International seminar on climate change in Leitrim
An international seminar on climate change is taking place in Leitrim in the coming week. Good Energies Alliance Ireland (GEAI) will host the event in Ballinaglera as the final event of its “Climate Change – People Change?” project. It’s taking place in the community hall in Ballinaglera on Friday next…
Energy survey to take place in parts of Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal
One of the groups that was to the forefront in the campaign against fracking is now turning its attention to creating an awareness of how people use energy and what it costs them. Good Energies Alliance Ireland, with IT Sligo, is carrying out an energy survey in a number of…
Anti-frackers want total ban, both North and South
Anti-fracking campaigners are calling for governments in both North and South of Ireland to pass legislation that would totally prevent the fracking industry exploring for or extracting oil or gas from the earth in either jurisdiction. The call has come after anti-fracking groups took their case to Stormont in Northern…
Good Energies Alliance: Any future fracking studies need to focus on health
The Good Energies Alliance says it’s ‘unlikely’ a second phase of a fracking study will be carried out and that any future reports should examine the health implications of the process. Dr. Aideen McLoughlin a spokesperson for the Alliance which opposes fracking says they welcome the fact that the study…
Manorhamilton meeting hears implications of Antrim drilling
A meeting took place in Manorhamilton last night to review the impact of the situation at a site in northern Ireland on the north west region in relation to fracking. A company called Infrastrata started drilling in the last two weeks hoping to find oil in the Woodburn Forest area…