#environmental-opposition

#environmental-opposition

The long-awaited government move to scrap the cap at Dublin Airport has little immediate impact on leisure travellers but will incense environmental groups, some locals and even farming bodies whose members resent being told to cut their emissions.

The long-awaited Government move to scrap the cap at Dublin Airport has little immediate impact on leisure travellers but will incense environmental groups, some locals and even farming bodies whose members resent being told to cut their emissions.

As the legislature inches closer to its Saturday deadline to pass legislation, there's more than just Cap-and-Trade being put on the agenda at the last minute. Early yesterday morning-the deadline for bills to be printed in order to be eligible for a vote during the final legislative session on Saturday-amendments to Senate Bill 237 were introduced that would allow for up to 2,000 new permits for oil extraction in Kern County annually. Last year, just 84 such permits were granted statewide.