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LNG Tanker Photo: Joachim Kohler Bremen
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Eamon Ryan: LNG imports will not be needed for energy security

16 November 2021  The Minister for the Environment believes that imports of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) will not be needed to meet energy security needs, according to an answer he gave to an Oireachtas Committee today.  Speaking before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action (JOCCA), Minister Eamon Ryan noted Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 1 yearNovember 16, 2021 ago
Extinction Rebellion Fracking protest outside DCCAE office Photo: Niall Sargent
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What’s going on with Shannon LNG?

25 June 2021  Well – it’s been quite a news week for all things LNG-related.  In case you missed it, it looks like the developers of the controversial Shannon LNG terminal are gearing up to again apply for planning permission.  It raised a whole lot of questions – so we Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 2 yearsJune 25, 2021 ago
Launch of the Green Party's Keep It in The Ground Bill Photo: James Orr
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Calls grow for an Irish-led global ban on fracking

25 May 2021 Demand is continuing to build for an Irish-led global ban on fracking in the wake of a report from the Irish Centre for Human Rights (ICHR). The International Human Rights Impacts of Fracking published yesterday analysed the threats hydraulic fracking poses to the environment, to local populations Read more…

By admin, 2 yearsMay 25, 2021 ago
Shale Gas Drilling Rig Photo: Max Pixel
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Government publishes much-anticipated LNG policy statement

18 May 2021  The Government has issued its highly anticipated policy statement on Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) imports.  The statement notably includes a moratorium on the development of fracked gas importation, pending a completed energy security review.  The document comes weeks after the Government published its revised Climate Bill, which Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 2 yearsMay 18, 2021 ago
Climate Change

€500m gas terminal project in the High Court this week

28th January 2019 The planning authority’s decision to extend planning permission for a proposed €500 million liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Co Kerry is set to be judicially reviewed at the High Court this week. The case is being brought by Friends of the Irish Environment (FiE), who, under the Read more…

By Niall Sargent, 4 yearsJanuary 27, 2019 ago
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