12th April 2017 The Oireachtas environmental committee is confident that the Bill to ban fracking will be signed into law before the Dáil breaks for summer recess, says the committee’s chairperson. Speaking this morning at the launch of a report scrutinising the controversial practice, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton said that the Read more…
11th April 2017 The Oireachtas environmental watchdog has warned that it would be irresponsible to give fracking the go-ahead in Ireland and backed calls for a ban on the practice. The Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment found that fracking opens up the potential for chemical spills, leaks and Read more…
6th April 2017 A national ban on fracking moved a step closer this month as an Oireachtas Joint Committee unanimously agreed to support a Private Member’s Bill on the matter. The Bill from Sligo-Leitrim TD Tony McLoughlin was referred to the Joint Committee on Climate Action and Environment for pre-legislative scrutiny after Read more…
February 10th 2017 Environmental groups have outlined to government the damaging impacts of fracking to health, water and the climate. In a submission the Environmental Pillar, an advocacy coalition of over 28 national environmental NGOs, has made clear the serious impacts of fracking and called for politicians to support a Read more…
January 5, 2017 2017 Green News Resolution #1 : No Fracking! [x_columnize]Take action against fracking by making a personal submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee. Members of the public who have an interest in the fracking debate are invited by the Oireachtas Joint Committee to inform public policy by making Read more…
December 1st, 2016 The ban on fracking will continue in Ireland the Minister for the Environment confirmed this week. Minister Denis Naughten confirmed his support for the prohibition on the back of the EPA sponsored report into the controversial practice. The findings “justify the continuing prohibition on the licensing of Read more…
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October 24th, 2016 Fracking is a risk to Ireland’s water supplies and is opposed all over the country. And this Thursday our TDs will get to vote on banning the controversial practice. Despite the fact that many Irish political parties claim to oppose fracking it is not clear whether the Read more…
May 12th, 2016 In Ireland there is a policy prohibiting fracking but none treating the importation of shale oil and gas, which is produced through fracking. Speaking yesterday French Energy Minister Segolene Royal said she wants to stop the importation of shale oil and gas into France. This came on the back of Read more…
In the final analysis of the environmental protection and climate mitigation policies to which political parties commit in their manifestos, we examine the Labour party and the Green party.
