Despite environmentalist warnings of “overpopulation,” a Lancet study last year predicted that the world’s population will decline significantly in the coming decades for the first time in centuries. Yesterday Gript reported on the fact that Iran has enacted new legislation aimed at encouraging more births. Iran’s new “Law on Family and Youth Support” is part […]
As soon as I heard that there was to be a significant storm passing over Ireland, I immediately had one thought: “I bet groups like the Greens will try to link this to man-made climate change somehow.” And as sure as night follows day, our salad-eating friends did not disappoint. First thing this morning, Climate […]
A TD has said that Ireland could not solve the issue of climate change or substantially reduce global carbon emissions, “even if we went back to the Stone Age.” The remarks were made earlier this week by Independent Cork South-West TD Michael Collins. FOOD IS NOT A LUXURY “Agriculture should not be carrying a levy […]
Irish politics is an immensely silly business. No wonder they leave the real decisions about running the country to Dr. Holohan, and his team.
China has not pledged to reduce emissions by one single tonne.
The Sensible Environmentalist
Depury McGrath said the Climate Action Plan also has a “bitter bias” against the common car, given the requirement to shift to electric vehicles.
The unfortunate fact is that there is little that Ireland can accomplish at COP26
The Catholic Church’s overseas development agency Trócaire has claimed that by ‘using the most progressive and urgent parameters’ Ireland would need to achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2024 in order for the states policy to constitute a ‘fair’ response to climate change. Trócaire says that this claim can be substantiated by applying the […]
What was proposed yesterday amounts instead to a stunning act of national self harm, inflicted not only on the current inhabitants, but on future generations who will bear the immense and unprecedented cost.
Irish climate policy basically takes no account of immigration as a factor for rising emissions whatsoever, even though population is the single biggest driver of environmental damage.
Irish politicians only work on problems they can’t solve