tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604907734958782081.post6526879966585613929..comments2023-03-31T09:25:02.356-07:00Comments on The Galway Tent Blog: Toxic Slag Permitted by Mr. Gormley's DDDA At Nature Site?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604907734958782081.post-25886287374649652842008-12-16T03:49:00.000-08:002008-12-16T03:49:00.000-08:00Is Ecocem just another smoke and mirrors outfit at...Is Ecocem just another smoke and mirrors outfit attempting to cash in on "green" credentials? OK, this is just a sideshow compared to the W-to-E show up the road.<BR/><BR/> <BR/>1 tonne of steel produces ~2 tonne of CO2 and 0.2 – 0.4 tonne slag. So a tonne of slag "produces" ~6 tonne CO2. Adding the transport by sea and land, and whatever additional processing it takes to produce green cement from it and it would seem there is little global environmental benefit from recycling this waste, except on a purely local accounting basis and possibly as a means of just disposing of the waste. <BR/> <BR/><BR/>CO2 emissions in the manufacture of conventional cement are in the range of 0.9 – 1.25 tonne per tonne of product.<BR/><BR/> <BR/>I stand to be corrected on these figures but they look very much in the ballpark from pursuing the available data – another con job?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604907734958782081.post-2119954984262068862008-12-16T03:44:00.000-08:002008-12-16T03:44:00.000-08:00http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/epa-charade...http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/epa-charade#comment-948509<BR/><BR/>Wed, 12/10/2008 - 16:12 — bmw 528<BR/><BR/><B>The Federal EPA under Bushco is a fraud and a joke--little more than extension of profit obsessed Corporate America who would willingly trade away the beauty of our land for a few pieces of silver and greater EPS.</B><BR/><BR/>The cowards who perpetuated this fraud should be made to either live in the nest that the fouled or clean it up themselves.The Galway Tenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05785991600065262397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604907734958782081.post-44016589285172349872008-11-21T10:46:00.000-08:002008-11-21T10:46:00.000-08:00Tuesday, 18 November 2008DUBLIN DOCKLANDS Developm...Tuesday, 18 November 2008<BR/><BR/>DUBLIN DOCKLANDS Development Authority (DDDA) has been warned that its latest draft master plan, which carries a €4.5 billion price tag, is so flawed that it would be open to challenge in the High Court.<BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>Treasury said it was also "concerned that the preferential treatment afforded to the Poolbeg area is not based on sound planning grounds but rather is in order to<B> ensure that the DDDA extract maximum value from their landholdings" in that part of the Docklands area.</B><BR/><BR/>This is a reference to the former <B>Irish Glass Bottle Company site</B>, which was acquired in October 2006 for €412 million by a consortium headed by property developer Bernard McNamara, with the DDDA holding a minority stake. The price equated to €17 million per acre.<BR/><BR/>The Irish TimesThe Galway Tenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05785991600065262397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-604907734958782081.post-72379485766855982382008-11-21T10:22:00.000-08:002008-11-21T10:22:00.000-08:00The list of charges includes allegedly bribing cou...<B>The list of charges includes allegedly bribing councillors Sean Gilbride, Cyril Gallagher, Jack Larkin, Tony Fox, Tom Hand, Don Lydon, Liam Cosgrave and Colm McGrath.</B><BR/>-------------<BR/>Last Updated: Friday, November 21, 2008, 18:10<BR/>Frank Dunlop in court on 16 corruption charges<BR/>PAUL CULLEN<BR/><BR/>Former lobbyist and Fianna Fáil election agent Frank Dunlop has appeared in a Dublin court on 16 charges relating to corruption.<BR/><BR/>Mr Dunlop was arrested at 12.10 today, Dublin District Court 44 was told during a five-minute hearing in front of Judge Cormac Dunne this afternoon.<BR/><BR/>Mr Dunlop (61) will be sent forward to the next sitting of the Circuit Criminal Court.<BR/><BR/>He was served with the charges by officers from the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) after being arrested at Harcourt Terrace Garda Station in Dublin city centre.<BR/><BR/>The court was told that, when charged, the former government press secretary replied: “We always knew this day was coming and I will not be contesting the charges."<BR/><BR/>The list of charges includes allegedly bribing councillors Sean Gilbride, Cyril Gallagher, Jack Larkin, Tony Fox, Tom Hand, Don Lydon, Liam Cosgrave and Colm McGrath, by handing various specified and unspecified amounts of money in an attempt to secure their votes in rezoning land at Carrickmines in the early 1990s.<BR/><BR/>Sums of money between £1,000 and £3,000 were allegedly handed over to then members of Dublin City Council in places such as Conway's pub, close to the council's offices on O'Connell Street, Buswells Hotel, the Davenport Hotel and at St John of God's.<BR/><BR/>© 2008 irishtimes.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com