Senator Higgins calls on Government to oppose EU-Israel Gas Deal

The European Union agreement to import gas from Israel is morally inconsistent & does not even specify exclusion of occupied territories - especially worrying given gas reserves in Levant Basin. This week, I asked Minister Eamon Ryan to speak up for international law at key EU meeting of Energy Ministers next week.

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Public Consultation on Carbon Budgets - Closing 8th February

Ireland’s first two Carbon Budgets as currently proposed are not ambitious enough. They don’t match up to either UN standards or the promises in the programme for government, they don’t deliver climate justice and there are potential loopholes and accountancy tricks like ‘forward counting’ which need to be taken off the table. However, the budgets are not yet finalised and there is still a chance to improve them if we act fast – I encourage everyone to speak up in the public consultation before it closes on February 8th.

Here is the link to the public consultation:

https://www.gov.ie/en/consulta...

and these are some of the most urgent points I will be making: