Step One Enter your Details Take our e-action to say no to U-turns on LNGLiquefied Natural Gas, or LNG, is one of the very worst fossil fuels - indeed it has been described as the “liquid path to climate chaos”. It’s fossil gas that is extracted (often by highly polluting fracking methods), chilled to minus 162°C in order to be liquefied, shipped across an ocean, converted back into gaseous form and then pumped on to its final destination where it will be consumed and burned. All of this comes with huge carbon emissions. And that’s not all. LNG can have devastating social and health impacts on the communities it touches. Think of communities in the US whose land, water and air is being contaminated by massive fracking operations. Or communities in Ireland faced with the prospect of having a polluting gas-filled terminal on their doorstep should LNG imports in Ireland be given a green light. One of the Green Party’s conditions for going into Government was that the coalition Government would oppose the development of LNG terminals for importing fracked gas into Ireland. Highly polluting fracked LNG was a red line issue - and rightly so. But now we’re worried that Minister Eamon Ryan may be considering a U-turn on long-standing Green Party policy on LNG. He made worrying comments in the Business Post that the Government is considering accepting polluting LNG. This would be a disaster for Ireland’s climate commitments - and for communities facing fracking or the development of LNG import terminals in their area. We need the Minister to clarify on record in the Dáil that his review of energy security will reject LNG.Please take our e-action urging Eamon Ryan not to U-turn on LNG. Let’s remind him that this is a redline issue for the climate movement! And that any change of position on it would be a fatal betrayal of climate activists. 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No, I don't want to hear from you again. Only use my personal data to deliver this campaign action. We respect your privacy, read more. Friends of the Earth will send you periodic updates and action alerts by email. We will do our best to respect your time and interest. You can remove yourself from the mailing list at any time by using the link at the bottom of emails we send you. We will not give your email address to anybody else. Check Your Message Message Subject: Edit the email subject line - (optional) Message Text: Dear (each target will get a separate, personalised email), I am emailing regarding recent mixed messages on allowing a dirty polluting liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal to be built in Ireland. I want you to state clearly in the Dáil that an LNG terminal is not supported by the Government. I am concerned as, on the one hand, you made worrying comments in the Business Post that Government is considering accepting polluting LNG due to supposed vague security risks, notwithstanding current Government commitments against LNG development. Then on the other hand, your spokesperson subsequently made very clear and progressive clarifications in the Irish Times about your views. I strongly support the statements that: - Any new proposed measures have to comply with “our legally binding climate targets and avoid locking us into long-term fossil fuel infrastructure or allowing the use of fracked gas”. - A commercial LNG facility would not “meet these criteria as it would only expand our use of gas and make us more reliant on such imports”. - “A commercial facility would also be focused on supplying private customers rather than providing backup storage and security for the Irish people which is the strategic objective of the review.” However, there has been radio silence where it really matters - in the Dáil. In fact your Oireachtas statement on this issue on 28th March made no mention whatsoever of the information provided by your spokesperson. Can you clarify that your review of energy security will reject LNG? I agree with reasons Friends of the Earth has put forward in their recent letter to you (available here: https://bit.ly/foeletterlng ). They highlight that preventing lock-in to new fossil fuels goes to the root of your party’s position in Government and why it would be the entirely wrong approach on both security and climate grounds. More gas is not the same as more security - it is the opposite: locking us into dependence on dirty dangerous gas at the very time we should planning for a fossil free future. Your Government needs to clearly assess the risks not only for current imports but also the real dangers of dirty fracked gas for communities in the US and for communities in Ireland exposed to a polluting gas-filled terminal on their doorstep. Please clarify that any energy security proposals in the coming weeks will not permit the development of LNG in Ireland. Yours sincerely etc, Edit the email text - (optional) Next Step - Preview your message → Categorised in: Energy Tagged with: Fracking No New Gas Shannon LNG