December 3rd, 2019 Last Wednesday, the Department of Climate Action and the Environment (DCCAE) launched a public consultation on Ireland’s …
Derrybrien: Our dismal failure to uphold the law
November 15th, 2019 The European Court of Justice (ECJ) took Ireland to the cleaners on Tuesday. The highest court in …
Hot Air: Ireland and the Climate Crisis
November 8th, 2019 If I ever tell you that it will only take an hour to interview you, you have …
Peatland emissions: the unspoken caveat to our net-zero ambitions
November 1st, 2019 Yesterday, the Government published the first progress report on its cross-departmental climate action plan that it says …
The ecological evidence is clear – multiple benefits of on-farm nature protection
October 23rd, 2019 Every day we make decisions about how best to prioritise our time, money and energy. Sometimes we …
Is there a role for LNG in Ireland’s ‘fair share’ of global climate action?
October 22nd, 2019 If we are to hold global temperature rise to limit climate change impacts to “tolerable” or “adaptable” …
Rebellion Week: On the side of the people
October 18th, 2019 On Thursday morning highly distressing footage emerged on social media of the public pulling down two Extinction …
Why we need to plan for the reintroduction of wolves
October 8th, 2019 Rising sea levels, intensifying storms, mass extinction, chronic pollution and environmental degradation – the dystopian future is …
Time to rebel – a call for civil disobedience
October 4th, 2019 For the past decades we have tried climate activism. It hasn’t worked. We’ve protested in our hundreds …
‘Troubling endorsement’ of gas by climate council
September 25th, 2019 The issue of continued exploration for fossil fuels is a vexed one, both globally and nationally. It …