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# friends of the earth

This year
2023
New data centres mooted for Dublin can't operate if they put energy security at risk, says Ryan
Friends of the Earth, an organisation which opposed the plans, says the data centres pose “a triple threat”.
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Sep 20th 2023, 8:49 PM
Amazon secure planning permission for three data centres in Dublin despite emission concerns
Fingal County Council gave the go-ahead to AWS firm for the construction of three new data centres in the region.
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Sep 19th 2023, 10:26 PM
Climate activists hold demonstration in Dublin ahead of UN sustainability talks
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Tanaiste Micheal Martin and environment minister Eamon Ryan will attend the UN General Assembly in the week ahead.
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Sep 17th 2023, 4:44 PM
Small business owner says tyre deflators don’t think of ‘knock-on consequences’
A leading environmentalist however said the actions of The Tyre Extinguishers is ‘absolutely not vandalism’.
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Jun 17th 2023, 10:00 AM
Last year
2022
'More natural gas does not mean more energy security for Ireland,' Dáil committee hears
The Government is facing calls to back the development of a commercial LNG import terminal in North Kerry.
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Mar 29th 2022, 1:13 PM
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Oisín Coghlan: New Climate Bill scores 3 wins, 2 losses and a draw on our tests
The head of Friends of the Earth says the Bill does well on targets but falls short on just transition and fracked gas.
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Mar 25th 2021, 8:00 AM
Opinion: 'Ireland only made its pollution targets in 2010 by crashing the economy'
Every day we delay the inevitable transition to sustainable energy – makes it more costly and disruptive, writes Oisin Coghlan.
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Feb 5th 2019, 7:00 AM
People encouraged to bring camping gear home from Electric Picnic
The 55,000 people who attended the festival will generate at least 400 tonnes of waste.
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Sep 3rd 2017, 7:45 PM
"Little more than lipstick on a pig." Environment groups not happy with Ireland's climate change plan
The draft plans commit Ireland to a “low-carbon economy by 2050″ but Friends of the Earth say detailed targets are needed.
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Apr 23rd 2014, 6:40 PM
Calls to exclude fossil fuel industry from all fracking research
However, the Environmental Protection Agency has said it would be unlikely that somebody with no links to the fossil fuel industry could produce a report on fracking processes.
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Sep 15th 2012, 8:30 AM
Column: We ignored signs of the bank crisis. What about the climate crisis?
Ireland is headed in the wrong direction, writes Molly Walsh – and the Government is blindly ploughing ahead.
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Jun 26th 2012, 7:30 AM