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Saturday 24 October 2020
Minister Richard Bruton says today is a ‘hugely important step’ in underpinning measures of the Climate Action Plan.
A terminal in the Shannon estuary earmarked to hold fracked gas is to be placed on an EU special projects list.
Yesterday, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar told a UN climate summit that oil exploration in Irish waters would end.
During his speech, Varadkar said he wants Ireland to be known as a “green country”.
Varadkar will attend the UN General Assembly and address the summit on sustainable development goals.
Martin wants the government to set a target for when it will be fossil-free.
Climate change is undeniable, writes the head of petroleum industry grouping, and we all have a hand in it.
The delay in expanding the smoky coal ban nationwide is due to fears over court action.
People Before Profit’s Richard Boyd Barrett accused the government of ‘dancing to the tune of fossil fuel companies’.
Junior Minister Sean Canney dismissed a Bill which aims to stop the issuing of any new licences for the exploration of fossil fuels.
The passing of the Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill means the government will have to drop its coal, oil and gas investments.
Climate change is having a severe impact on the most vulnerable in the world, writes Paul Healy from Trócaire.
It’s time for the government to ban fossil fuel exploration and invest in the real local, rural renewable economy on our coastlines, writes Sinead Mercier.
Costa Rica, Belize and France have already implemented similar measures to end oil activity in their waters.
These Young Scientists think so.
“We will stay in the streets to fight back against anti-worker extremism,” said a union spokeswoman.
In some parts of the city smog has reached levels 17 times the recommended limit from the World Health Organisation.
The agreement among world leaders sends a strong signal to the climate change conference in Paris later this year.
Targets and backing for the renewable-energy sources should end after 2020, the state supplier says.
And most government subsidies are flowing to the country’s fossil-fuel industries, EU says.
…Especially women and children.
The RSA wants your view but it has some of its own ideas.
Oxfam is calling on G7 leaders who are meting tomorrow to reassess Europe’s energy strategy to move towards more sustainable and affordable fuels.
Ocean energy – known as ‘blue energy’ – covers all technologies that harvest renewable energy from our seas and oceans other than offshore wind.
Britain is building a new nuclear reactor to provide electricity for homes – but should Ireland follow suit?
Powered entirely by the sun, the plane can fly by day or night but it will never be able to carry passengers.
Fracking is an emotively driven environmental issue – but the Irish government could do worse than follow the UK in opening up the market here for exploration, writes Aaron McKenna.
These are the narrow bodies of water over which almost half of the world’s oil production must travel – and are therefore vulnerable to disruption.
Our blind faith in growing the economy may be ignoring some important facts, writes Dermot McNally.
Initial investigations suggest there could be a major gas reserve in the north-west of the country – but the possible use of fracking to extract the gas is highly controversial.
However, the Environmental Protection Agency has said it would be unlikely that somebody with no links to the fossil fuel industry could produce a report on fracking processes.
Even with the recent discovery of oil in Irish waters, Ireland remains one of the most dependent countries in the world on imported fuels. This can’t last, writes Eamon Ryan.
Yes, our oil resources are rich – but the cost of exploiting them means we’re better off leaving it to commercial firms, writes Simon Tuohy.
After Fukushima, nuclear power has become a bogeyman – but we shouldn’t dismiss it out of hand, writes physicist David Robert Grimes.
Environmental lobby group launched protest online and in person outside Facebook’s Dublin offices over the company’s use of coal-produced power.
Some of the destruction caused by humans destroying rainforests, draining marshes and drilling for fossil fuels has been captured by Nasa satellite photographs.
BP has teamed up with Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft to explore for natural gas and oil off the Siberian coast.
WE’RE JUST OVER 10 days out from what has been called one of the most important US presidential elections ever.
The United States will vote on 3 November on whether to back four more years of a Donald Trump presidency or opt for Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
TheJournal.ie will have you covered on the night itself and throughout the following day as results pour in.
Today, we want to know: Will you stay up to watch the US election?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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