“Dear Friends,
This is an urgent plea for help in Saving the Claxton Bay Mangrove and
to bring some international awareness to prevent the construction of
the aluminium smelter Alutrint. Those in authority are openly defying
the courts of this land. The high court ruled against the Certificate
of Environmental Clearance granted by the EMA to Alutrint.”
DATA AND FACTUAL ACCURACY [...]
Archive for August, 2009
29 Aug
Call for Accurate Data
27 Aug
Why the smelter makes no sense
The following article appeared in the Trinidad Express Wednesday 26th August 2009. The link is given.
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_opinion?id=161522074
Why the smelter makes no sense
Letter of the Day
Monday, August 24th 2009
Trinidad Express Newspaper
Do those entrusted to steer an even path in our development have the capacity to make sound judgements? If someone was the beneficiary of an unearned fortune, [...]
26 Aug
How did it cost to make these signs?
Photo courtesy Dr Peter Vine, Rashad and Aruna Ali, Abigail and Leon Modeste
26 Aug
What was the cost to the Vessigny River?
Photo courtesy Dr Peter Vine, Rashad and Aruna Ali, Abigail and Leon Modeste
24 Aug
“GAS GUNTALK: Trinidad Guardian, 22nd August 2009
The Gas Guntalk
There is always the boast, by officials of the National Gas Company, the National Energy Corporation and other state entities that Trinidad and Tobago is a model for gas monetization. We are among the planet’s best, they boast, when it comes to getting gas out of the ground and converting it to products [...]
18 Aug
WHAT VALUE DID ALUTRINT PUT INTO ITS ACCOUNT BOOKS FOR THESE?
Photo courtesy Dr Peter Vine, Rashad and Aruna Ali, Abigail and Leon Modeste
This picture was taken in the forest at Union, La Brea, before the forest was destroyed and the three dams compacted to make way for the smelter.
What does it cost to deprive citizens of natural recreation?
18 Aug
What Value Did Alutrint Put Into Its Account Books For Aquatic Wildlife?
This picture was taken in at a dam in Union, La Brea, before this dam and two others were compacted to make way for the smelter.
What was the Ecological Cost?
Before the dam was compacted
Photo courtesy Dr Peter Vine, Rashad and Aruna Ali, Abigail and Leon Modeste
17 Aug
What Value Did Alutrint put into its Account Books For Leisure Walks?
Photo courtesy Dr Peter Vine, Rashad and Aruna Ali, Abigail and Leon Modeste
This picture was taken in the forest at Union, La Brea, before the forest was destroyed to make way for smelter.
No more Leisure Walks here….
15 Aug
DUCKING PARLIAMENT
“When I chaired the Joint Select Committee under which Alutrint fell, the committee attempted such a productivity analysis, fundamental to which was the selling price of natural gas (as a proxy to the price of electricity to Alutrint). The authorities, including the politicians in charge, refused to give this information to Parliament despite being ordered [...]
14 Aug
QUIZ
Question:What sucks its victim’s blood and hides from the light? A bat? A socouyant?
Answer: Think about it.
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