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Another opportunity to protest against Poolbeg Incinerator
Well done to all those who got out and protested against the proposed Poolbeg incinerator last Saturday 30th January in Ringsend. There were trade unions, politicians and locals together voicing their outrage about the proposed incinerator for Poolbeg. The event got great media attention and featured on the RTE Six One news that evening. See the link below for more
http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0130/incinerator.html
Tomorrow, February 3rd, there will be another protest outside a conference being held with the company who are to run the incinerator, Covanta at the Westbury Hotel, Grafton Street at 11am. Show your support and go along! The event is organised by the Combined Residents Against Incineration (CRAI) group based in Ringsend.
Combined Residents Against Incineration (CRAI)Event this Saturday
‘No Monster Incinerator In Dublin Bay”
11.30am, Sat. Jan 30th, Dublin Waste to Energy Project, Clanna Gael, Sean Moore Road, Ringsend, D4–Bring friends, children, family, workmates- they need a big turnout!
Having a Say on new Water Advisory Councils
Nationwide Meetings to select Environmental Representatives for new River Basin Water Advisory Councils
Environmental Reps. for New Water Advisory Councils
The Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) is co-hosting, with its member environmental groups* a series of meetings nationwide to select the environmental representatives to go forward for seven water Advisory Councils; one in each of seven regions (River Basin Districts) throughout the country.
What’s the purpose of the meeting and who should attend? The purpose of the meetings is to select the best qualified nominees from the environmental community, which we will then put forward to represent the environment on the River Basin District water Advisory Councils. If you are interested in how the rivers, lakes, bays and groundwater of your region are managed and you would like a say in who should represent the environment on the new Water Advisory Councils, to promote sustainable water management, then this meeting is for you. You may even be interested in putting yourself forward for the Council. If so, then your participation in one of these meetings is particularly welcome. Contact info@swanireland.ie for all the information you need and see the Events tab of the VOICE website for locations and times of the meetings.
Former MEP Kathy Sinnott on fluoride health effects
If fluoride hastens water pipe corrosion, what is it doing to our children’s health?
Monday, January 25, 2010
THE recent hardship caused by burst water pipes highlighted the precarious condition of our water supply network. That approximately 40% of all water in Ireland is lost in leakage was widely publicised in recent weeks when so many pipes failed in the freeze. Though many people were previously unaware of the dire condition of the national network of water pipes, the rate of leakage – the highest in the EU – has been criticised by Brussels for some time. The excuse we are being given for this level of leakage is that the pipes are old, but this is not the whole story.