October 11th, 2019 Extinction Rebellion activists plastered the Department of Climate Action with scientific research on fracking in protest against the State’s support of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal planned for the Shannon Estuary. Around 100 protesters, many dressed in boiler suits, gathered at the Department building on Adelaide Read more…
October 11th, 2019 An Garda Siochana and the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) have secured successful convictions relating to illegal hare lurching in counties Wexford and Mayo. On 30 September, an individual was convicted in Wexford District Court of hunting the protected animal without a licence in November 2017. Read more…
October 10th, 2019 Irish support for US liquefied natural gas imports would make us complicit in harm caused to communities living near the fracking fields of Pennsylvania, the Climate Action Committee has heard. Speaking at a hearing on the potential impact of imports yesterday, Julia Walsh of US-based Frack Action Read more…
October 10th, 2019 The EU’s top court today upheld strict species protection rules in a case brought to try and stop the capture and killing of the threatened wolf population in Finland. The case was referred to the EU Court of Justice (ECJ) after an environmental group challenged a decision Read more…
October 9th, 2019 A US climate expert has called on the Irish Government to ban the importation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from his country that would have an even greater emissions footprint than coal. Speaking via video-link at a hearing of the Climate Action Committee today on the potential Read more…
October 9th, 2019 The climate movement has seen a meteoric rise over the year, with the school strikes and Extinction Rebellion cranking up the pressure on politicians to bring in policy measures to tackle our runaway emissions. Yesterday, Budget 2020 offered the first real opportunity for the Government to Read more…
October 7th, 2019 The Government has confirmed that it has put the Shannon LNG gas terminal forward for inclusion on a special EU energy list that critics warn will encourage the importation of fracked US gas into the bloc. In a statement released to The Green News, the Department of Read more…
October 7th, 2019 Over 150 Irish academics have signed an open letter outlining their support for Extinction Rebellion as activists gear up to disrupt the capital as part of a global week of action. Extinction Rebellion Ireland (XRI) activists from across the country will band together this week in Dublin Read more…
October 4th, 2019 Irish MEPs have been told by the European Commission to air any concerns over the proposed Shannon LNG terminal directly with the Government. Earlier this week, seven MEPs from the island of Ireland sent a letter to Juul Jørgensen, the Director-General of the Commission’s energy department, Read more…
October 4th, 2019 There is currently no affordable way for community-led renewable energy projects to gain access to the national electricity grid, the Climate Action Committee has heard. Speaking before the Committee earlier this week, John Fogarty of Templederry Community Wind Farm said that this issue is becoming a “huge Read more…
