We’re not quite there yet, but better days are coming Don’t all rush at once to get your bucket and spade, but this indecisive and entirely unhinged weather we’ve been having is due to shuffle off around the end of July. Hallelujah, etc. Met Éireann’s extended range forecast says that “current forecast data indicates mean […]
2 years ago
“This is a code red for humanity.” Human activity is changing the Earth’s climate in ‘unprecedented’ ways in thousands or hundreds of thousands of years, according to the UN’s latest report by leading climate scientists. Experts at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have even warned some of the changes now inevitable and “irreversible”, in […]
4 years ago
If proposed legislation is introduced, it will not be possible to buy new petrol or diesel cars in Ireland in 10 years’ time. The sale of new petrol and diesel cars in Ireland will be stopped by 2030 under legislation outlined in the Draft General Scheme of the Climate Action (Amendment) Bill 2019, published by […]
6 years ago
This is great news. New levies on plastic bags, disposable cups and waste disposal have been proposed by the Government, and frankly, we back it. The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Richard Bruton, has confirmed the introduction of the measures. Mr Bruton said the measures were aimed at encouraging more “sustainable behaviour” and […]
6 years ago
Marching for change. Thousands of students in Ireland will take part in strikes across the country today to demand more action from the government on climate change. This is the third time a climate strike has been organised by Irish school students after similar marches were held in March and May. Some schools and third level […]
6 years ago
Police warned against a mass protest.
10 years ago