ANTI-FRACKING BILL WELCOME, BUT NOT ENOUGH

ANTI-FRACKING BILL WELCOME, BUT NOT ENOUGH

An amendment of the Petroleum and Minerals Act 1960 has been brought to the floor of the Dáil byand publicised as a ban on fracking.  The approach is to redefine Petroleum as “does not include any gas extracted through unconventional gas exploration and extraction...

Happy New Year!

Athbhliain Faoi Mhaise Duit Happy New Year! GEAI volunteers are back to work! After all the festive ambiance, food and parties we are back, fresh and full of hope this is going to be a very good year. I would like to tell you a few words about our holidays. We had the...

EPA and JOC video and transcript

After 3 hours, no satisfaction from EPA On 2nd December, the Joint Oireacthas Committee on Energy met with a delegation from EPA to discuss the research study on fracking. TDs questioned EPA following reports that the EPA-led study is being carried out by the oil and...