“We cannot build a clean energy system if all new renewable generation is immediately swallowed by new demand, while households and communities see no benefit” www.thejournal.ie/data-centres...

Tomorrow is the deadline for submissions against what @antaisce.bsky.social is describing as one of the greatest threats to our environment ever. Please don't wait til it's too late, get it in today.

Rather than addressing the creaking infrastructure, the housing crisis or the climate emergency, the government facilitates data centres, serving corporate profit instead of its citizens! enterprise.gov.ie/en/news-and-...

URGENT! Contact TDs/Senators below TODAY to demand full PLS of this dangerous fossil fuel project! Private session of Oireachtas Committee is meeting Wed at 3pm to discuss waiving pre-legislative scrutiny of LNG terminal ignoring planning and climate commitments www.oireachtas.ie/en/committee...

'Uruguay’s shift to renewables...demonstrated that clean energy can be cheaper, more stable, and create more jobs than fossil fuels' www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...

'These new rules will harm the environment because the important role civil society plays in protecting the environment and their communities will be neutralised by insurmountable financial barriers and unfair procedures'

We don't need United States-led (or any) LNG! Let's reclaim our power in 2026 to Keep Ireland LNG Free!

This is disastrous! www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Submission deadline: 15 January www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

Since vox has Instituted a paywall, here's a gift link giving everybody access www.vox.com/energy-and-e...

I contributed to this review of our environmental performance in 2025 - despite some good news stories the headline indicators are still moving in the wrong direction. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

'The leaflet [was titled]: “Your community is involved in a project of national importance: Here is what you need to know”.' However: '[There was no] information about the effect of greenhouse gas emissions on climate change...' clarechampion.ie/uninformatio...

Fast tracking LNG puts us on a 'fast track to climate disaster' Letter to TDs (linked in article) jointly signed with @foeireland.bsky.social, @uplift.ie, @trocaire.bsky.social and Good Energies Alliance, explains why the proposed LNG terminal must not be built! www.clarelive.ie/news/plannin...

"Ireland should be distancing itself from the US fossil fuel industry, rather than establishing new strategic relationships with it," says Professor Jennie C Stephens from @maynoothuniversity.ie. The gov is about to decide whether to tie Ireland to US LNG, or not www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

'...Households face higher bills, electrification plans have stalled, and national climate targets are slipping out of reach...'

From new SEAI report: "...Data published by the CSO shows that electricity demand from data centres has increased by 412% since 2015..." "...Data centres are responsible for 88.2% of the increased electricity demand observed in the Irish economy since 2015..." www.rte.ie/documents/ne...

Ireland is working to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 — and we want you to be part of it! 🌍 Your voice counts! Submissions are open until 16 January 2026 💡 Have your say here: https://bit.ly/4ovzrRB #SDGsIRL

More info in our Summary Briefing (2025): notherenotanywhere.com/wp-content/u...

Ireland's energy regulator finally published its data centre connection policy. It facilitates a new era of fossil growth to facilitate this enormous energy user. hannahdaly.ie/2025-12-12-C...

Will this water be used for cooling data centres? '...planning application, which comprises more than 500 documents, will be lodged...on Friday, December 19th...' (for our perusal over the holidays) Watch this space! www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Excellent framing on LNG by @daanwalt3r.bsky.social “it is caviar for the hungry. Yes, emerging markets need energy desperately, but they are not going to pick the most expensive option. The LNG sector is in for a rude awakening.” 💯

We've been hard at work on our submission to: Public Consultation on the Development of the Priorities and Policy Programme for Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2026 Closes 12 December! www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

Our initial response to the proposed FSRU announced last week: The project is not off to a good start with only 24 hours notice given for consultation, no explanation as to why Cahiracon, Co. Clare was chosen, and conflicting rationales being given for the project!

Ireland second highest in EU for greenhouse gas emissions per person www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Ireland's emissions are both a mathematical and a moral issue ... every bit of warming matters, every action matters. Great points by @hannahdaly.ie on @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social @newstalkfm.bsky.social today, well worth a listen. #speirgorm #spéirghorm ##climatechange

We were delighted to be part of the development of this amazing zine by student group Bros B4 LNG! The zine breaks down what LNG is and the harmful environmental impacts the production of LNG creates www.instagram.com/p/DRo_t6wiGh...

This impressive new resource provides an overview of LNG expansion worldwide and the climate, social, and economic risks: exitlng.org

On Wed 3rd Dec, we have a great opportunity to lobby our TDs on climate at Buswells Hotel, Dublin. Register with Stop Climate Chaos and you’ll receive guidance on getting in touch with your TDs to set up the lobbying meeting. www.stopclimatechaos.ie/calendar/202...

Corporate greed is extending global reliance on dirty energy. We need real investments in renewables + the political will to stand up to fossil fuel interests & protect public health. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/24/mumbai-datacentres-coal-air-pollution?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Some food for thought on Black Friday: Amazon to invest up to $50 billion to strengthen US leadership in AI: www.aboutamazon.com/news/company... Amazon boss tells staff AI means jobs are at risk: www.irishexaminer.com/business/tec... Karen Hao | Novara Media: novaramedia.com/2025/06/29/s...

Gas Networks Ireland selects the Shannon Estuary as location for the Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve and gives only hours notice for consultation! CONSULTATION TODAY: 4PM-7:30PM, Kildysart Community Centre, Kildysart, Co. Clare Share widely and make your way to Kildysart!

Wondering how to keep the momentum going after the climate march? Join SCC’s Mass Climate Lobby of TDs! This is another great opportunity to bump climate action further up political priority lists in early December.🌍✊ Register here: www.stopclimatechaos.ie/calendar/202...

Cllr. Declan Clune: “...The primary motivation for this is not green energy or renewables. It’s money. It’s profit." www.waterford-news.ie/news/waterfo...

At the DataCentres Ireland conference last week opened by Timmy Dooley TD, at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment, @foeireland.bsky.social called for all political parties...to implement a moratorium on new data centres www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

"Brazil's COP30 presidency pushed through a compromise climate deal on Saturday that would boost finance for poor nations coping with global warming but that omitted any mention of the fossil fuels driving it" www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

BREAKING: EU Commission President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu says “We are not fighting fossil fuels, we are fighting the emissions from fossil fuels” She is parroting oil&gas industry lines, pushing unproven costly technologies like CCS + CO2 removals to keep using fossil fuels. #FossilFreePolitics

IRELAND has dropped 4 places in the 2025 global Climate Change Performance Index. Alarm bells are blaring on the new coalition's attitude to LNG (liquified natural gas - which often comes from fracking in the USA) and data centre expansion...

The climate crisis is a crisis mostly of the fossil fuel industry's own making – and one they do not want to fix nor be held accountable for The presence and involvement of oil, gas and coal lobbyists at the #COP30 UN climate summit is like tobacco lobbyists at a lung cancer summit: unacceptable

Tomorrow! RSVP via link below Speakers will include: @oisinc.bsky.social, @nhna.bsky.social, @rightoverflight.bsky.social and @irishschsusty.bsky.social There will be plenty of time to chat and brainstorm action ideas during the café-style second half of the event. Hope to see you there!

In Dublin this Thu 20th? RSVP now so you don't miss out on this event designed to inspire and empower you to take action on the climate and biodiversity crisis in community with others. www.eventbrite.com/e/1916199396...

"What we do in Ireland has global impact and one of the main drivers of the climate crisis that we're experiencing is the burning of fossil fuels...[We]...want to phase out fossil fuels because it's impacting our future and future generations". www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

“The Taoiseach’s comments that LNG ‘can’t happen quick enough’ make a mockery of his statement just two days previously in which he called on world leaders to listen to the science and act with urgency in the face of climate collapse" www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/taoisea...

Tomorrow at 1pm!

Climate reporter Nina Lakhani says corporations at #COP30 are "there to promote false solutions" like carbon markets that "are not going to save the planet."

Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people – report #Climate

Join us at the National Climate March! We’ll be marching for climate justice, urging the Government to put people before big polluters ✊ Learn more ➡️https://www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/lets-march-to-put-people-before-polluters/ 🧵1/

‘…[global warming] above 1.5 degrees is now inevitable…Leaders must seize this moment and waste no time in: Tripling renewables and doubling energy efficiency by 2030; Building modern grids and large-scale storage; And ending all new coal, oil and gas expansion in a just and equitable manner.’

Meanwhile the government plans to invest in LNG, increasing the likelihood these adaptations will be needed (Image from report)

RTÉ receives formal complaint over ‘exclusion’ of climate issues from presidential debates www.irishtimes.com/environment/...