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Posts on ‘June 7th, 2012’
Court grants review of incinerator plan
RTHK Radio 3 News The High Court has granted leave for a judicial review launched by four Cheung Chau residents over the government’s plan to build a waste incinerator on Shek Kwu Chau. Lawyers representing the group said the environmental impact assessment report on the multi-billion dollar project was defective. But counsel for the government [...]
Climate change policy is a disaster
http://www.todayonline.com/CommentaryandAnalysis/Commentary/EDC120607-0000005/Climate-change-policy-is-a-disaster by Howard A Latin 04:45 AM Jun 07, 2012 Conventional greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions-reduction programmes will prove “too little, too late” by deferring crucial cutbacks too far into the future. Global warming and climate change are caused by the retention of excess heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere. Increasing the amount of GHGs in the [...]
Al Fayed says incinerator hazardous to public health
http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/al-fayed-says-incinerator-hazardous-to-public-health-1-2341654 Published on Thursday 7 June 2012 03:43 Tycoon Mohamed Al Fayed yesterday branded a multi-million-pound incinerator planned next to his Highland estate a danger to public health. As a public inquiry into the proposal for the £43 million waste plant in Invergordon started, the former Harrods owner claimed the development would be playing “Russian roulette” with the [...]
Incinerator firm ‘fixed result of site selection’
http://www.waste-management-world.com/index/from-the-wires/wire-news-display/1681747785.html Cheryl Livingstone Aberdeen Press and Journal June 7, 2012 A DEVELOPMENT company was accused yesterday of “fixing the result” of a site-selection exercise as it planned to build a £43million waste-to-energy incinerator. The claim was made as a public inquiry opened into Combined Power and Heat (Highlands) Ltd’s (CPH) proposals to build in the Highlands. The [...]
Counting the costs
SCMP – Jun 07, 2012 As the plan for a third runway gets ready for take-off, how do we ensure that the impact on Hong Kong’s living environment is fully accounted for? Kevin Poole argues against undertaking a study of the social return on investment, saying too many questions remain about its validity. Agnes Tsang believes such [...]
Ash from incinerator is hazardous
SCMP letter – June 7, 2012 I refer to the letter by Wolfgang Ehmann (“Residual waste cannot be eliminated”, May 23). Since 2007, through these columns, your correspondent has promoted the use of incineration. In a submission to a Legco panel in March, Mr Ehmann, on behalf of the German Chamber of Commerce, said: “In [...]
China Harbour and Bouygues Construction win £1bn Hong Kong bridge contract
http://www.nce.co.uk/news/structures/china-harbour-and-bouygues-construction-win-1bn-hong-kong-bridge-contract/8631313.article 6 June, 2012 China Harbour and Bouygues subsidiaries VSL and Dragages Hong Kong have been awarded a £1bn contract to design and build the9.km long Hong Kong section of the Hong Kong – Zhuhai – Macao bridge. The 12.9 billion Hong Kong dollar (£1bn) contract value makes it amount makes it the largest design and build [...]
UN Environment Program report says environment is at breaking point
http://www.news.com.au/technology/sci-tech/un-says-environment-is-at-breaking-point/story-fn5fsgyc-1226387179589 THE earth is being pushed to its biophysical limits and critical thresholds have already been exceeded, according to a grim new report from the UN. In a 525-page report on the health of the planet, the the United Nations Environment Program paints a grim picture. It says: “Several critical global, regional and local thresholds are [...]
CY Leung vows to close communication gap with public
Clear the Air says: Finally it seems we have a new Chief Executive of the Populus majority instead of the tycoon minority. CY comes from a working family background, not silver spoon-fed oafs who deem themselves another class of human being beyond the Law of the land. As for the current Bow Tie incumbent – [...]