“When the spade sinks into gravelly ground: My father, digging. I look down” –...
April 13th 2017
Seamus Heaney, along with a plethora of Irish artists have highlighted the Irish landscape as being paramount in creating, analyzing and solidifying the substance...
Solar Farm Legislation ‘Urgently Needed’, Says Cork Senator
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Solar farm legislation is “urgently needed” as councils struggle to deal with an explosion in planning applications, says Cork Senator.
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Scientists can be advocates and maintain scientific credibility
Posted on 13 April 2017 by dana1981
Scientists are often hesitant to engage in what might be considered “advocacy,” for fear of losing credibility with...
Supreme Court loss creates new problem for Adani’s Australian mine
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Fracking Bill may be passed before summer recess, Committee Says
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The Oireachtas environmental Committee is confident that the Bill to ban fracking will be signed into law before the Dáil breaks for...
Each degree of warming thaws India-sized area of permafrost – study
Permafrost, the layer of permanently frozen ground that lies just beneath the Earth’s surface in the polar regions, has been found to be more...
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