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mayo / environment Saturday October 14, 2006 - 18:53 by supp
Two chartered engineers have asked Marine Minister Noel Dempsey to commission a report on the “optimum location” for the Corrib gas terminal to try to break the deadlock over the E900 million project. Former Bord Gais official Leo Corcoran and Brian Coyle in Galway have also recommended that Shell should suspend any work at Bellanaboy while a study like this is undertaken. The proposal came as a reaction to the endorsement of the Advantica safety review of the onshore pipeline by Engineers Ireland. As well as criticising Engineers Ireland’s analysis, Mr Corcoran says that Advantica’s terms of reference were too limited. In their report Mr Corcoran and Mr Coyle say the key issue is the location of the gas processing terminal 9km inland at Bellanaboy. It involves running a pipeline through special areas of conservation and special protection areas. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Saturday October 14, 2006 - 18:09 by dingo
A recent news item on NPR this week -- legal action against the automotive industry in the USA for its complicity in global warming -- has let the ‘bull’ out of the bag; the ‘cat’ has bolted; the unmentionable has finally been plainly stated! Nothing occurs in a vacuum and climate change is no exception. Liable groups/parties/corporations continue to lobby governments and manipulate public opinion in their efforts to minimise any litigation arising from their complicity in poisoning our planet. Present reality dictates that the future tenability of numerous species, including humans is under threat; nevertheless, profits and economic factors remain the primary consideration for leaders of industry and governments. [This criminally perverse view will ironically prove to be the most expensive error of judgement in human history.] ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / arts and media Saturday October 14, 2006 - 10:54 by repost
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Two people detained in Belmullet, Co Mayo, yesterday in relation to a complaint about intimidation over the Shell Corrib gas project were released last night and a file is to be sent to the DPP. The two, a man in his sixties and a woman in her thirties, were arrested and taken to Belmullet Garda station yesterday afternoon and were detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act. Chief Supt Tony McNamara, head of the Mayo Garda division, confirmed that the arrests were related to a complaint of intimidation which gardaI in Belmullet were investigating. He described the complaint as the most serious of a number of similar complaints lodged over the protests at Bellanaboy. They wer released later. http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2006/10/14/irish-times-co...nues/ ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Saturday October 14, 2006 - 00:15 by Solidarity
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RTE "Would You Believe?" documentary "Damien Moran from Seminarian to Anti-War Trial Acquittal" Sunday Oct 15th. 10.25 pm on RTE a documentary tracing the sojourn of Damien Moran. A young seminarian from Offaly who is arrested at Shannon Airport as part of the Pit Stop Ploughshares disarmament of a U.S. Navy war plane on the eve of the invasion of Iraq www.peaceontrial.com ... read full story / add a comment |
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