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When SIRRL director Paul Taylor recently described Project Kea as the “Rolls Royce” of W-t-E plants, it resurrected the story of the Geely GE. The Chinese-built GE was widely regarded as a knock-off of the Rolls Royce Phantom, offered for a fraction of the price of the Phantom. Sound familiar? Was the GE built to the same exacting standard as the Phantom? Did it carry the same level...
Despite the efforts of 100 firefighters, the Doral W-t-E plant fire took nearly three weeks to extinguish. This incident, along with the closure of schools and local evacuations due to air quality concerns, is not an isolated event. Incident reports show this was not an isolated event; the plant has had four fires in the last four years. Any such blaze renders air pollution control technology useless and...
Well over 100 Waimate residents took to the streets to show their disapproval of a proposal to build a rubbish incinerator in the Waimate district. The weekday march, which started at the Basilica carpark and concluded at the Waimate Event Centre, where SIRRL held information-sharing sessions, was a testament to the community’s determination to be heard. With slogans like ‘TRUCK OFF’ and ‘SHIT IN YOUR BACK YARD’, the...