Alliance highlights environmental concerns
Published Date:
29 August 2008
By Staff reporter
THE Alliance candidate in the Fermanagh council by-election has highlighted the refusal of parties in the Executive to set up an environmental protection agency, claiming such action will have an impact on the lakelands.
Dr Kumar Kamble said environmentalism is particularly important for Fermanagh’s vital tourism industry, which relies on the area’s natural beauty.
He criticised the Stor-mont Executive’s failure to create an independent protection agency – as exists in other regions of the UK.
Dr Kamble said: “The local environment simply has to be protected in order to ensure that the area’s economy can benefit long into the future.
“All Northern Ireland has been left with is a flimsy organisation which has little power to act on green issues. This shows people how little the four tribal parties care about environmentalism.
“Alliance has been campaigning for years for the creation of an independent environmental protection agency and we have been holding the Executive to account for their failures. If people want to see the local environment being protected then they should vote Alliance.”
The full article contains 183 words and appears in News Letter newspaper.
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Last Updated:
28 August 2008 7:18 PM
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Source:
News Letter
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Location:
Belfast
