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Clare’s Green Party representative insists future data centres should only be granted a licence if they provide some benefit to the community. The government will publish its policy document on data centres in the coming weeks, with Taoiseach Mícheal Martin ruling out a moratorium on future developments. The Taoiseach’s insisted that data centres shouldn’t be […]

Austria and Greenpeace are planning legal action against a controversial EU plan to label gas and nuclear as 'green' sources of energy.

Futureproof Clare was among the 20 groups that participated in a national protest this Tuesday to try to stop planning approval for more rock-blasting at the bauxite refining site at Rusal Aughinish Alumina plant in Co Limerick.

Climate Justice Caravan embarks on 150km trek

Climate activists in Clare are concerned that this county could be disproportionately impacted if global temperatures increase by 1.5 degrees. It’s after a new study from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change showed any such jump would cause heatwaves, severe droughts and floods to the natural world. Governments are being called on to prioritise global […]

Clare’s Green Party Senator insists a planned increase in carbon taxes will help the most vulnerable to transfer away from relying on fossil fuels. It comes as a new UN report suggests climate change is already causing dangerous and widespread disruption to the ‘natural world’. A study from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change suggests […]

With around 70 data centres in Ireland and more to come, tech companies are now using a massively outsized amount of energy.

Groups claim larger bauxite operation would pose risk to Shannon estuary, health of locals

If approved, it would be one of the countrys biggest. A Dublin-based company called Art Data Centres Ltd. submitted the planning application for the center in July.

We asked Irish energy experts and campaigners for their views on the EU’s draft proposal to label gas and nuclear as green energy.