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Dear friends As I have previously announced, we are now “freezing” the blog.? We are also making archives of the blog available for free download in various formats (see below).?
What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are
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Miliband Picked the Wrong Week to Boast That Wind Power is Britain?s ?Biggest Source of Electricity? Sat Jan 11, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
Ed Miliband picked a bad week to trumpet wind power becoming Britain's "biggest source of electricity", says Ben Pile, as a cold snap sent costs spiralling and brought gas-starved Britain to the brink of deadly blackouts.
The post Miliband Picked the Wrong Week to Boast That Wind Power is Britain’s “Biggest Source of Electricity” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
News Round-Up Sat Jan 11, 2025 02:10 | Toby Young
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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Is Facebook Really Committed to Free Speech? Fri Jan 10, 2025 18:25 | Rebekah Barnett
Depending on which echo chamber you get your news from, this week Mark Zuckerberg took steps to either save democracy or to end it. But how far is he really going in his new commitment to free speech, asks Rebekah Barnett.
The post Is Facebook Really Committed to Free Speech? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Reform Candidate ?Sacked? by Housing Association for Reposting ?Racist? Daily Telegraph Cartoon Fri Jan 10, 2025 15:10 | Will Jones
A housing officer was sacked for being a Reform UK candidate and reposting a Daily Telegraph cartoon after being told Reform?s policies on immigration and Net Zero were "in direct conflict" with his employer's "values".
The post Reform Candidate “Sacked” by Housing Association for Reposting “Racist” Daily Telegraph Cartoon appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Trudeau?s Prorogation of Parliament is a Mistake He Must Be Allowed to Make Fri Jan 10, 2025 13:18 | Dr James Allan
Justin Trudeau wants to prorogue Parliament to buy time before the election. Voters will punish him for it, says Prof James Allan, but it's a mistake he must be allowed to make without activist judges getting in the way.
The post Trudeau’s Prorogation of Parliament is a Mistake He Must Be Allowed to Make appeared first on The Daily Sceptic. Lockdown Skeptics >>
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 Saturday March 14, 2009 20:19 by Contaminated Crow
A compost yard, two waste facilities, a windfarm, water extraction, possible lead mining and a council depot The Kinaleck Environment Group (KEG) protested outside the March 9th meeting of Cavan County Council complaining of odour problems with the Foxfield Mushrooms’ compost yard at Omard, Co. Cavan. KEG chairperson Geraldine Hartin said ‘At one stage [the smell] was so bad we couldn’t even open our windows and it was coming in the vent in the dryer’ while KEG secretary Margaret Tully said ‘we believe the smell is causing health problems.’ (Cavan Post 10/3/09, p.4).
Judicial review proceedings taken by the Usk Residents and District Association against An Bord Pleanala and the Attorney General regarding the granting of planning permission for a Greenstar landfill last July began in the High Court on March 10th. (Leinster Leader 12/3/09, p.2).
The granting of planning permission for a two-turbine wind farm at Cloonlusk, near Tuam, Co. Galway has been appealed to An Bord Pleanala by local residents. (Tuam Herald 12/3/09, p.11).
An Bord Pleanala has given the go-ahead to Dillon Waste to expand its waste disposal facility in the Kerries area overlooking Tralee Bay in Co. Kerry, which had faced formal objections by a residents’ group and nine local residents individually, despite its inspector recommending that permission for the facility be refused. (Kerryman (sic) 11/3/09, p.7)
Martin McEnroe, chairperson of the Shannon Protection Alliance, told a public meeting in Dromineer, Co. Tipperary last Wednesday that the Alliance planned to lobby EU officials as part of its campaign to oppose the extraction of water from Logh Derg for Dublin City Council (DCC). A number of speakers at the meeting expressed concern at the involvement of Veolia, a large multinational involved in privatized water schemes around the world, in the proposed extraction project. A representative of the DCC consultants, RPS-Veolia, faced questions over a range of concerns when he spoke to last Monday’s meeting of Clare County Council. (Nenagh Guardian 14/3/09, pp. 1,7; Tipperary Star 14/3/09, p.1.20; Clare Champion 13/3/09, p.14)
Two drilling rigs have been moved on to the site of the old Kilbricken lead mine near Quin, Co. Clare, by Belmore Resources (Holdings) PLC to evaluate the company’s recent discovery of high grade lead and zinc at the site. Local residents who are concerned about the impact of mining on the local community and the environment have formed a Mine Action Committee to articulate their concerns. (Clare Champion 13/3/09, p.9).
The Shannon Town Woodlands Committee has called on Clare County Council to look at alternative locations for a proposed depot behind Shannon Town Hall after the Council withdrew its submission due to a clerical error. (Clare Champion 13/3/09, p.16).
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