If they are so concerned about these supposed emissions, what kind of support or protection do the people who live in park surroundings get? So far nothing has been mentioned about us.

The prevailing winds in Malta are (please refer to the term wind-rose) North West, North East, West, South West. All these winds carry the flue gases (mostly water vapour and innocuous carbon dioxide) out towards the sea. It is only the South East, which is the rarest of all wind directions, that carry flue gases towards Marsaxlokk and further inland. But then, the height of the chimney is enough for all exhaust to disperse ABOVE that village.

Now for what is cancerous.

According to the World Health Organisation’s International Agency for Research on Cancer it is not HFO which is found carcinogenic (causes cancer) but Diesel. A damning report published by the IARC in June 2012 tells us that diesel fumes are carcinogenic with people who work in diesel exhaust environments are highly prone to lung cancer and to a lesser extent to bladder cancer.

So, when JOSEPH MUSCAT was insisting that the BWSC engines should run on diesel instead of HFO he was actually PROMOTING CANCER in MARSAXLOKK. Remember that the existing high chimney is earmarked to be pulled down by this government, so diesel exhaust will be exhausted at low level which could easily reach Marsaxlokk village.

The IARC report is found here

http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2012/pdfs/pr213_E.pdf

and includes:

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Lyon, France, June 12, 2012 ‐‐ After a week-long meeting of international experts, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is part of the World Health Organization (WHO), today classified diesel engine exhaust as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1), based on sufficient evidencethat exposure is associated with an increased risk for lung cancer.

<>Evaluation
The scientific evidence was reviewed thoroughly by the Working Group and overall it was concluded that there was sufficient evidence in humans for the carcinogenicity of diesel exhaust. The Working Group found that diesel exhaust is a cause of lung cancer (sufficient evidence) and also noted a positive association (limited evidence) with an increased risk of bladder cancer (Group 1).

<>Police said that the Chinese executives opened fire on workers protesting against poor pay and conditions at the Collum coal mine in the southern Sinazongwe province on Friday.

Eleven people were admitted to hospital with wounds to the stomachs, hands and legs, and two are understood to remain in a critical condition.

A Foreign Ministry official in Beijing said that the shooting was a “mistake” but the incident has fuelled demands to curb China’s overwheening position in mine investments.<>We know we can’t be protected by this government because it has been heavily corrupted by the Chinese for the 2011 elections and the current by-elections,” said Michel Sata..<<

So Joseph Muscat begs China to send us Chinese managers to manage our energy generation and distribution. The Chinese do not employ ‘local people’. As one African leader said: “The European colonisers, at least, built us schools and hospitals, but the Chinese are here just to take away our resources.”

The Nationalist Party said it right – it is a case of vindictiveness, and purposeful misinterpretation of facts.

What a coincidence!

State sanctioned klan.

The whizz kid’s having second thoughts on how to hit the ground running.

http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/en/newsdetails/news/national/Interim-transition-to-diesel-could-threaten-security-of-supply-20130909

Wasn’t he the ultimate consultant in all things energy, supply, hedging, deals and whatnots in London? Bashing Tonio for being a prudish accountant, losing out on opportunities.

Then he becomes him.

Dream on, Ciccio.

What appropriate independent authority, this ME & PA led by that feeble excuse of a case officer?

It seems Edward Mallia got himself into another fix. Wonder what he has to say about this data, and how he managed to get the blame.

But then, there he was, confusing LNG supertankers for LPG carriers shuttling to and fro oil refineries.

Actually Reno did try, banished to oblivion for attempting to contradict il-perit. It’s how Karmenu Vella became il-Guy.

Coal ash, asbestos, chemical by-products. Wied Fulija is literally a poison taboo.