Madam, - The decision by the Environmental Protection
Agency to license the Cork and Meath incinerators is a deeply painful
though not unexpected disappointment for all those who have sought
a waste and resource management strategy that was truly sustainable
and environmentally protective.

In the context of Kyoto and of the beneficial
modern alternatives presented at the relevant oral hearings, no case
for the necessity or advisability of this obsolescent technology has
been established. Indeed, the decision is contrary to all transparent
argument so far conducted in the public domain, including the excellent
debates hosted by Trinity College and UCC. The apparently arbitrary
nature of the decision renders it unjust and unacceptable. Moreover,
it increases a widespread lack of confidence in the EPA.

Would Minister Roche or Dr Mary Kelly have the
courage of their convictions and themselves engage in open debate
to justify the granting of this licence? We believe that the Cork
and Meath communities deserve nothing less.