16 September 2020 The allowance for fossil gas subsidies within the EU’s Just Transition Fund will lock-in polluting emissions over the coming decades, a coalition of European NGOs has warned. The European Parliament voted to allow the inclusion yesterday and Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe stressed that it is not Read more…
December 5st, 2019 Calls for the annulment of plans to import liquefied natural gas to Cork became more prominent this week following the passing of a Green Party motion urging the Port of Cork to cancel plans to provide fracking infrastructure in the harbour. The Green Party pushed for the Read more…
October 4th, 2018 An environmental charity was granted leave this morning in the High Court to judicially review An Bord Pleanála’s decision to extend planning permission for a proposed €500 million gas terminal in Co Kerry. Friends of the Irish Environment (FiE) argued that the decision to grant Shannon LNG Read more…
September 26th, 2018 The proposed development of a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Shannon Estuary flies in the face of the State’s commitment to tackling climate change, the Oireachtas has heard. Speaking on the Dail floor last week, People Before Profit’s Brid Smith questioned how the proposed Shannon LNG Read more…
July 27th, 2018 The national planning authority has granted a five-year planning permission extension for a controversial project to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Shannon from the US fracking industry. The Shannon LNG proposal intends to build a gas terminal on the Shannon Estuary and import the gas to Ireland, the Read more…
June 27th, 2018 Europe’s multi-billion investment in natural gas for shipping will do little to help decarbonise the sector, a new study has found. An independent study for Transport & Environment (T&E) carried out by the UMAS consultancy found that Europe has spent around half a billion dollars on liquefied Read more…
August 4th, 2017 The Port of Cork Company has signed an agreement to explore the importation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the US fracking industry. The Green Party has accused the Irish Government of backtracking on environmental commitments for allowing the deal to go ahead. The Greens said that Read more…
