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Effect of climate action policy on jobs in the Midlands.

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  • 22-04-2020 1:42pm
    #1
    political analyst
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    This article was published last November but the effect of the closure of the power stations in the Midlands will be there for many years.

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/simply-not-good-enough-esb-to-close-to-two-power-stations-in-the-midlands-90-workers-to-be-affected-962650.html
    ESB has announced it is closing two power stations in the midlands. The company is currently meeting with employees from West Offaly and Longford's Lough Ree power stations to inform them of the plan for the closure of the stations.

    The government recently announced the creation of a €6 million Just Transition Fund for the midlands, and the ESB has announced that it will make an additional contribution of €5 million to the fund.

    I don't believe that the closure of the power stations will make a noticeable difference to the environment.

    So why should ordinary workers and their families be plunged into poverty to appease the climate action activist lobby?


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    Harry Palmr
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    The peat stations are not being closed because of what comes out the chimney - they are going because they are inefficient producers of power which uses up a valuable finite native resource - namely peat.


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