Farmers and locals say their 'lives will be destroyed' by 'crazy' plans to flood 1,500 acres - to compensate for fish lost to a nuclear power plant.<br /><br />EDF Energy wants the land - much of it used for agriculture and businesses like camping and tourism - to create a saltmarsh habitat.<br /><br />Hinkley Point C is currently being built and will ingest 44 tonnes of fish a year - and EDF wants to mitigate that loss and the wider environmental impact of the site.<br /><br />It wants to compensate the death of the fish and its carbon footprint by creating the saltmarsh at one of four sites along the River Severn in Somerset.<br /><br />Plans are currently focused on Kingston Seymour, between Clevedon and Weston-super-Mare, where landowners have received letters and documents from EDF.<br /><br />Andrew Cockcroft, Head of Stakeholder Relations at Hinkley Point C, said: “We have listened carefully to concerns and suggestions made during our consultation and are now exploring changes to our proposals. <br /><br />“Hinkley Point C is one of Britain’s biggest acts in the fight against climate change and its operation will provide significant benefits for the environment. <br /><br />“The development of saltmarsh habitat will boost this further - helping support fish populations and minimise the small environmental impact of operating the new power station.”<br /><br />For action group’s petition visit: https://www.change.org/p/stop-hinkley-point-c-edf-proposal-to-flood-part-of-kingston-seymour-for-salt-marsh.
