Climate Ambassador's Dublin screening also includes a great panel discussion event with Phoebe Duvall, An Taisce Senior Planning and Environment Officer and Eileen Costello Rawat (Stop Kentstown Power Plant campaign). Empowering way to spend Earth Day.
‘A ray of hope’ for a solar-powerful Sun-day:
"Energy crises could be a thing of the past if reliable, cheap and abundant clean energy is given precedence over fossil fuels."
This ray could illuminate a sustainable way forward for Ireland and the EU
www.euronews.com/2026/04/15/a...
On Thursday Tánaiste Simon Harris spoke the truth for nearly ten seconds!
Deadline approaching to oppose this large fossil-fuel plant being advanced in a rural community, close to homes and schools
Check Athenry Peaker Plant Concern Group’s Facebook page for information and submission clinics
www.facebook.com/login/?next=...
Deadline for submissions is 24th April 2026
'...a senior commission official reminded national authorities of their obligation to “keep confidential all information and key performance indicators for individual datacentres”...'
This will only get worse now that data centres are going 'off-grid'!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“Continued investment in fossil fuels no longer makes sense economically, politically or ecologically. The current disruption creates an opportunity for transformation toward more peaceful, just, renewable-based futures.”
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Call to join a protest for climate change saying the energy crisis is the climate crisis on a green background with a megaphone
JOIN THE EARTH DAY PROTEST: 5.30pm, 22/4
Next Wednesday, 22nd April, Party Leader Roderic O'Gorman will bring a Green Party motion to the Dáil to mark Earth Day.
It calls for a renewed commitment to our 2030 climate targets, the protection of the Climate Act, and increased investment in nature.
“…The latest climbdown...represents a setback for climate policy that will further weaken Ireland’s resilience to global price shocks…
…With or without taxes, fuel costs are revenues that leave the country and enrich petrostates, oligarchs and war criminals…”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
"...the facts have changed, and changed decisively, over the last decade and more as renewable energy technologies have rapidly matured.
Wind and solar, supported by battery arrays and e-fuels, are now the cheapest, cleanest sources of energy in history..."
Later this month ministers will gather to share plans to transition their economies away from oil, gas and coal without leaving workers and communities behind
This is exactly what Ireland needs - and fast!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A reminder that climate breakdown is happening and set to worsen (without new fossil fuel extraction):
2025 highlights:
- Storm Éowyn - most destructive winds on record
- Prolonged droughts and the earliest-ever water restrictions
- Severe localised flooding
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Just when we thought it couldn't get worse:
New law means major energy projects won't be checked for their climate impact
They're ramming through laws so they can ram through climate-wrecking projects
and undermining our legislative system in the process
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
“The [Limerick] Chamber has continually highlighted Ireland’s exposure to international energy shocks”
This is their argument in favour of increased fossil fuel dependence?!
Given recent events it's clear we need renewable energy to protect us from these shocks
www.independent.ie/regionals/li...
Some good news – priority for any infrastructure improvements should be for new homes not new data centres!
www.siliconrepublic.com/business/cap...
In 2024, 24 GHG permits were issued by the EPA to data centre operators in Ireland for diesel generators. These permits are for facilities with thermal input >20 MW, the equivalent energy to power 13,000–16,500 homes.
Will DCs be asked to conserve energy?
www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
Appalling April Fools' Day Decision
- Sources and prices of LNG more volatile than ever
- New Fortress Energy facing bankruptcy (ieefa.org/resources/wh...)
- LNG worse for the climate than coal
No joke and incredibly foolish!
www.independent.ie/regionals/ke...
The increasing role that the data centre industry plays in the generation, transmission and distribution of energy in Ireland means that it is a de facto energy utility without any formalised responsibility or oversight.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Yet another large fossil-fuel plant being advanced in a rural community, close to homes and schools
Check Athenry Peaker Plant Concern Group’s Facebook page for information and submission clinics
www.facebook.com/groups/10981...
Deadline for submissions is 24th April 2026
"The central issue is straightforward. Data centre demand is so large, spatially concentrated, inflexible and growing so quickly, that neither the electricity grid nor renewable generation can keep pace. Fossil gas is filling that gap."
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
“These [extreme weather events] are not accidents. These are the result of climate change, of our historical emissions...we know these things are being made more frequent, more likely, by climate change, and therefore we need to build a plan and take action.”
www.thejournal.ie/extreme-weat...
Keep Ireland LNG free!
@nhna.bsky.social @foeireland.bsky.social
"Spain’s electricity price is much less influenced by the ever-fluctuating cost of gas, which increased by 55 per cent the day after the Iran war started and has continued to rise…”
Ireland should follow suit to protect consumers and the climate!
www.euronews.com/2026/03/11/s...
TD Ó Muirí, Chair of the Climate Committee: “...decarbonising our energy system is the best way to secure energy independence and reduce costs for families...I urge the Minister to make [this] a non-negotiable priority...”
We need to scrap LNG not carbon taxes!
dublinpeople.com/news/northsi...
Public meeting Sunday to build opposition to LNG in Clare
- LNG is worse for the environment than coal
- US LNG tanker is not more secure from attack or price volatility than existing pipelines
- A massive tanker is not good for tourism
7pm 29 March
Temple Gate Hotel
Ennis V95 HOXK
Public meeting
Sunday 29 March at 7pm
Temple Gate Hotel, Ennis V95 HOXK
With contributions from Irish anti-LNG activists and Claudia Campero, climate activist from Mexico. Will be an opportunity to build the campaign against importing US fracked gas in Clare
#KeepIrelandLNGFree
Irish households are already struggling with soaring energy bills.
But data centres’ exploding electricity demand is making things worse.
Consumers are paying through levies that fund capacity subsidies while Big Tech profits from the AI boom.
We break it down 👇
beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/03/26/i...
Ireland's electricity capacity market - adds to all our electricity bills to facilitate expansion of data centres, and actually pays those data centres to install on-site fossil fuel generation!
beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/03/26/i...
The recent CRU decision allows new data centres to operate using only fossil fuels for the first six years
The link between data centres and US LNG is all too clear - and we don't want or need either!
Sign our @uplift.ie petition, contact your TD, and watch this space
my.uplift.ie/petitions/ke...
"The government of Puerto Rico may have an opportunity...to escape an onerous contract with a company that has not proved to be a good business partner for the island."
Ireland should take note and keep NFE LNG out of the Shannon Estuary!
ieefa.org/resources/wh...
Clare LNG cons:
- Jobs gained lost in tourism
- US supplied tanker not more secure from attack or price volatility than existing pipelines
Hear the rest Sunday!
7pm 29 March
Temple Gate Hotel
The Square, Clonroad Beg, Ennis V95 HOXK
www.clare.fm/news/meeting...
@uplift.ie @trocaire.bsky.social
