RESIDENTS fighting plans for a €75 million incinerator are planning an Obama-style fundraising campaign to cover potentially crippling legal costs.
The Cork Harbour Alliance for a Safe Environment (CHASE) said it is considering using an online donations system similar to the one used by US president-elect Barack Obama during his successful election campaign to build up a war chest.
It is facing a massive legal bill after the Supreme Court awarded costs on Tuesday to the State and Indaver following an unsuccessful legal challenge by CHASE.
Some 30,000 people have objected to Indaver’s project.
CHASE said it hopes communities in Cork Harbour who will be affected by Indaver’s controversial project will donate whatever they can — from €1 to €100 — to its campaign.
They are hoping they can raise enough to cover the legal costs in the event the State and Indaver decide to pursue them.
The organisation, which was set up seven years ago to fight the incinerator project, raises most of its money through the sale of €10 calendars.
CHASE spokeswoman, Mary Hurley, said the fundraising drive would also help foster a sense of “participatory democracy”.
“We are not some crackpot group with banners waving,” she said.
“Our communities are resilient. But people have a sense of being excluded from the democratic process. To try to stamp us out is outrageous,” Ms Hurley said.
CHASE reiterated its appeal to the Government yesterday not to pursue it for legal costs.
Indaver has said it has yet to make a decision on whether it will exercise its right to seek its costs in full.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and An Bórd Pleanála told the Supreme Court they will not be looking for their costs.
Irish Examiner
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Thursday, 13 November 2008
Indaver plans greater volume of waste incineration
INDAVER is planning to significantly increase the amount of household waste it proposes to incinerate in the environs of Cork harbour, it has been revealed.
The disclosure comes as the company prepares to lodge a new planning application to build a municipal incinerator in Ringaskiddy, with a capacity to burn 140,000 tonnes a year.
Indaver managing director John Ahern said the company originally envisaged processing 100,000 tonnes a year. “We have increased that projected figure because there has been an increase in the population in Cork and an increase in the volume of waste.”
He claimed the need for the incinerator was greater than ever, especially as Ireland, along with Britain and Greece, was not meeting its obligation to divert waste from landfill.
“We have assumed the Cork area will achieve 50% recycling rates by 2015 but, even at that, we will still need to incinerate 140,000 tonnes per annum. Otherwise, Ireland will not meet its environmental obligations and will be faced with massive fines from the EU.”
Indaver’s planning permission for an industrial and hazardous waste incinerator is about to expire. The company will submit a new application for the hazardous waste incinerator next month, in tandem with one for household waste.
Indaver wants to build them at the same time as part of a €150m project.
“We will keep the industrial and hazardous waste incineration at 100,000 tonnes per year. We will give a cast-iron guarantee we will not import such waste. Hazardous waste will only come from this island.”
Indaver, meanwhile, believes the amount of hazardous waste generated in the country is enough to fill its planned capacity. It insists household waste incinerated at Ringaskiddy will come primarily from Cork city and county.
Mr Ahern said 300 jobs would be created during construction of the incinerators and a further 60 when completed. The company wanted to sit down and talk to objectors led by CHASE (Cork Harbour Alliance for a Safe Environment).
Irish Examiner
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The disclosure comes as the company prepares to lodge a new planning application to build a municipal incinerator in Ringaskiddy, with a capacity to burn 140,000 tonnes a year.
Indaver managing director John Ahern said the company originally envisaged processing 100,000 tonnes a year. “We have increased that projected figure because there has been an increase in the population in Cork and an increase in the volume of waste.”
He claimed the need for the incinerator was greater than ever, especially as Ireland, along with Britain and Greece, was not meeting its obligation to divert waste from landfill.
“We have assumed the Cork area will achieve 50% recycling rates by 2015 but, even at that, we will still need to incinerate 140,000 tonnes per annum. Otherwise, Ireland will not meet its environmental obligations and will be faced with massive fines from the EU.”
Indaver’s planning permission for an industrial and hazardous waste incinerator is about to expire. The company will submit a new application for the hazardous waste incinerator next month, in tandem with one for household waste.
Indaver wants to build them at the same time as part of a €150m project.
“We will keep the industrial and hazardous waste incineration at 100,000 tonnes per year. We will give a cast-iron guarantee we will not import such waste. Hazardous waste will only come from this island.”
Indaver, meanwhile, believes the amount of hazardous waste generated in the country is enough to fill its planned capacity. It insists household waste incinerated at Ringaskiddy will come primarily from Cork city and county.
Mr Ahern said 300 jobs would be created during construction of the incinerators and a further 60 when completed. The company wanted to sit down and talk to objectors led by CHASE (Cork Harbour Alliance for a Safe Environment).
Irish Examiner
www.buckplanning.ie
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