#stopshannonlng
Shannon LNG is an import terminal for fracked gas, and it will turn North Kerry into a Pollution Haven.
Fracking, i.e Hydraulic fracturing, is the most destructive industrial process that human societies have ever engaged in.
Fracking is the only human activity which causes earthquakes.
Fracking is the only human activity which takes water out of the circle of life permanently. Radioactive toxic wastewater has to be stored away from the biosphere forever and groundwater is destroyed
Fracking and LNG have the greatest greenhouse effect of all fossil energy sources, 44% and 30% worse than coal. In rural Ireland, we were compelled by the state to stop cutting turf, now a fuel source much worse for the climate is being pushed on us. Household energy use is going down. Data center energy vampire consumption is going through the roof, at 21% of our grid and rising to 30% by 2030.
Fracking was banned in Ireland in 2017 because of its detrimental effects on public health and the environment. This victory couldn’t have been achieved without the invaluable help that American victims of fracking gave to Irish activists. Are we now going to turn around and say we now do not mind poisoning the ones who saved us from fracking? North Kerry is part of the Clare shale basin. Before the fracking ban, a company called Energi was drilling prospecting holes in Clare. If we accept fracked gas from the USA, we lose the argument against fracking here.
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Future Generations Kerry – A People’s Broadcast
This is a new series of Public service broadcasts We discuss Shannon LNG, as well as other topics related to the social and environmental crises we find ourselves in. We challenge the false narratives of the those in power, as well as the false solutions put forward by the very capitalist oligarchic industries that are…
Greens and Friends of the Earth betrayed activists on Shannon LNG.
The Greens negotiated a legally ineffective commitment in the Programme for Government and then, worse, changed their minds, all with the figleaf of Friends of the Earth support. Read this historical document of the last four years political betrayal I wrote, published in village magazine.
New Fortress Declare Law-fare, Green Party Welcome Trojan Horse and Friends of the Earth Sit On Sidelines.
We are entering a new chapter in the struggle against climate-destroying liquefied natural gas (LNG). On September 15th Ireland made the historic decision to refuse permission to Shannon LNG terminal on human rights and environmental grounds. This act of solidarity was a historic event and the result of years of campaigning and direct action. It…
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