Original sentence: Boost to local economy - construction industry in the short term, tourism and infrastructure in the long term.Existing ecosystems would be heavily altered, with new species moving in and perhaps dominating old species.Home-grown facility, independent of foreign uncertainties.Some of the low-tide mud-flats would be lost, displacing some of the wading birds that make the estuary a protected area
Edited sentence: Boost to local economy.Immense ecological damage included.Much of the mud-flats would be lost, displacing some of the wading birds that make the estuary a protected area.Slight reduction in foreign energy imports