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A broad and deep climate action plan that is not centered on carbon pricing?
Yep, it’s possible, and American enviros seem to think they have such a plan
Hey, Let’s Get Together and Form a Government in Ireland
OK, as long as we do not have to commit to any actual actions!
1 May 2020Juliana v. United States: A Disappointing Result
But with a lesson to be learned: we need to focus on the rhetoric of remedies, not causes
1 Feb 2020Climate Action for Others
Oh, yeh, for us too: music concerts, internet, and online shopping with home delivery
1 Jan 2020Fossil fuel interests supporting carbon taxes?
Watch for the wolf in sheep’s clothing
1 Jul 2019Climate Change Linguistic Tipping Point
How we talk about climate change is shifting
1 Jun 2019Is abstaining from eating meat on Mondays a mortal sin?
Yes it is, if you follow the church of the Irish Farmers’ Association
1 May 2019The ruckus over the Democrat’s Green New Deal
Linking climate change with economic inequality
1 Mar 2019Attacking the Irish Government’s abysmal National Mitigation Plan
The Friends of the Irish Environment eNGO raises the stakes in court
1 Feb 2019What’s With the Yellow Vest Protests in France Against a Diesel Fuel Tax
A Push Back on Carbon Pricing, or Something Else?
1 Jan 2019The Dark Side of Nuclear
It’s “clean” energy but when it goes wrong, it goes very wrong
1 Dec 2018Even more dire reports from the IPCC about devastating effects of climate change
Great news for the Trump administration! WTF?
27 Oct 2018The false choice of mitigation vs adaptation
It’s a dangerous dilemma for the indigenous Sami of Sweden and their reindeer
1 Sep 2018Watch for sheep dressed in oil cloth. They can be slippery.
That’s what proposals for carbon tax can sometimes feel like.
1 Aug 2018Some cheery thoughts about action on climate change
Sometimes, maybe most times, we can be depressed and depressing on environmental issues so it’s only fair to be cheery occasionally
1 Jul 2018Trump and Pruitt are trying to gut the US EPA and undermine its function to protect health and the environment
Reagan tried the same thing in the 1980s and here’s an example of how he failed at the Times Beach, Missouri dioxin Superfund site
1 Jun 2018