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Legal challenge launched over Aughinish Alumina waste dump
Environmental Trust Ireland has lodged proceedings against An Bord Pleanála’s decision to allow the metal refinery to expand ‘red mud’ storage
A Limerick-based environmental activist group has lodged a High Court challenge over the decision to award planning permission to Aughinish Alumina for the expansion of its “red mud” waste dump.
Environmental Trust Ireland has lodged judicial review proceedings against the decision by An Bord Pleanála to allow Aughinish Alumina to expand its bauxite residue disposal area (BRDA), which stores millions of tons of so called “red mud”. This is the bauxite residue left over from ...