January 16th, 2020 Last year was the warmest year for the ocean in all of human history, according to a new study. Research from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics also found that the past five years produced the warmest ocean temperatures on record. The Atlantic Ocean has absorbed a large Read more…
December 19th, 2019 Climate change is the utmost human rights challenge of our generation, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights told an audience in the capital this morning. Speaking at an event at the Bar of Ireland building in Smithfield today, Professor Philip Alston said that Read more…
Natural gas pipeline USA Photo: Bilfinger
December 3rd, 2019 Average temperatures over the past decade are almost certain to be the highest on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). New data released by the WMO also indicates that 2019 is on course to be the second or third warmest year on record following a Read more…
Ireland is not among the EU states calling for the bloc to put a price on aviation’s contribution to climate change. Finance ministers from nine EU countries have called upon the newly appointed European Commission to help end the under-taxation of aviation as jet fuel remains largely tax-exempt. Ministers from Read more…
September 18th, 2019 When you were 15, what was your biggest worry? An upcoming test, a crush, your friendships? Today, 15 year old children and younger are kept awake at night because of thoughts of what this planet will be like when they grow up. Too many are facing the Read more…
September 18th, 2019 Dublin City University has joined University College Cork in urging its staff and students to join the global school strike against climate inaction this Friday. In an email sent to staff this afternoon seen by The Green News, the university’s chief operations officer Dr Declan Raftery invited Read more…
August 27th, 2019 A new analysis from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) singles out Ireland as a European laggard across a range of important climate and environmental areas, including emissions levels, forest cover and air pollution. While the findings in the CSO’s Environmental Indicators Ireland analysis is based mainly on Read more…
August 26th, 2019 Leaked documents reveal plans from Jair Bolsonaro’s government to push for the economic development of the Amazon in order to block a multi-country conservation project to protect the rainforest. In leaked PowerPoint slides, the controversial president’s administration outlines plans to scupper the Andes-Amazon-Atlantic Corridor (Triple-A) project to Read more…
August 21, 2019 In an oddly-phrased opinion piece in The Irish Times last Friday, business journalist Mark Paul criticised those who argue that economic contraction – degrowth – will bring about a happier society. He described them as “fetishists” whose proposals would in fact cause severe suffering. The author believes Read more…
