March 26th, 2020 Right now, millions of people around the world are waking each day with a sensation of panic in the pit of their stomach, a feeling that likely gnaws at them constantly, and is sharpened with every news bulletin and headline. For anyone who has been closely following Read more…
March 11th, 2020 2019 was the second warmest year on record and finished up with an average global temperature of 1.1 C above pre-industrial levels. The year was second only to 2016, which saw an El Nino climate event contribute to global mean temperature on top of what the World Read more…
February 12th, 2020 Fine Gael MEP Maria Walsh broke party lines this morning and voted with her “conscience” in favour of a motion that would have blocked the EU’s new priority energy list that includes over 50 new fossil fuel projects. The European Parliament ultimately voted down the motion to Read more…
January 24th, 2020 You see them everywhere. They are on our radios, in our timelines and sitting across from us at the dinner table. They give you that “oh my sweet summer child” look as you bring up the latest homelessness statistics. They use phrases like “But Venezuela…” if you Read more…
January 22nd, 2020 A new nationwide climate campaign launched today calling on general election candidates to ensure a faster and fairer route to climate leadership if they are elected to the next Dáil. Launching this morning at an event at Sandymount Strand, the One Future Ireland campaign looks to push election candidates to Read more…
October 23rd, 2019 Agricultural fields with greater biodiversity are better protected from harmful insects, promote natural pollination and produce higher yields, a new international study has found. The new study published in Science Advances analysed the value of ecosystem services at almost 1,500 agricultural fields across the globe, including cornfields Read more…
May 2nd, 2019 The State is undermining the climate movement by granting new licences for oil and gas exploration to the fossil fuel industry, People before Profit (PBP) has said. Referring to the Government’s newest exploratory drilling licence handed to CNOOC Petroleum Europe and ExxonMobil, Deputy Bríd Smith described the Read more…
February 7th, 2019 Last year Irish farmers had a hard year of it. On the one hand, the unprecedented summer weather caused havoc for crops and livestock. On the other, it is the farmers who are getting much of the blame for Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions. The reality of climate Read more…
February 6th, 2019 New findings that the past four years were the warmest on record shows that there is no longer any doubt that global warming is driven by human activity, Irish climate experts have said. Data released today by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) show Read more…
February 1st, 2019 Secondary school students across Ireland have called for a mass protest next month to demand Government action to tackle climate change and our growing emissions. The protest is planned for 15 March to coincide with a global day of protest known as the School Strike for Climate Read more…
