2 June 2021 The Government’s recently published Economic Recovery Plan “feels more like ‘build back quick’ than ‘build back better’”, according to environmental organisations. Director of Friends of the Earth Oisín Coghlan commented that the €500 million towards ‘Advance the Green Transition’ is just a down payment on the much Read more…
17 May 2021 Covid-19 restrictions in Ireland had a significant impact on energy use and related carbon dioxide emissions in 2020. According to a study by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), the country’s total energy use dropped by 9.2 per cent while the economy contracted by 5.4 per Read more…
March 24th, 2020 Could the frightening pandemic now raging be a catalyst initiating the behavioural and economic changes necessary to offset the profound danger to humanity which climate and ecological disruption threatens? This is a question that I have been asking myself from the frontline of this crisis alongside my Read more…