Potato flowers Photo (Wiki) – Potato flowers, Author: Keith Weller, Source (Public Domain): http://ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/k4021-1.htm – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Potato_flowers.jpg The Ignorance surrounding GM is not just on the part of its opponents, but also its advocates “I got into a lively debate with a chemistry graduate at a recent public talk given by a representative of Teagasc [...]
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Erris, Co. Mayo Photo: (Wiki) – Barony Map of Mayo with Erris Highlighted, 19th August 2010 Author: Jacobfrid – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mayo_Barony-Map_Erris.jpg A 160-ton truck which jack-knifed carrying machinery to the Corrib gas terminal has been moved, (Irish Examiner, quoting, appropriately enough, Shell Ireland). The 40m (131ft) vehicle had blocked a junction near Glenamoy Bridge in [...]
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Tunnel Boring Machine used at the Yucca Mountain (Nuclear Waste Storage Facility) in the United States Photo: (Wiki, Public Domain) – Tunnel boring machine at the construction of Yucca Mountain. From http://www.ymp.gov/documents/feis_2/vol_1/ch_02/figv1c2/f_2_14.htm, Wikipedia File – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tunnel_Boring_Machine_(Yucca_Mt).jpg Tensions continue to run high in Co Mayo as a truck carrying machinery for a controversial gas project [...]
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Irish Government Oil / Gas Revenue Photo: (Irish Oil and Gas) – © Irish Oil and Gas – Government take for oil: table from 2008 study by Daniel Johnston: note that Ireland Ireland’s ‘take’ is the lowest, less than half that of most of the countries – http://irishoilandgas.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/johnston_table.jpg An Interesting article from the Irish Oil [...]
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Picture of the Tunnelling Machine stuck in Glenamoy Photo: © Shell to Sea – http://www.shelltosea.com/ Shell to Sea Breaking News: “For the last twelve hours Shell and the Gardai have been attempting to move some sections of a 500 ton tunnel boring machine to the remote site of Aghoos in Erris. Despite this, the [...]
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Breaking News, Irish Times – “A large tunnel boring machine brought in by Shell to dig a 4.9km tunnel under Sruwaddacon Bay inland to the Bellanaboy gas processing terminal is stuck at a crossroads in Co Mayo as it is too large to navigate the narrow roads.” The equipment, is still being transported from [...]
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Shell Tunnel Machine leaves Dublin port – WSM Ireland A Tunnel Boring Machine to be used by Shell Oil for the Corrib Oil project left Dublin Port on Sunday night. News of the operation had leaked at the last moment which meant that only a few protesters were present. Campaigners who followed the convoy [...]
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Cherrymount Link Road in Enniskillen Photo: @ Robert Chapple / The Impartial Reporter This is a reproduction of a post by an archaeologist, Robert M. Chapple, in Northern Ireland attempting to stop the destruction of an Early Christian era Crannog in Co. Fermanagh, though it appears that it already may be too late to [...]
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Potatoes Photo: (Wiki) – Different potato varieties, Author – Scott Bauer, USDA ARS, This image was released by the Agricultural Research Service, the research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, with the ID K9152-1 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Patates.jpg RTE has reported that permission has been granted for the growth of genetically modified [...]
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Phoenix Arises from the Ashes: Photo (Wiki) – Phoenix-Fabelwesen – Author: Friedrich Justin Bertuch, Bilderbuch für Kinder, 1790-1830 (Eigenbesitz), Fabelwesen. Wikipedia, 2009-06-16 – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Phoenix-Fabelwesen.jpg The Poolbeg waste Incinerator has just arisen from the ashes of public waste policy. Announcing a new waste management policy, Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan said he will [...]
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