An Election Fable: Eamon, the Suckler and the Mislaid Climate

January 28th, 2020 Energised as a party, as deputy Catherine Martin put it at the launch of the Green’s election campaign earlier this month, spirits were high...

Climate inaction will cost €7 billion in 2020, says Greens

January 27th, 2020 Lack of climate action will cost the state over €7 billion by the end of this year, the Green Party has said in the...

Extinction Rebellion wants climate ringing in canvassers’ ears

January 27th, 2020 Climate canvassers are knocking on doors around the country urging voters to make climate action a key issue in the upcoming general...

Kill Bill: Access to Justice under threat by planning proposals

January 27th, 2020 During the closing months of its tenure, the outgoing Government proposed a Bill that would have left an even more stinging environmental...

Election 2020: Left unity vital to green new deal for Ireland

January 24th, 2020 You see them everywhere. They are on our radios, in our timelines and sitting across from us at the dinner table. They give you...

Mitigate, Adapt, or Suffer – the stark choices we face in Election 2020

January 24th, 2020 General Election 2020 must be the ‘Climate Election’. As the global climate and biodiversity emergency deepens, it is surely inconceivable that Irish politics can...

RTE says no to General Election climate debate

January 23rd, 2020 RTE has balked at the idea of holding a standalone climate debate in the run up to the general election next month. A...

General Election 2020 – a wake-up call for environmentalists

January 23rd, 2020 Voters don’t care about the environment. There, I said it. And I wouldn’t have believed it until this week either. I think I...

New campaign calls for faster, fairer climate action from next Government

January 22nd, 2020 A new nationwide climate campaign launched today calling on general election candidates to ensure a faster and fairer route to climate leadership...

European Parliament cements EU support for dozens of new gas projects

January 22nd, 2020 The European Parliament’s Energy Committee today voted down a motion to reject the EU’s list of priority energy projects that includes dozens...

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