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Mary Robinson suggested that eating vegetables instead of meat might be good for the planet
The farming lobby busted an artery in response. They could have saved their artery by eating less meat and more vegetables.
1 Nov 2016Brexit and Its Potential Impacts on Northern Ireland’s Environment
Where to place your bets
1 Oct 201640 years ago a cloud of dioxin descended on Seveso, Italy
The land and homes became toxic, hundreds of children were inflicted with chloracne, pregnant women were put at risk
1 Sep 201664 Years after the London Fog Disaster of 1952 and 60 Years after the UK Clean Air Act of 1956
And yet?
1 Aug 2016Brexit, BoJo and the Conservative Party, and Air Pollution in London and Beyond: What A Mess
Who will protect the citizens of London and other urban areas against air pollution – not the UK government, with or without Brexit
1 Jul 2016The “Environment” in the Irish Programme for Government — Missing in Action
The “environment” has gone missing from the 2016 Irish government’s Programme for Government. Where did it go?
1 Jun 2016Adapting Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal,” We Offer the Irish Government a Plan B for Reducing GHG Emissions
And avoiding any inconvenience to the agri-food industry
1 May 2016Look at what happens as result of climate change in 10,000 years, based on decisions now being taken on climate policies
Then imagine Donald Trump or like-“minded” politicians making those decisions
1 Mar 2016David Roberts (Vox) on Why Zero is Way More Than 2 or 350
The “bracing clarity of a vision for Zero carbon”
1 Feb 2016In Paris, global action on climate change was taken (sort of), but what’s happening locally in Ireland and the United Kingdom?
NOT MUCH.
1 Jan 2016Paris, climate change talks, and terrorists/tyrants
When words sometimes fail, a picture can be worth a thousand words
1 Dec 2015Heading to Paris: there are some hopeful signals emerging from all the noise surrounding climate change talks BUT there is a helluva storm coming right behind those signals
Perhaps the largest change from previous talks involving the Conferences of the Parties (COP) is that we have dropped the attempted COP imposition of …
1 Nov 2015Climate change -> drought => armed conflict + political instability = mass migration, as in Syria
Climate change’s role in recent mass migrations from Syria
1 Oct 2015Water, Water Everywhere and Not A Drop to Drink for Free – Soon It may Be Little Water Anywhere and You’ll Be Glad to Pay Just to Get Some
Some Irish resist paying for water while the supply of water itself continues to diminish
1 Sep 2015The wonders of language where fossil fuel companies fight “energy poverty” and Irish farmers fight global hunger with beef and cheese
On arguments that coal, meat and dairy products are good for poor people
1 Aug 2015Dutch Court Orders Dutch Government to Increase Its Climate Change Targets
A “landmark”, “milestone”, “game-changer” legal decision on climate change
1 Jul 2015Cows, Apps, Sheep, and Drones: High Tech Comes to Agriculture
Devices for monitoring growth of grass, drones to herd sheep and more
1 Jun 2015Talk, Talk, Talk About Climate Change – It’s Driving Some Well-Intentioned People (like Jonathan Franzen) Crazy
Think global, act local and other metaphors for talking about climate change
1 May 2015Does Ireland Want More Cows or More Cars – It Can’t Have Both
Who is going to pay for the significant increase in dairy herds with Harvest 2020? Probably you.
1 Apr 2015