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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
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How it all unfolded: activist-led projections on the COP26 venue

12 November 2021  Neal Huddon-Cossar was prepared for anything to happen on Tuesday night.  A campaigner with the Gasativist Collective, his organisation joined forces with Shale Must Fall and Climate Camp Scotland to project climate crisis-related warnings and demands onto the venue hosting the soon-to-be-concluded COP26 climate negotiations.  Along with Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 1 yearNovember 12, 2021 ago
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Climate campaigners hold “tug-of-war” in front of Leinster House

30 July 2021  Protesters gathered before the Dail today and staged a “tug-of-war” to highlight fracked gas imports and the climate implications of data centres.  Members of Extinction Rebellion Ireland dressed as representatives of tech companies as part of their campaign, holding the rope on one end during a tug-of-war Read more…

By admin, 1 yearJuly 30, 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
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The Climate Bill’s Second Stage – a recap

31 May 2021  The highly-anticipated Climate Bill is up for Select Committee Stage this week. It’s come a long way from when its first iteration was published back in October.  We’ll be following all the ins and outs of Select Committee Stage of course, but in the meantime, we wanted Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 2 yearsJune 1, 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
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A deep dive: the revised Climate Bill

26 March 2021  At long last, the revised Climate Bill was finally published this week.  We’ve been following it since its original release back in October 2020, and kept our eye on it all the way through its pre-legislative scrutiny.  In December, the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action issued Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 2 yearsMarch 26, 2021 ago
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Climate neutrality by 2050 legally binding in redrafted Climate Bill

23 March 2021  A climate neutral Ireland by mid-century is legally binding in the newest draft of the Climate Bill. The revised Bill was approved by Cabinet and published today, and according to the Department of Climate Action, provides the framework for Ireland to meet international and EU climate commitments.  Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 2 yearsMarch 23, 2021 ago
LNG Tanker Photo: Joachim Kohler Bremen
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Plans to import fracked gas through Port of Cork scrapped

14 January 2021  Plans to import fracked gas through the Port of Cork have been scrapped, the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications confirmed today.  In 2017, the Port of Cork and US gas company, NextDecade, signed a memorandum of understanding to import liquified natural gas (LNG) which expired Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 2 yearsJanuary 14, 2021 ago

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