Article Category: Fowl Emissions

LOAVES AND FISHES

November 28, 2019

The biblical tale of the miracle of the loaves and fishes has nothing on Ireland’s world-beating beef and dairy sectors, which, if we... Read more »

RYAN WOBBLES ALREADY

October 31, 2019

After years as a fringe resistance movement in Kerry and Clare, the battle against Shannon LNG has suddenly gone implausibly mainstream, with a... Read more »

WHAT’S A HYBRID CAR?

October 16, 2019

Earlier this month, RTÉ’s website ran a scoop, headlined, ‘Toyota to drop petrol versions of Corolla and C-HR’. Motoring editor Donal Byrne explained... Read more »

GREAT GAS GUYS!

October 3, 2019

“IT’S OIL OVER!” declared the Irish Daily Mirror’s front-page headline, heralding Leo Varadkar’s ‘historic’ announcement at the UN Climate Summit in New York... Read more »

GARDEN OF EDENS

September 5, 2019

US billionaire Wes Edens has an “affinity for the underdog”, according to the Wall Street Journal. Edens is founder and CEO of New... Read more »

BRUTON’S BOMBSHELL

August 22, 2019

With the political focus on urgent climate mitigation, a deep retrofit is probably the most effective single action an average Irish family could... Read more »

NOT SO CANNEY

August 8, 2019

Bono and Mary Robinson are among the famous faces wheeled out as part of Ireland’s bid for a seat on the UN Security... Read more »

BIG PHIL’S ‘FAKE NEWS’

July 25, 2019

Since the removal of EU milk quotas in 2015, Ireland’s dairy herd has grown by more than a quarter, sending carbon emissions –... Read more »

‘FREEDOM GAS’

July 11, 2019

When your industry is dirty, it helps to be well connected. Making cement is a filthy business and Irish Cement’s plant in the... Read more »

FOOL’S GOLD

June 27, 2019

Surprisingly, there still seems to be parts of Ireland’s natural environment that have yet to be exploited for monetary gain. But fear not... Read more »

IBEC’S CHEAP CLIMATE CHANGE

June 12, 2019

While agri interests tend to grab the headlines, the real lobbying muscle in Ireland resides in employers’ group Ibec. For years, it has... Read more »

CLIMATE SPEAK

May 29, 2019

  If rhetoric could reduce emissions, Ireland would by now be a world leader rather than laggard. The ‘green wave’ hype of recent... Read more »

CLIMATE DENIERS RETREAT

May 16, 2019

Ireland this month became only the second country in the world to declare a climate emergency. In fact, we went even further than... Read more »

REBELS AND REACTIONARIES

May 2, 2019

THE Extinction Rebellion movement brought civil disobedience on to streets across the world last month in a furious, but carefully planned, response to... Read more »

IFA VS DR WHO

April 18, 2019

When you find yourself picking a fight with schoolkids, chances are you’re going to end up on the losing side, as the Irish... Read more »

REVOLVING DOORS

April 4, 2019

As the saga of Brid Smith’s Climate Emergency Measures Bill – to ban new oil and gas exploration licences – drags on, Goldhawk... Read more »

RICHARD BRUTON’S TO DO LIST

April 4, 2019

When Enda Kenny set up the Citizens’ Assembly in 2016, it was to be an exercise in democracy, or perhaps in can-kicking. It... Read more »

KIDDING YOU NOT

March 21, 2019

The kids are all right. Last Friday, an estimated 1.4 million schoolchildren worldwide walked out of school and took to the streets to... Read more »