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The Myth of Natural Gas and Other Fossil Fuels: We think we need them but we really don’t, and recent studies dispel the myth

A recent report from the United States shows that New York State can produce all its energy needs from renewable sources without any natural …

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PAST 1 Apr 2013

Interview with John Sweeney on the Irish Climate Bill and National Economic & Social Council report on climate policy

Sweeney is Professor of Geography and Director of the Irish Climate Analysis and Research Unit, National University of Ireland Maynooth

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1 Apr 2013

Interview with Siobhán Egan, Senior Policy Officer, BirdWatch Ireland

Interview with Siobhán Egan, Senior Policy Officer, BirdWatch Ireland on bird conservation, biodiversity, windfarms, farm birds, habitat displacement and more

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1 Mar 2013

Interview with Michael Barry, Director, Irish Dairy Industries Association

Interview with Michael Barry, Director of the Irish Dairy Industries Association, on Ireland’s grass-fed family-owned dairy farming, Harvest 2020 and its impacts on greenhouse gas emissions, and ways forward to address the climate change impacts

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1 Feb 2013

Interview with Lorcan O’Toole, Golden Eagle Trust of Ireland

Interview with Lorcan O’Toole of the Golden Eagle Trust on re-introduction of golden eagles in Donegal, as well as white-tailed eagles and red kites in Ireland

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1 Jan 2013

Interview with Alex Attwood, MLA, Environment Minister for Northern Ireland

Interview with Alex Attwood, Environment Minister, Northern Ireland, on recent initiatives, Special Areas of Conservation, independent environment agency, planning reforms, climate change, and fracking in Northern Ireland

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4 Nov 2012

Interview with Michael Ewing on the workings of the Irish Environmental Pillar

Interview with Michael Ewing on the workings of the Irish Environmental Pillar

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1 Oct 2012

Interview with Tim Jackson on Prosperity Without Growth

The main constraints on continuing growing the economy is an ecological one.

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31 Jul 2012

Interview with Jim Dillon, Farmer from Leitrim, Speaking About Fracking

Interview on the failures of the Irish planning system and some ways to fix it

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1 Jul 2012

Interview with Yvonne Scannell, Law School, Trinity College Dublin on failures of Irish planning system

Interview on the failures of the Irish planning system and some ways to fix it

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30 May 2012

Interview with Mary Robinson, President, Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice

Interview on the work of the Foundation in climate change and human rights, adaptation for vulnerable communities, and other issues

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4 May 2012

Mindy Lubber, President of CERES, on Environmental Regulation and Economic Growth

Mindy Lubber, the president of Ceres, explains why economic prosperity and smart environmental regulation go hand in hand.

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1 Feb 2012

Interview with Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director, European Environment Agency

Watch the video and find the EEA Eye on Earth mapping and information service discussed in the interview.

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2 Jan 2012

Interview with Patricia Mackey, Sustainable Northern Ireland

Interview with Patricia Mackey, Sustainable Northern Ireland

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1 Dec 2011

Interview with Geoff Nuttall, Head of WWF Northern Ireland

Interview with Geoff Nuttall, Head of WWF Northern Ireland

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1 Nov 2011

Interview with Pat Murphy, Head of Environment Knowledge Transfer at Teagasc, the Agriculture and Food Development Authority of Ireland

Interview with Pat Murphy, Head of Environment Knowledge Transfer at Teagasc, the Agriculture and Food Development Authority of Ireland

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3 Oct 2011

Interview with John Woods, Project Leader, Northern Ireland Green New Deal

Interview with John Woods, Project Leader, Northern Ireland Green New Deal

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1 Sep 2011

Interview with Liam Lysaght, Director, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland

Interview with Liam Lysaght, Director, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland

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1 Aug 2011

Interview with Judith Enck, Region 2 Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency

Interview with Judith Enck, Region 2 Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency

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16 Jul 2011

Interview with Paul Haller on Zen and our response to environmental challenges by Peter Doran

Roshi Paul Haller, Abbot of the San Francisco Zen Centre and Director of Practice at the Black Mountain Zen Centre in Belfast, talks to Dr Peter Doran about Zen and our responses to ecological change.

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1 Jun 2011

Interview with Langston James “Kimo” Goree VI, Director of Reporting Services, International Institute for Sustainable Development

Interview with Langston James “Kimo” Goree VI, Director of Reporting Services, International Institute for Sustainable Development on communication strategies

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1 May 2011

Interview with James Nix, Planbetter, an initiative of An Taisce, Friends of the Earth, Friends of the Irish Environment, and FEASTA

Interview with James Nix, Planbetter, an initiative of An Taisce, Friends of the Earth, Friends of the Irish Environment and FEASTA

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1 Apr 2011