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Call for Climate Change / M3 motorway summit
Public meeting to be held to discuss the M3 in terms of climate change
This is a proposal for a public conversation and public meeting, dedicated to examining the economic arguments for and against the M3 motorway. It is vital that this conversation occur, in the wake of the EU reports, criticizing Ireland's record on carbon emissions and Stern report which warns of the threat to the world economy if radical action is not taken.
![Click on image to see full-sized version truth_copy.jpg](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/oct2006/460_0___30_0_0_0_0_0_truth_copy.jpg) The M3 motorway will damage the environment and the economy
As much as people in County Meath want an instant solution to the traffic on the N3, the inconvenient truth about the M3 motorway is that it is not just bad for the heritage of Tara, it is bad for the people of Meath and Ireland, economically, environmentally, legally, politically and morally. And what's more, it won't solve the traffic problems for commuters traveling to and from Dublin. It will only get them to Blanchardstown and the M50 a few minutes quicker. Are there better options?
The M3 is symptomatic of current Irish economic policy which involves spending inordinate amounts of public and private capital on motorways, to the cataclysmic exclusion of public transport, not to mention education and health. Transport is Ireland’s fastest growing contributor to carbon buildup. |How will we meet Kyoto targets? Does putting two toll booths on the M3 for 40 years make it a good investment? Short term, it may get Fianna Fail elected. But what of the long-term effects?
Online Summit
TaraWatch is considering hosting an online climate change/transport summit with all interested parties. It is hoped that economic grounds for Transport 21, and indeed the M3, will be properly exposed, and positive alternatives put forward. Having gathered the people and resources together, a public meeting can evolve out of this initiative, where representatives of various political groups and NGOs can join the public in open debate, and put forward a cohesive argument for scrapping the current M3 plan and putting forward positive alternatives.
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European Commission Criticises Ireland over carbon record
The European Commission has criticised Ireland for not being on target to reduce carbon emissions. It says Ireland ranks amongst the worst performers in the EU, at fourth from the bottom in terms of cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Under the Kyoto Protocols, Ireland is committed to reducing the rise in carbon emissions to 13% by 2010. However, the Commission says that without additional measures, Ireland’s carbon usage will increase by closer to 30%.
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Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change
“The task is urgent. Delaying action, even by a decade or two, will take us into dangerous territory.” - Sir Nick Stern, Treasury economist
The Stern Review only serves to punctuate the clear warning being sent not just by scientists and the EU, but by political leaders such as Al Gore, with his film An Inconvenient Truth and Tony Blair, who said “There is nothing more serious, more urgent, more demanding”. The UK is responding with new legislation to set up a powerful “carbon committee” to set and enforce legally binding targets. What about Ireland? Will there be any change in policy/practice, whatsoever?
Dick Roche - Minister for the Environment?
Minister for the Environment, Mr Dick Roche, has been accused of ‘passive indifference’ to Ireland’s record and the climate crisis in general. This, Ironically, is the same Minister who gave the final approval for the route of the M3 motorway through the Tara complex, in the face of huge public opposition.
Agenda 21 v. Transport 21
Instead of aiming to achieve Agenda 21, a UN Treaty sustainable development treaty that Ireland signed up to, Ireland has invented Transport 21, which allegedly involves spending 30-40 billion euros on transport, over the next 15 years. This comes after the National Development Plan spending on motorways ballooned from 6 to 18 billion euros, and is not nearly complete. Based on this track record, Transport 21 will cost closer to 100 billion euros.
Toll Roads
Toll roads are a new thing to Ireland. Tolling the M3 at 2 locations, and allowing the bulk of toll revenue to go to foreign multi-nationals over the 30-40 year toll period, the M3 represents everything that is wrong with current Irish economic policy, which will benefit the ruling political parties in the short run, but harm Irish citizens and business over the long run. But so far, the public have been denied a real voice as the toll hearing/public consultation takes place after the Public Private Partnership contract is already signed. When will the public consultation for the M3 occur? Will it make any difference what the public say?
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Hi all, there's a wiki thread discussion under way on this topic at
http://www.politics.ie/viewtopic.php?p=474893#474893