Gamekeeper and poacher: the two-faced nature of DCCAE
January 21st, 2019
The Department of Climate Action and the Environment (DCCAE) has a popular nickname among environmental activists: the Department of Climate Inaction.
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Court gives green light to challenge Cork plastic factory
January 21st, 2019
A local campaign group was granted leave this morning in the High Court to judicially review An Bord Pleanála’s (ABP) decision to...
Q&A: Can the UK meet its climate goals without the Wylfa nuclear plant?
The Japanese firm Hitachi has shelved a planned new nuclear plant at the Wylfa site on Anglesey in Wales, leaving a large hole in...
Climate change’s impact on groundwater could leave ‘environmental timebomb’
Over the next 100 years, the full impact that climate change is having on groundwater resources will become apparent in half of the world’s...
Davos elite looks to ‘Globalisation 4.0’ to stem climate change
Business leaders say the next wave of globalisation must create social benefits as well as provide technical solutions to climate change
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Lost for Words: Leo’s struggle with vocabulary of ecological collapse
January 21st, 2019
Writing in 2002, renowned nature journalist Michael Viney let loose his frustrations with Fianna Fáil and their inability to prioritise nature conservation...
Six big questions as Brazil’s new president heads to Davos
After months of rhetoric and speculation, what Jair Bolsonaro will actually deliver for Brazil's people and the Amazon will hinge on these questions
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2019 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #3
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Irish youth demand climate action from Leinster House
January 20th, 2019
Hundreds of young protesters rallied in front of the Dáil yesterday to call on the Irish Government to immediately address the growing...
2019 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #3
A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Jan 13 through Sat, Jan...
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He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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