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Tuesday April 14, 2009 20:23 by Contaminated Crow
Two landfills, a sludge treatment plant, a LNG terminal and powerlines Members of Cavan Better Waste Management met the EPA’s director of environmental enforcement last week to discuss their concerns over the Corranure landfill and reported after the meeting that Corranure has been the cause of more complaints than any other landfill site in the country for the period January to March 2009. (Cavan Post 7/4/09, p.5). |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4The Aarhus Convention agreement is a united nations agreement to enable citizens of all signitary countries to have a say on what happens in their localities and insists that governments and companiesTRUTHFULLY inform the public on any projects proposed in their localities. If they do not then they will be subjected to international law.
Ireland is a signitary but is the only Country not to rattify the agreement WHY?
THE PEOPLE MUST INSIST THAT FIANNA FAIL ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
I share your concern regarding the socially disastrous manner (as I see things) relating to the way ALL THREE of the main branches of our Government (Executive, Legislative and Judicial) have handled the United Nations Aarhus Convention Agreement.
To me, this international agreement was potentially a very real and very powerful "gift" (of sorts) for genuine democracy, as well as a very powerful source of protection for all of our citizens (present and future) against the negative consequences of state-tyranny we have been experiencing in connection with environmental matters since the Republic of Ireland signed this Agreement in 1998.
In my view there simply has to be something terribly wrong with our Government in connection with the way it has handled the Aarhus Convention Agreement during the past 11 years or so, something which I believe very badly needs to be vigorously looked into by our lawyers without any further delay, and as a matter of urgency.
Signatories, Aarhus Convention Agreement, Republic of Ireland:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Signatories%2C+Aar...earch
Hi Crow. keep up the good work!! It's appreciated.
Was wondering if you knew any details about the cleaning process for the huge galway docks fuel tanks?
Was wondering if they cleaned them conscientiously or if they cut corners to save money. I don't trust shell / topaz at all!
Sorry Curious I haven't seen any critical comments on the demolition of the fuel tanks you mention but it's certainly worth keeping an eye on, as well as insisting on any required remediation works after the demolition is over. Best thing to do is contact the regulatory authorities (presumably the EPA, HSA and the docks authority) in the first place to find out what's planned, who's doing the work, to what international standards and what safeguards are in place. Then research the international standards and see if the actual plan matches up to them and the company carrying out the work to see what kind of record they have. Also, what research is to be done to see if remediation works are necessary. Good luck with it.