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A
number of Ireland's leading recycling companies are dumping significant
amounts of waste from some of their facilities into landfill sites.
JUST
one in 20 households in Carlow and Mayo are recycling their rubbish, as
new figures show a massive disparity in recycling rates across the
country.
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Waste
THE owners of a quarry alleged to be illegal have been told to halt all
operations. Cork County Council has initiated legal proceedings against
the operators of a large quarry at Curraglass, near Conna.
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Planning
PLANS
for a major housing development in the West Sligo seaside resort of
Enniscrone, which attracted some intense local opposition and critical
observations from a number of public bodies, have been approved by the
board members of An Bord Pleanala.
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Planning
An
independent archaeologist has called for an inquiry into conservation
works carried out at Skellig Michael by the Office of Public Works,
following its admission that it has been dumping rock and spoil at the
location.
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Conservation
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Wednesday, 22 August 2007 22:37
"Volcano Cure" for Warming? Not So Fast, Study Says
Written by News Desk
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controversial theory proposes mimicking volcanoes to fight global
warming. But throwing sulfur particles into the sky may do more harm
than good, a new study says.
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Climate Change
Wednesday, 22 August 2007 22:35
Ballina man to build 1bn green city in Colombia
Written by News Desk
BALLINA
man Richard Barrett is set to take on his biggest project yet, building
a €1billion ‘green city’ in South America. The property empire of
Treasury Holdings, the largest developer in Ireland, co-owned by
Richard Barrett and John Ronan, looks set to transform the Colombian
capital of Bogota after it was reported that city planners made an
approach to build a green city there.
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Eco Housing