Byley-style gas plant exploded with a fireball visible for 20 miles, BBC and Press reports indicate that John Prescott's 'Office of the Deputy Prime Minister' is saying that it is still resolved to approve Scottish Power's proposal for the Byley Plant.
Said John Halstead, Chairman of Residents Against the Plant (RAP):
'This is a disgraceful decision. The Moss Bluff plant is the same as the Byley plant would be. It stores natural gas at high pressure in underground salt caverns. RAP has been saying for years that the Byley plant would be unsafe, and now we have proof positive that RAP was right, and that Byley-style plants can explode disastrously. Thank God nobody was killed at Moss Bluff, because the plant is in sparsely populated country. But if a Byley plant exploded like this,, then the loss of life in Cheshire would be heavy and terrible.'
Dr John Edwards' RAP's press spokesman added,
'I stated years ago in a TV interview, that an explosion at the Byley plant could be like a nuclear fireball. Our opponents said that was scare-mongering, but anybody who has seen pictures of the 1,000 foot flames roaring over the Moss Bluff plant, would immediately think of a nuclear detonation. If John Prescott won't take this into account, something is deeply wrong somewhere.'
John Halsted concluded by saying:
'Everyone please note that when John Prescott's decision to approve the gas plant comes to the High Court, then the Court CANNOT react to the Moss Bluff accident. It can only judge Prescott's decision to approve the gas plant on the information he had available when he made the decision.
So it's all the more vital that people write to Prescott, at
John Prescott, House of Commons, London,
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