On this episode of Enviro:

Tony Lowes of Friends of the Irish Environment gave details of the court case which his organisation has taken against the Irish government contending that the National Mitigation Plan (NMP) is not fit for purpose. Judgement has not been given yet and one of the issues raised at the case was whether the Friends of the Irish Environment had sufficient standing to be represented in this case. This is a legal matter that the judge will have to adjudicate on.

Later in the show Roger Yates is a sociologist who has taught social movement theory as well as being involved in the vegan social movement for 40 years   http://veganinformationproject.cf  https://www.facebook.com/theveganinformationproject

The vegan information project has an information stall in Dublin City Centre several times a week. Details on the above sites.

News items discussed were :

• 9/11: Blueprint for Truth-The Architecture of Destruction.
• Brazil: Hundreds of people are feared dead following the collapse of an iron ore dam at the Corrego do Feijao mine owned by Brazilian mining company Vale. Three years ago at the same location a dam jointly owned by Vale and the British-Australian miner BHP collapsed with many casualties and river pollution stretching for 400 miles. Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro, promised on election  to deregulate the mining industry.

Presenter/producer John Haughton

Panellist Joe Dunne

Guests Roger Yates and Tony Lowes

Broadcast: 28/01/2019