Letter
to An Bord Pleanala Feb 2010
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CHASE Submissions --
Submissions to various local and national plans, reviews and reports.
Does
Ireland need to build incinerators?
EU Commission question and answer.
Bury
or Burn? A Social Cost Comparison of Final Waste Disposal Methods
FEEM Working Paper 2003.
Recycling
of Household Waste in Ireland
Third Report of the Joint Committee on the Environment and Local Government,
September 2006.
Letter
to Minister of Health
Letter to Minister of Health from CHASE, highlighting health risks
associated with Ringaskiddy incinerators and the latest research evidence.
(19-06-06).
The
Health Effects of Waste Incinerators
4th Report of the British Society for Ecological Medicine (Dec. 2005)
concludes that no new waste incinerators should be built. "Incinerators
are in reality particulate generators, and their use cannot be justified
now that it is clear how toxic and carcinogenic fine particulates
are."
WHO
Fact Sheet - Particulate matter air pollution: how it harms health
(pdf)
Emissions from incinerators include fine particulates [dust]. This
fact sheet outlines the harmful health effects of these particulates.
Aarhus
Convention - Simplified Guide
A simplified guide to the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information,
Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental
Matters
The
Consultation 'Problem' (pdf)
CHASE chairperson, Mary O'Leary, addresses Irish Planning
Institute's annual conference in Cork.
Click here
to view PowerPoint presentation.
Ringaskiddy
Incinerator - Why Be Concerned? (pdf)
CHASE overview of issues.
Environmental
Objections and Appeals- What Access to Justice? (pdf)
Solicitor Joe Noonan addresses Law & the Environment Conference
2005.
"Legal and regulatory structures are geared against effective
public access and the attitudes of decision makers are not supportive
of those seeking access to justice in the area of environmental regulation."
Respect
Creation: Do not Burn it (1) Respect
Creation: Do not Burn it (2)
INCINERATORS - A wasteful and inefficient technology - Articles by
Fr. Sean mcDonagh SSC, internationally renowned ecological theologian,
missionary priest, expert on the environment and author of numerous
books and articles on the environment.
WHO
Guidelines for Site Selection for Hazardous Waste Incinerators
World Health Organization guidelines set out 14 criteria for excluding
locations as sites for hazardous waste incinerators. Ringaskiddy fails
13 of these.
No
to Toxic Waste Incinerators for Cork Harbour
Article and comments on Indymedia Ireland website.
Doubt
is their Product
Industry groups are fighting government regulation by fomenting scientific
uncertainty.
Science
under siege
Conflicts of interest, 'seeding results' and a broken monitoring system
erode the public's trust.
Environment
Ireland 2005 Conference Papers
This conference was held with the support of the EPA, to consider
the most significant developments in environmental policy North and
South; the future environmental policy agenda; best practice environmental
management and emerging issues and new technologies.
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