Swimmers have taken to the water at Islandmagee to protest against the building of gas storage caverns
About 30 swimmers took to the water under cloudy skies and heavy rain just after midday, with a further 20 or so supporters watching on from the shore.Ahead of the swim, Lauryn Alexander, who lives locally and organised the event said she wanted to take part and show support for what she described as a "community-wide effort" to oppose the gas caverns.Since it was first proposed, the gas caverns project has been controversial.
Long-term, the caverns could be used to store hydrogen as a product of surplus renewable energy, maximising our wind power generation potential and making a contribution to reaching Net Zero. The controversy shows just how difficult and delicate a balance it is to strike between human and environmental needs.
He added that the commitment to this campaign from its supporters was highlighted by the fact that they were willing to "jump in the sea". As the area is used by the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group to measure marine mammal sightings, they say that the drilling could interrupt a decades-long data set important in tracking the number of these animals.'Significant benefits'
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