Where is the global net zero coming from? Nowhere, is the truthful answer.
Ireland, despite having the longest and strictest Covid lockdown in the EU, still fell short of its 2020 carbon emission targets by a significant margin. Yet the Greens are still doubling down on even more radical climate measures. Under a Green EU agreement called the Effort Sharing Decision, Ireland had agreed to reduce its carbon […]
Danny Healy-Rae challenges denial
Boris Johnson has declared that global warming is a more serious threat than Covid, and says it proves that we have to “listen to the scientists” and employ “urgent government action.” The comments were made at the Global Investment Summit at the Science Museum in London yesterday, where the British Prime Minister urged wealthy attendees […]
If the scientists are right, and if the disaster they confidently predict is to be forestalled, then the action will have to come from big countries. And in the United States, the action is…. not forthcoming:
Horticulture peat crisis deepens
Draft two years ago
“The science is not settled”: Irish climate scientist speaks out
Protestors glued themselves to the Blackwall Tunnel causing long queues
Mattie McGrath TD says that “the lunatics are running the asylum” when it comes to green energy and potential power outages this winter.
Saying “I told you so” is a rather unpleasant trait in a person, but there are times when it cannot be avoided. Last week, on these pages, I wrote that: the Government can live with electricity blackouts if they only affect the hapless citizenry. Such blackouts can be blamed on other factors: Maintenance. The need […]
6 things every rural person should know about climate change