Cllr Mary White, Deputy Leader of the Green Party and spokesperson for Agriculture, has been campaigning since early in 2005 for the development of a bio-refinery in Carlow.
It is important for many reasons including:

Replace the jobs lost because of the closure of the Sugar Factory.
Give farmers an opportunity to grow crops for bio-fuels
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Green Party Deputy leader Cllr. Mary WHite today welcomed European Day of Parks
and calls on Local Authorities in Carlow and Kilkenny to protect the recreational amenity of Parks, broaden and enhance them and seek new areas of welcome green space for local people”
Cllr. White said,
” In this age of ever increasing consumer consumption, building aND [...]

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Once more Ireland will overshoot it’s Kyoto Targets to curb greenhouse gas emissions by a long shot and if we are to judge by the recent allocation of Carbon credits, this Government continues to favour industries such as the cement industry while ignoring greener cleaner industries. ” So said Cllr.
Mary White Deputy Leader of the [...]

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Poor planning advice with regard to the installation of solar panels is leading to much confusion in the constituency of Carlow/Kilkenny”
So said Cllr. Mary White Deputy leader of the Green Party.
Cllr. White said,
” It now appears that planning permission is needed and that there are no exemptions for the installation of solar panels in Kilkenny [...]

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Cllrs Mary White & Malcolm Noonan with Trevor Sargent TD on recent visit to Kilkenny to highlight the problems at the Kilkenny weir, Dec 2005

Cllr Mary White with Eamon Ryan TD at the launch of a Green Party national campaign to highlight the plight of Salmon in Ireland

SAVE OUR SALMON -
END DRIFT NETTING
Protecting salmon stocks [...]

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