Jerry Mac Evilly

"creating...access,...positively impacting the environment..." (?!) This is incredibly dishonest, deceitful and disturbing, even by fossil fuel company standards (from the US owners of Shannon LNG).

1/ In March Govt approved a costly, polluting state-owned LNG terminal. Now Minister O'Brien is leaving door open to dangerous US backed LNG project in Kerry. This breaks climate commitments, raises new geopolitical risks and does nothing for energy security.

Members of Not Here Not Anywhere were in Malahide this weekend talking to members of the public about the high carbon footprint of LNG and the upcoming response from TD Minister O’Brien to An Coimisiún Pleanála’s request regarding Shannon LNG’s planning application (1/2)

Text that reads Cork says no to LNG. Image of protestors outside Cork City Hall, holding signs. Text reads keep the global goal of 1.5 alive, no new fossil fuels infrastructure in Ireland or around the world

Two local Councilors holding posters and smiling, in front of the anti-LNG demonstration outside Cork City Hall

On Saturday 26th July, NHNA gathered outside Cork City Hall alongside local City Councillors, environmental activists, and members of the public to say NO to LNG.

Concerns voiced over liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals at Cork protest They expressed concerns that the government’s scrapping of the policy banning imports of fracked gas earlier this year has opened the door to LNG ...

Thanks Amy Campbell and the Echo for reporting the Not Here Not Anywhere demonstration in Cork on Saturday.

It was in support of the motion in my name that Cork City Council should continue to back investment in offshore renewables in the region and not be distracted by talk of fracked LNG imports.

OR new data centres highly dependent on more polluting gas and diesel generation, and looking to reserve renewables for themselves?

TLDR we need to prioritise communities and reign in runaway data centre demand.

...Irish homes, communities, and small businesses, who have invested billions over the years through high energy bills (and who are crying out for decarbonised energy and water infrastructure, especially for housing and existing polluting industries)...

...It boils down to - who are Ireland's energy and water resources and climate commitments intended to serve?...

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English Ireland data centres: Electricity consumption puts pressure on energy grid

youtu.be/mEAdigVp50M?... Significant that foreign press is rightly now following this major problem closely (with great input by Friends of the Earth Ireland).

Trump Hails $90 Billion in Corporate Investment to Make Pennsylvania an AI Hub, Fueled by Natural Gas - Inside Climate News While government, energy, tech and banking leaders held a summit, protestors warned of worsening climate pollution and a future shaped by “the worst people on Earth.”

What a tragic waste of tax dollars. Terrible for the climate. Terrible for consumers throughout the northeast, as this is likely to raise gas and electric prices throughout the region, including where I live in NY State. insideclimatenews.org/news/1507202...

I think everybody would agree that not having enough electricity for homes is a small price to pay in order to fill the place with data centers that employ nobody

London council weighs parking surcharge on 'supersize' SUVs Lambeth to commission study into whether larger vehicles pose a greater danger to pedestrians and cyclists

Pleased to see this from @rezinachowdhury.bsky.social who has committed to pull together evidence on the impact of #carspreading on road danger. It should be a quick job as the evidence is building daily?!

We need action asap 🧵1/6

www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

Gas Networks Ireland will connect 11 data centres to gas grid despite emissions target concerns Commitment is due to contractual obligations despite previous warnings that data centres could negatively impact Ireland’s emissions targets

www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...

"...GNI told...senator..Boylan it is “contractually obligated” to connect 11 so-called islanded centres, which cannot access the electrical grid, to the network, despite a previous warning that the centres could negatively impact Ireland’s emissions targets."

Minister issued direction on gas supply to data centres Minister for Climate Eamon Ryan instructed the organisation which runs Ireland's natural gas network not to provide connections to data centres which are going to rely exclusively on gas for power.

www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

"...Gas Networks Ireland responded the following month and indicated that it was mandated under the Gas Act to supply connections to third parties."

...Asked whether he would prefer if he could put housing first, he said such a decision would have to come from government policy or a direction from the energy regulator"

ESB boss acknowledges stress caused to 80 families locked out of new homes without power The head of the electricity network has acknowledged the stress suffered by families prevented from moving into their new homes because their estate has no power.

www.independent.ie/irish-news/e...

"Mr Tarrant said ESB Networks, as a semi-state operating under licence, could not prioritise connections for housing over developments such as data centres, but had to allocate on a first come, first served basis....

We now have ESBN & GNI on record that they can't prevent data centre connections. Upshot is no limits on data centres outside of Dublin + expansion of sites in Dublin - skyrocketing demand, impacts on housing, higher costs, gas dependency & emissions. Urgent need for legislative + policy change!

1/ Banking on Liquefied “Natural” Gas #LNG to power our industry, heat our homes, and cook our meals is a TERRIBLE idea. Check the facts in the new LNG Economic Visual Guide—endorsed by 19 groups—to see why the numbers just don’t add up 🔢
👉 www.foodandwatereurope.org/factsheet/ne...

Very exciting things happening on the shed roofs today!

We're finally going solar!! 🌞

📣Calling folks living in the South Dublin CC area

A motion calling for a moratorium on data centre expansion from @jess-spear.bsky.social may be up for a vote on Monday 14th July.

Call on your councillors to support! 👇

www.friendsoftheearth.ie/data-centres...

‘Enough is enough’ – households being forced to subsidise the costs of data centres, says Sinn Féin MEP The energy regulator has been accused of putting the interests of data centres ahead of household electricity users.

Enough is enough’ – households being forced to subsidise the costs of data centres, says Sinn Féin MEP
Regulator increased network charges for households to fund investment in network
m.independent.ie/irish-news/e...

The more I look at industrial decarbonisation, the more I come to the point of view that we have overstated the role of molecules in the past and underestimated the role of electrons in the future.

Failing the climate test: LNG projects awaiting final investment decision do not stand up to U.S. Government analysis - Greenpeace - Greenpeace Read the report: Download "Failing the “Climate Test.” The multi-volume analysis, termed the 2024 LNG Export Study, represents the most comprehensive government assessment to-date of the energy, econo...

Our NEW report with @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social + @earthworks.bsky.social finds that further investments in exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are incompatible with a liveable climate. Learn more: www.greenpeace.org/usa/failing-the-climate-test/

I've seen a lot of commentary about 'shifting goalposts' for farmers from agri lobbyists over the last 2 days. The goalposts haven't shifted, the government just ignored them until now. The Habitats Directive has been in force since 1992, it's high time they were properly applied to agri pollution.

The far right’s climate power grab The Patriots for Europe, a new far-right force in Brussels, has won the right to lead the European Parliament’s 2040 climate target discussions.

This is very bad news. What's more incredible is that EPP could have outbid the far right and didn't.

The complacency around the threat posed by the far-right to Europe's climate agenda is shocking.

www.politico.eu/article/the-...

How drinking water will become scarcer and more polluted as climate change impacts hit Ireland Ireland’s drinking water sources will be scarcer and more polluted as climate change plays havoc with rainfall and rivers, new government analysis shows.

How drinking water will become scarcer and more polluted as climate change impacts hit Ireland www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...

Europe's reliance on fossil fuel imports funds autocratic regimes, creating a dangerous vulnerability.

The transition to clean, homegrown energy isn't just an environmental goal—it's a national security imperative.

Following is mentioned: "...3 (g) Seek to remove regulatory and financial barriers to the development of local communityowned renewable energy projects and revisit the question of sharedownership opportunities for developer-led projects..." but agree there's considerably more to do re systems change

Hi Helen,FoE strongly supports need for community participation. While community co-design etc isn't main focus of joint decl'tion, there are community-related points in it - www.friendsoftheearth.ie/assets/files...
Also info here - friendsoftheearth.eu/community-en...
Feel free to message me

Big thanks to all orgs, & esp. Harriet Emerson for brilliant facilitation!
See -
www.friendsoftheearth.ie/assets/files...

www.friendsoftheearth.ie/get-involved...