Blue hydrogen is often touted as a low-carbon energy source, and has recently been flagged by some about as a potential fuel source in Northern Ireland. However, campaigners believe that it will result in an expansion of fracking and should not be included in the energy mix. Environmental activists, including Read more…
15 February 2022 If you’re a climate news hawk, you probably saw the myriad of coverage last week around the announcement of the National Retrofitting Scheme. There were lots of great pieces on how the scheme itself is going to work and initial reactions – and with those bases covered, Read more…
28 January 2022 When Frank O’Connor and Jude Sherry moved back to Cork City from Amsterdam, they noticed some similarities between the two. In particular, there was the architecture and rich heritage of both cities. But there was one glaring difference they saw between them: the scale of dereliction. Amsterdam Read more…
25 January 2022 Irish research is paying more and more attention to the social science side of the climate crisis these days. Late last year we had the Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Change in the Irish Mind report and now today we’ve got brand-new research out of the Economics and Read more…
14 January 2022 It was quite the busy week over at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action. Members considered the proposed carbon budgets brought forward by the Climate Change Advisory Council last October and they had an array of experts weigh in on the subject. For a quick recap: Read more…
12 January 2022 As you might have already seen – we’re taking a new direction this year and that includes our biodiversity coverage. We’re going to be taking a closer look at the mosaic of creatures that make up Ireland’s biodiversity. We’ll be speaking to experts about all sorts of Read more…
7 January 2022 I tend to be a quiet film watcher. I don’t consult, I don’t verbally try to work out the plot in real time. I sit, I absorb and I debrief on the walk out if I’m in a cinema. I threw all those rules out the window Read more…
7 December 2021 Independent Senator Lynn Ruane recently brought forward a Companies Emissions Reporting Bill – which would do what it says on the tin: companies with over 50 employees would have to document their own emissions of greenhouse gases. And if passed, the Bill wouldn’t cover just the emissions Read more…
12 November 2021 Neal Huddon-Cossar was prepared for anything to happen on Tuesday night. A campaigner with the Gasativist Collective, his organisation joined forces with Shale Must Fall and Climate Camp Scotland to project climate crisis-related warnings and demands onto the venue hosting the soon-to-be-concluded COP26 climate negotiations. Along with Read more…
5 November 2021 The Climate Action Plan landed on our laps yesterday. You’ve probably seen a fair few headlines about it – it’s a very big deal. This 2021 edition is the roadmap for how the Government envisions Ireland will halve its emissions by the end of the decade and Read more…
