LNG - Liquefied natural gas
It will not be easy for the Government to change course but it must. And it can, because no locations have been chosen, no planning application has been made, no contracts signed
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Stop Climate Chaos responds to projections that show Ireland will only cut emissions by 23 per cent compared to a 51 per cent legally binding target
Group claims An Bord Pleanála breached Irish and European law in granting permission for the proposed development
Separate reports in the past week have poured scorn on talk of the State becoming the ‘Saudi Arabia of wind’ and challenge the narrative that a switch to clean energy will deliver cheaper energy prices to consumers
But campaigners criticise proposals as ‘largely ignoring data-centre growth and reliance on fossil-fuels’
Ireland has a long history of courageous climate and environmental activism which includes protests against LNG and fracking, the Corrib gas pipeline, tree felling at the Glen of the Downs, Sitka spruce plantations and data centres
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Last week, Shannon LNG was granted planning permission by An Bord Pleanála for a proposed power plant
The facility is described as a temporary measure that will bridge the gap as Ireland weans itself off natural gas
Opposition accuses Government of failing to consider independent analysis of zero-carbon energy backup options
Changes to triple lock for troop deployments, €100 million for Ukraine and proposal for LNG facility also due to be discussed by Ministers
Letter to Taoiseach follows his assertion Ireland ‘will have to have an LNG facility of some kind’
Mary Robinson warns of power of fossil fuel lobbyists spending $4 billion a year on communications
To shut door on data centres would send signal Ireland does not want to be part of ‘most profound economic revolution’, Micheál Martin says
‘Government must not lock Ireland into long-term gas addiction in short-term effort to distract US president’
European stocks at historic lows as cold weather bites
US is the world’s largest producer of crude oil and the biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas
‘It would be highly reckless on climate and economic grounds for the project to be approved in light of latest information’
LNG is a hot issue within the environment movement, while most governments insist it is essential to national energy security
Hollywood A-lister Mark Ruffalo has criticised the Government’s planning legislation allowing for use of ‘strategic’ liquefied natural gas reserves
After actor rows in on LNG terminals and Planning Bill, party responds that ‘keeping the lights on in Ireland is not something he needs to worry about’
Judge proposes to ask An Bord Pleanála to reconsider planning application ‘in accordance with law’
The judge was told the environmental organisation has a “bit of a history” with the LNG plant proposal
Shale gas would be a ‘highly retrograde step’ in the context of reducing dependence on fossil fuels, academic to say
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