Alliance Enterprise spokesman Séan Neeson has welcomed
news that trials to co-fore biomass with coal at
Kilroot have proved successful, thus reducing carbon
dioxide emissions.
The East Antrim MLA stated: ‘Tragic events in the
United States have illustrated again just how
important it is to improve the environment around
this. The Alliance Party has always taken a leading
role in proposing policies which achieve this without
restricting people’s freedom.
‘What Kilroot has achieved here is a classic example
of this. It is good for the environment because it
reduces CO2 fired into the atmosphere, it is good for
the people of Northern Ireland who will benefit from
cheaper electricity, and it also provides a new
opportunity for farmers to make a business out of
local sources of biomass.
‘It is not an “either/or” game of improving the
environment or improving people’s freedoms. We must do
all we can to achieve both at once. This is good news
all round for Northern Ireland.’
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