Sunday, February 18, 2007
People Power Still alive........
Today (saturday) there was a protest in Aber about plans to grant oil exploration rights to areas of Cardigan Bay. This would disturb the Dolphins & Porpoises that Cardigan Bay is famous for and ruin a truely picturesque area.
People power is still alive tho, this protest just shoes that people still care and that Democracy is still alive and kicking (HARD!) in Aberystwyth.
For more details of the protest check out the next edition of The Courier our uni magazine, it's due out in 2 or 3 weeks. Goto the Courier Website and have a look around........
People power is still alive tho, this protest just shoes that people still care and that Democracy is still alive and kicking (HARD!) in Aberystwyth.
For more details of the protest check out the next edition of The Courier our uni magazine, it's due out in 2 or 3 weeks. Goto the Courier Website and have a look around........
# posted by Ben @ 1:54 am 
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Well this stems from the 1980s when a not inconsiderable number of locals lost a lot of investments when oil was last speculated in the Bay and found either to be not there or inaccessible.
Given that oil can now be drilled /piped diagonally downwards from onshore (case reference Windsor Great Park) this might be a useful way of avoiding pollution and saving the dolphins. After all if BP could manage it for the Queen...
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Given that oil can now be drilled /piped diagonally downwards from onshore (case reference Windsor Great Park) this might be a useful way of avoiding pollution and saving the dolphins. After all if BP could manage it for the Queen...
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