18 Fold Increase In Marine Protected Areas Needed
18 FOLD INCREASE IN MARINE PROTECTED AREAS NEEDED TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIODIVERSITY LOSS
Ireland’s Marine Protected Areas must increase 18-fold by the end...
Silent killers of the biosphere revealed
I ran this article in the Irish Examiner in early October to mark and honour the 60th anniversary of the publication of ‘Silent Spring’...
Carbon offsetting a cynical cop-out on climate action
In the late Middle Ages, there was a roaring trade within the Catholic Church in the sale of indulgences, as handy way for...
Sorting scientific fact from fiction on climate
Seeking out and clinging to reassuring myths as an antidote to the often frightening realities around the climate emergency is a surprisingly common...
A walk on the wild side in the Beara peninsula
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Coming up short on fanciful sectoral emissions goals
As the controversial sectoral budgets for Ireland were published, the Irish Examiner asked for my take on how they measured up, particularly the...
The future is green, Soylent Green
Back in the early 1970s, even the year 2000 seemed an infinity away; for many, it conjured images of a glittering high-tech future....
We can feel the heat, but are we getting the message?
As the scorching summer of 2022 swept across Europe (it was to be the hottest summer ever recorded on the continent) I filed...
Doffing the ministerial cap to the lobbyists
I contributed the below piece to The Journal in late July by way of a commentary on the ongoing battle by Ireland’s agri-industrial...
Media needs to step up on covering the climate emergency
They say that if you’re not part of the solution, you’re likely part of the problem, and that certainly seems to hold for...
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