โ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑโ
With the COP26 summit in Glasgow in its second week of negotiations, itโs noteworthy that ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐ has developed a world map which shows that parts of Ireland could at least be partially below annual flood levels in a decade.(1)
๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐ a nonprofit news organization that analyzes and reports on climate science that is regularly cited by news agencies like the Associated Press and Reuters, based their sea-level estimation map on peer-reviewed science in leading journals.
The map indicates danger for Irelandโs coastal areas including the Shannon Estuary that could see large tracts of land regularly devastated by flooding and in a worse case scenario, permanently submerged underwater if present trends continue.
In recent days LAP – Limerick Against Pollution raised concerns that โparts of Limerick that could be under water in less than 10 yearsโ.
Another group of activists in the Shannon region, Cappagh Farmers have raised concerns about the potential danger of flooding of the Aughinish Alumina site due to climate change.
Speaking to M-Compass Media, Pat Geoghegan who has campaigned for more than two decades on the environmental threat posed by the stockpiling of 50 million tonnes of toxic red mud on a 450 acre site on the banks of the Shannon Estuary says heโs concerned about recent news of the threat posed by climate change.
โWeโve been campaigning about the danger of leaching into the estuary from the parts of the dump that are unlined.
Weโve also continuously raised the issue of air borne pollution that could be partly responsible for the high rate of cancer in the area.
In recent times we have warned about the danger posed by the recent granting of a license by the EPA to carry out blasting adjacent to the dump,โ Pat said.
He went on to say he was very taken aback by a number of newspaper reports published last week to coincide with the opening of the COP26 summit in Glasgow and the publication last Thursday of the governmentโs Climate Action Plan that cite the ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐ map showing the threat of coastal flooding within the next decade.
โHave we learned nothing from the toxic red mud flow that happened in Hungary in 2010 where a dam collapsed because of high rainfall?โ he asked.
Pat went on to explain:
โThe reservoir contained industrial waste material stored from a nearby bauxite factory similar to Aughinish Alumina and a million cubic metres of industrial waste was released that ended up contaminating thousands of acres of farmland across an area 40 sq km.โ
Pat said the pH level of the mud was high enough to cause chemical burns and it killed fish and other wildlife.
โWe must not forget the unfortunate nine people who died and the scores who were injured. Will it take a disaster of this scale to wake the people of Ireland up to the ticking time-bomb we have on our doorstep.
I believe itโs only a matter of time before disaster strikes and state authorities in charge of licensing this operation cannot claim that they were not cautioned,โ Pat warned.
Pat Geogheganโs interview with Anna Kavanagh about the recent decision by the EPA to grant a blasting license to Aughinish Alumina is here https://fb.watch/9abIB6DvUo/
ย
ย
ย
ย
ย
ย
ย
ย