Futures Forum: Quarrying in East Devon > Straitgate approved for inclusion in Devon's mineral's plan
There is considerable opposition to the plans:
Futures Forum: What motivates nimbyism towards the mining industry?
But there is considerable opposition to mining anyway:
Futures Forum: The impacts of the mining industries
Can this be done 'sustainably' - here in East Devon?
Futures Forum: Quarrying in East Devon: can it be done 'sustainably'?
The developer would say it can:
Futures Forum: Holcim/Aggregate Industries: the costs and benefits
The Straitgate campaign group say it cannot - and have posted a very sharp piece on the prospective developer.
Much of their arguments are around the impacts of the concrete industry:
Futures Forum: Climate change: and changing the old, polluting ways of the cement industry
FRIDAY, 2 DECEMBER 2016
"At LafargeHolcim, we want to lead in sustainability and set new standards"
Once upon a time there was a Big Polluting Cement Giant.
It realised it needed to do something about the millions of people across the world who were suffering from the effects of climate change, from crop failures, from extreme weather, from rising sea levels.
The Big Polluting Cement Giant was, after all, one of the largest CO2-emitting giants in the world.
At another climate conference in Switzerland, its leader announced:
The Big Polluting Cement Giant even went to the Marrakech climate talks:
It realised it needed to do something about the millions of people across the world who were suffering from the effects of climate change, from crop failures, from extreme weather, from rising sea levels.
The Big Polluting Cement Giant was, after all, one of the largest CO2-emitting giants in the world.
An ambitious international agreement on climate change is key to limiting global warming to below 2 degrees. We need action, now.
At another climate conference in Switzerland, its leader announced:
"We can serve the needs of a growing population while addressing climate change" Eric Olsen @LafargeHolcim@SwissECS
The Big Polluting Cement Giant even went to the Marrakech climate talks:
As a world leader and advocate of the decarbonization of the construction value chain, LafargeHolcim welcomed the COP 21 Paris Agreement. We have since elaborated a set of commitments to cut our net CO2 emissions and reduce our dependency on natural resources.
Our presence at the COP 22 conference will be an opportunity to showcase how the Group is contributing to the global climate and circular agenda...
And it produced a Plan:
Since the Paris Agreement adopted in December 2015, LafargeHolcim has rolled out an ambitious sustainability strategy: the 2030 Plan. With this plan, we are turning our core value of sustainability into a set of actionable goals. One of its four pillars focuses on climate.
But it was obvious to the little people - the little people who can see what the Big Polluting Cement Giant wants to do in Devon - that phrases like "ambitious sustainability strategy" and "we want to lead in sustainability and set new standards" and "We need action, now" were no more than words.
And what use are words, when other, not so little, people warn that climate change is set to cause a refugee crisis of "unimaginable scale"? What use are words, when the impacts of releasing CO2 into the atmosphere "will last longer than Stonehenge"?
Head of Sustainability B. Mathieu on how private sector can provide #climate solutions: #Durabric & @SolidiaCO2 are great examples! #COP22 pic.twitter.com/zfDkyH2GZi
Is this #CO2 polluting quarry plan for #Devon "how private sector can provide #climate solutions", @LafargeHolcim? goo.gl/ynHChL pic.twitter.com/IkEDdJ3yMv
At #COP22's "Building & Climate Change Day", we're detailing how the company is creating a competitive advantage from low CO2 solutions pic.twitter.com/C0VOoudKaa
.@LafargeHolcim Is this multi-million mile HGV plan for #Devonanother one of your "low #CO2 solutions"? goo.gl/ynHChL#COP22 pic.twitter.com/0t6nsgiTvo
Learn more about B. Mathieu's #Cemtech keynote "Addressing Climate Change" ow.ly/cwhp304kQcd via @CementReviewpic.twitter.com/x8jVV82tSI
Is this 2.5 million mile HGV haulage scheme in #Devon what @LafargeHolcim mean by "Addressing Climate Change"? goo.gl/ynHChL pic.twitter.com/tXj3Bos7ra
Straitgate Action Group: "At LafargeHolcim, we want to lead in sustainability and set new standards"
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