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Love Leitrim welcomes the publication of the government policy statement on the importation of fracked gas Reporter: ); ); Community anti fracking group Love Leitrim has welcomed the publication of the government policy statement on the importation of fracked gas. The policy statement had been committed to in last year s programme for government and was announced this week by Minister Eamon Ryan. One part of the statement states pending the outcome of a review of the security of energy supply of Ireland’s electricity and natural gas systems being carried out by DECC, it would not be appropriate for the development of any LNG terminals in Ireland to be permitted or proceeded with . ....
); ); Love Leitrim have joined other groups including Friends Of The Earth Ireland and Safety Before LNG in calling on the Irish government to urgently deliver their promised policy statement opposing the importation of fracked gas. The policy statement was initially promised in the Programme For Government 9 months ago but up to this point the government has failed to deliver it. Ireland after a long community campaign banned fracking in 2017 and since then there have been calls to also ban the importation of fracked gas from impacted communities in places like the United States. Fracked gas has a carbon footprint 44% greater that coal and the methane associated with fracked gas makes it 100 times more potent than carbon dioxide in terms of greenhouse gas emissions according to Professor Robert Howard of Cornell University. ....
Love Leitrim joins the call for fracked gas import ban to be included in Climate Bill Reporter: ); Love Leitrim have joined the Irish Centre For Human Rights, Friends Of The Earth Ireland, Safety before LNG, Belcoo Frack Free and FutureProof Clare in asking that a fracked gas import ban be included in the Climate Bill. In a joint letter to the three government party leaders the groups are asking the government to implement the recommendation of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action “that the Minister address in the Bill and/or revert to the Committee with a comprehensive plan to ban the importation of fracked gas and specifically to ban LNG terminals in Ireland within the year 2021 . ....
Love Leitrim group voice their opposition to ratification of CETA CETA - Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the European Union and Canada Reporter: ); Community anti fracking group Love Leitrim, have declared their opposition to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the European Union and Canada and have asked the Irish government not to ratify it. Trade related chapters of CETA have been provisionally applied in Ireland for three years but the investment chapter will only come into effect if it is ratified by all EU member states including Ireland note Love Leitrim. The group point out that the Irish government may ratify this as soon as this month. ....
Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine (It is in the shelter of each other that the people live) – Irish proverb As 2020 lurches towards a close, many of us in the UK will feel little cause for celebration. This was, after all, a year in which our government facilitated the early deaths of over 60,000 people from Covid-19. A year in which underwhelming climate policies were painted thick with . But 2020 also saw fierce resistance around the world, most recently in the Indian farmers’ protests. We can look to various parts of the world for inspiration, not only for how to fight, but how to win. ....