Clare - Good Energies Alliance Ireland

Victory! “No plans” for Fracking Study Monitoring

Nov 19, 2015 | News

Tenders are not being issued Our Stop the Study campaign has had an impact! Tenders for contractors to set up monitoring stations in Fermanagh, Leitrim and Clare and do air, water and ground monitoring for 12 months have not been issued. And this week we learned...

$Decisions on fracking in Ireland delayed until after 2016$

Decisions on fracking in Ireland delayed until after 2016

Nov 6, 2014 | Local news

In 2012, the Government decided that no decisions on granting exploration licences for fracking would be made until a comprehensive research study would be done, coordinated by the EPA. Public consultation on the Terms of Reference of this study was carried out in...

Will the EPA include a Health Impact Assessment in the new research study?

Mar 15, 2013 | Local news, Shale gas News

Over 1,300 submissions were received by the EPA concerning the proposed Terms of Reference for their new Research Study on fracking. The majority of those demanded a study on the impacts of Health on the whole process of fracking. Among many other individuals and...

2-year moratorium on exploration licences!

Mar 10, 2013 | Local news, Press Release, Shale gas News

GNU licence, wikimedia commons Meredithw Minister Fergus O’Dowd has finally given in to pressure from those campaigning against shale gas exploration and announced an unofficial moratorium on exploration licences. In a press release on 7th March, he confirmed that two...

General meeting and talk by Jessica Ernst March 2nd

Feb 27, 2013 | Local news

“FRACKING COMMUNITY. Actions and omissions speak louder than words”. Jessica Ernst will speak at this event, to be held in Leitrim Village Community Centre on Saturday 2nd March at 7-10pm. All welcome. Jessica Ernst is a Canadian scientist who has worked...