Environment Groups Warn of Flaws in Severn Plans ; Plans to Build a Hydro-Electric Power System On the Severn Estuary Should Be Reconsidered Because of 'Serious Flaws' in Statistics Which Show How Well They Work, Environmentalists Have Demanded.

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Plans to build a hydro-electric power system on the Severn Estuary should be reconsidered because of "serious flaws" in statistics which show how well they work, environmentalists have demanded.

The coalition of environmental groups, which includes the RSPB and the National Trust, is concerned the process of short-listing was biased against schemes which were innovative and could cause less harm to the estuary's wildlife, ecology and landscape.

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Environment Groups Warn of Flaws in Severn Plans ; Plans to Build a Hydro-Electric Power System On the Severn Estuary Should Be Reconsidered Because of 'Serious Flaws' in Statistics Which Show How Well They Work, Environmentalists Have Demanded.

Five proposed schemes are being considered by the Government for the Severn estuary, which has enough power loc...

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