Two important victories in the Irish High Court are a huge boost for those fighting climate change and to protect the ecosystem. The decisions put a ‘stay’ on unregulated mechanised peat extraction and also stop plans to ship biomass from the other side of the world for a power station conversion.
The decisions show the value of climate activists keeping their distance from government and where necessary confronting them:
Details at these links fromm Green News.ie:
https://greennews.ie/court-regs-peat-planning-regime/
https://greennews.ie/court-regs-peat-planning-regime/
Bernard Moffatt
Assistant General Secretary Celtic League
