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  International Study: No Room for New Gas in Ireland’s Energy Transition

  Collin Rees, July 9, 2018
  A new study by Oil Change International has found that drilling for more new gas in Irish waters is not compatible with achieving the Paris Agreement to limit climate change. The report assesses the role of fossil gas in the energy system against the background of Ireland’s own decarbonization targets, and our obligations under the Paris Agreement.
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  Gas Is Not a Bridge Fuel: Why Ireland’s Climate Goals Cannot Be Met with More Gas

  Greg Muttitt, July 9, 2018
  Ireland is on course to miss both its short-term climate commitments within EU legislation, and its long-term target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector by between 80 and 95 percent by 2050. Expanded gas extraction will only make it more difficult to achieve these goals, and must be avoided in order to achieve a safe climate future.
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  Fracking “Could Cause Earthquakes On Up To Half Of Land Licensed In UK”

  Andy Rowell, May 22, 2018
  The exploitation of shale gas on half of the land licensed by the UK Government for fracking operations could trigger earthquakes, according to a leading seismologist and former energy advisor to the Tory Government.
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  Pressure on US Bank Mounts with Actions at Shareholder Meeting in Albuquerque

  Collin Rees, April 30, 2018
  This month we took escalated our campaign and took the fight directly to US Bank’s Annual Shareholder Meeting in Albuquerque, where representatives from pipeline resistance groups from across the nation told their stories directly to US Bank executives.
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  Former British PM, David Cameron, Argues Fracking is “Essential” for Post-Brexit UK

  Andy Rowell, March 29, 2018
  In 2006, the ex-British Prime Minister, David Cameron, famously went to the Arctic to see the effects of climate change for himself.
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  “There is no evidence that fracking can operate without threatening public health”

  Andy Rowell, March 14, 2018
  All together, findings to date from scientific, medical, and journalistic investigations combine to demonstrate that fracking poses significant threats to air, water, health, public safety, climate stability, seismic stability, community cohesion, and long-term economic vitality.
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  NC Fails Residents by Approving Atlantic Coast Pipeline Permit

  Collin Rees, January 26, 2018
  "The additional ‘restrictions’ placed are woefully inadequate. The DEQ mandates the use of ‘Horizontal Directional Drilling’ to protect the Neuse River – yet this same drilling technique is so dangerous that it’s resulted in state and federal regulators shutting down construction of two major natural gas pipelines just this month."
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  One Year of Trump

  Andy Rowell, January 22, 2018
  One year into Donald Trump’s presidency and the chaotic vortex is as dysfunctional as ever.
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  Jordan Cove LNG and Pacific Connector Pipeline Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  Lorne Stockman, January 11, 2018
  The proposed Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and Pacific Connector pipeline would be a substantial source of climate pollution for decades to come. This briefing provides an estimate of the project lifecycle emissions and provides the climate rational for rejecting the proposed project.
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  Report: First Comprehensive Analysis of Climate Impact of Jordan Cove LNG Terminal & Pacific Connector Pipeline

  David Turnbull, January 11, 2018
  A new report released by Oil Change International details, for the first time, the full accounting of greenhouse gas emissions that would result from the proposed Jordan Cove LNG Export terminal and Pacific Connector fracked gas Pipeline project in Oregon.