People Before Profit Limerick
Small farmers being pushed out as policy supports exports over food sovereignty.
Export-led model threatens the existence of the family farm, the quality of the soil and our ability to feed ourselves. Small farmers need support to lead the development of sustainable agriculture that cares more about feeding people than delivering profit to investors.
Air Quality in Mungret plummets as particulate density soars.
Mungret air quality recorded as poor, with pollution effects seen 8km away in Castletroy. Ruairí Fahy outlines People Before Profit's approach for tackling Air Quality and energy poverty at the same time.
Irish Cement granted licence to burn tyres as Mungret tops air pollution table.
Last week air pollution measured by the sensor in Mungret exceeded the annual limits set out by the WHO as safe. People Before Profit calls for greater monitoring of other pollutants and stronger enforcement of environmental regulations around industrial sites.
International Day of Clean Air for blue skies but Mungret lies in a cloud of smoke.
On the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies the Mungret air quality sensor recorded measurements exceeding the upper limit as set out in EU directives for PM2.5 over a 24 hour period. Ruairí Fahy details the health impacts of Air Quality and outlines People Before Profit's approach for tackling Air Quality and energy poverty at the same time.
LNG terminal won't bring energy security, just higher prices.
People Before Profit joined activists from across the coutry at the Climate Camp, organized by Slí Eile, in Tarbert to lay out a strategy for the opposition to LNG imports which would encourage increased use of fossil fuels while delivering higher energy prices, damaging the planet and destroying the lives of workers and people living near the extraction sites.
Data Centre expansion and LNG construction puts “climate targets impossibly out of reach.”
War in Ukraine being used as cover for expanding polluting industries at a time whne the IPCC has made it clear that we need to stop building fossil fuel infrastructure if we want to avoid climate collapse and human extinction. In an attempt to build local support New Fortress energy begins public lobbying campaign for an LNG terminal using selective quotes from experts and politicians.
Decision on Shannon LNG deferred until September
The investors in Shannon LNG see it as a prospect that will pay out for 30 years or more. Instead of just delaying the project it should just be denied instead of locking us into using fossil fuels for decades.
Latest UN report condemns “green capitalism” as solution to climate change
IPCC chair Dr. Hoesung Lee warns “half measures are no longer an option”. People Before Profit spokesperson Ruairí Fahy says “it’s clear we can’t avoid climate collapse under capitalism”
Opposition to the ‘Greening of Gas and Nuclear‘
People Before Profit opposed any attempt to label gas or nuclear as green energy. Lobbyists have been making efforts to have these technologies labelled as green to avoid a transition to renewables.
Mining in Clare threatens air, water, biodiversity and livelihoods across the mid-west
“Large scale industrial mining in East Clare would be a disaster” says PBP rep along with calls for Eamon Ryan to reject the granting of a prospecting licence to Minco Ireland Ltd. in Clare
Limerick is quickly becoming the pollution capital of Ireland
The Shannon LNG planning application to build an LNG terminal, gas burning turbine and data-centre risks making Limerick and the Midwest Ireland's pollution capital, according to Limerick People Before Profit. The party has criticised the plans as “expanding climate damaging industries, at a time when the country has declared a climate emergency”