# fossil-fuels - Monday 11 October, 2021
# CLIMATE CRISIS
# CLIMATE CRISIS
Burning of fossil fuels is killing us, UN health body warns ahead of Cop26 summit.
# fossil-fuels - Wednesday 27 January, 2021
# Sweeping Plans
# Sweeping Plans
Republicans criticised the plans and said they’d cost jobs.
# fossil-fuels - Monday 6 January, 2020
# Climate Action Plan
# Climate Action Plan
Minister Richard Bruton says today is a ‘hugely important step’ in underpinning measures of the Climate Action Plan.
# fossil-fuels - Thursday 3 October, 2019
# Fossil Fuels
# Fossil Fuels
A terminal in the Shannon estuary earmarked to hold fracked gas is to be placed on an EU special projects list.
# fossil-fuels - Tuesday 24 September, 2019
# Oil Exploration
# Oil Exploration
Yesterday, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar told a UN climate summit that oil exploration in Irish waters would end.
# fossil-fuels - Monday 23 September, 2019
# Fossil Fuels
# Fossil Fuels
During his speech, Varadkar said he wants Ireland to be known as a “green country”.
# fossil-fuels - Thursday 19 September, 2019
# Leo In The Us
# Leo In The Us
Varadkar will attend the UN General Assembly and address the summit on sustainable development goals.
# fossil-fuels - Tuesday 17 September, 2019
# Interview
# Interview
Martin wants the government to set a target for when it will be fossil-free.
# fossil-fuels - Tuesday 16 July, 2019
# Voices
# Voices
Climate change is undeniable, writes the head of petroleum industry grouping, and we all have a hand in it.
# fossil-fuels - Tuesday 11 June, 2019
# Air Pollution
# Air Pollution
The delay in expanding the smoky coal ban nationwide is due to fears over court action.
# fossil-fuels - Thursday 21 February, 2019
# Out Of Order
# Out Of Order
People Before Profit’s Richard Boyd Barrett accused the government of ‘dancing to the tune of fossil fuel companies’.
# fossil-fuels - Wednesday 31 October, 2018
# Oil And Gas Exploration
# Oil And Gas Exploration
Junior Minister Sean Canney dismissed a Bill which aims to stop the issuing of any new licences for the exploration of fossil fuels.
# fossil-fuels - Thursday 12 July, 2018
# Climate Change
# Climate Change
The passing of the Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill means the government will have to drop its coal, oil and gas investments.
# fossil-fuels - Tuesday 10 July, 2018
# Climate Change
# Climate Change
Climate change is having a severe impact on the most vulnerable in the world, writes Paul Healy from Trócaire.
# fossil-fuels - Saturday 7 July, 2018
# Opinion
# Opinion
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.
# fossil-fuels - Thursday 8 February, 2018
# Oil And Gas
# Oil And Gas
Costa Rica, Belize and France have already implemented similar measures to end oil activity in their waters.
# fossil-fuels - Thursday 11 January, 2018
# That's Bananas
# That's Bananas
These Young Scientists think so.
# fossil-fuels - Friday 9 December, 2016
# Fossil Fuels
# Fossil Fuels
“We will stay in the streets to fight back against anti-worker extremism,” said a union spokeswoman.
# fossil-fuels - Tuesday 1 December, 2015
# Smog
# Smog
In some parts of the city smog has reached levels 17 times the recommended limit from the World Health Organisation.
# fossil-fuels - Monday 8 June, 2015
# Fossil Fuels
# Fossil Fuels
The agreement among world leaders sends a strong signal to the climate change conference in Paris later this year.
# fossil-fuels - Thursday 30 October, 2014
# Power Play
# Power Play
Targets and backing for the renewable-energy sources should end after 2020, the state supplier says.
# fossil-fuels - Monday 13 October, 2014
# The Price Of Power
# The Price Of Power
And most government subsidies are flowing to the country’s fossil-fuel industries, EU says.
# fossil-fuels - Wednesday 3 September, 2014
# TURF'S UP
# TURF'S UP
…Especially women and children.
# fossil-fuels - Saturday 7 June, 2014
# Eco-friendly
# Eco-friendly
The RSA wants your view but it has some of its own ideas.
# fossil-fuels - Tuesday 3 June, 2014
# Poverty
# Poverty
Oxfam is calling on G7 leaders who are meting tomorrow to reassess Europe’s energy strategy to move towards more sustainable and affordable fuels.
# fossil-fuels - Monday 20 January, 2014
# Blue Energy
# Blue Energy
Ocean energy – known as ‘blue energy’ – covers all technologies that harvest renewable energy from our seas and oceans other than offshore wind.
# fossil-fuels - Monday 21 October, 2013
# Your Say
# Your Say
Britain is building a new nuclear reactor to provide electricity for homes – but should Ireland follow suit?
# fossil-fuels - Friday 3 May, 2013
# Solar Power
# Solar Power
Powered entirely by the sun, the plane can fly by day or night but it will never be able to carry passengers.
# fossil-fuels - Saturday 23 March, 2013
# Fracking
# Fracking
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.
# fossil-fuels - Sunday 13 January, 2013
# Oil
# Oil
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.
# fossil-fuels - Wednesday 28 November, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
Our blind faith in growing the economy may be ignoring some important facts, writes Dermot McNally.
# fossil-fuels - Saturday 13 October, 2012
# Gas
# Gas
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.
# fossil-fuels - Saturday 15 September, 2012
# Fracking
# Fracking
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.
# fossil-fuels - Friday 20 April, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
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.
# fossil-fuels - Tuesday 18 October, 2011
# Opinion
# Opinion
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.
# fossil-fuels - Wednesday 24 August, 2011
# Opinion
# Opinion
After Fukushima, nuclear power has become a bogeyman – but we shouldn’t dismiss it out of hand, writes physicist David Robert Grimes.
# fossil-fuels - Wednesday 13 April, 2011
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# fossil-fuels - Wednesday 23 March, 2011
# Environment
# Environment
Some of the destruction caused by humans destroying rainforests, draining marshes and drilling for fossil fuels has been captured by Nasa satellite photographs.
# fossil-fuels - Saturday 15 January, 2011
# Fossil Fuels
From Business ETC
# Fossil Fuels
BP has teamed up with Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft to explore for natural gas and oil off the Siberian coast.
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