ESB To Face OECD Probe Over Purchase Of Coal For Moneypoint

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A complaint is to be filed against the ESB over its links to a controversial coal mine in Colombia, from which it has purchased coal to power Moneypoint Power Station.

The complaint is being lodged with the OECD the Global Legal Action Network and by Christian Aid, in respect of the Cerrejón mine, over which concerns have been raised on environmental and human rights grounds.

The ESB has told the Irish Examiner that it will co-operate with any probe, and that it has not purchased any coal from the mine since 2018