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Tuesday 20 October 2020
Climate commentator John Gibbons outlines the critical state of the planet globally and urges us to embrace radical action to face down climate change.
Extinction Rebellion and Animal Rebellion marked the third of 10 days of disruption in the city.
A new study suggests that more than 900,000 square kilometres of floating ice shelves could split if fractures on their surface are submerged.
Ireland saw its warmest winter on record since 1900.
Environmentalist John Gibbons says the programme for government, for all its imperfections, is the best step forward in at least a decade.
John Gibbons lays out the stark climate facts and urges us to take coronavirus as a warning that it’s now time to act, or perish.
Strict new coronavirus measures are now in effect – here’s what they mean for you.
Ex-Grenoble and Dragons boss Bernard Jackman isn’t surprised to see rugby struggling financially.
Last week, an Argentine part of Antarctica recorded its hottest day since readings began at 18.3 degrees Celsius.
Now it’s damp around the fields of Athenry.
Richard Bruton says that he has become more environmentally conscious since becoming minister.
At least 25% of the EU’s long-term budget should be dedicated to climate action, the EU Commission has said.
This year is likely to be the second or third hottest in records dating back to the 19th century, with the world experiencing a decade of record heat.
Wales and Scotland have made this change, should we?
It is important to allow nature to do its own thing.
Thousands of people attended rallies across Ireland.
It is definitely possible to significantly reduce your day-to-day waste … but it’s harder than it sounds.
Ireland – like every country – faces significant challenges to respond to climate change.
The Green Party leader spoke to TheJournal.ie while on a clean up in Donnybrook.
The new research has revealed that there are larger-scale global patterns to extreme rainfall events.
New research predicts a dramatic rise in the death toll from weather-related disasters in Europe in the coming decades.
The country can’t formally pull out of the Paris accord until 2020 at the earliest.
The UK follows France in announcing plans to phase out such vehicles in just over 20 years’ time.
“This nonsense that we’ll have to cut back on beef consumption or all become vegans or all start riding bicycles is not the way forward.”
There will be highs of up to 15 degrees Celsius later in the week.
“The election of Donald Trump is only going to make matters worse,” said Green Party leader Eamon Ryan.
Independent TD Danny Healy-Rae made the extraordinary claim during a debate on climate change last week.
That’s 369 months in a row that temperatures were at or above average.
She was helping her granddad sign a climate agreement.
They’re “ratcheting up” their campaigning, as “all of the other actions of protest have made no difference”.
Me mind on fire, me soul on fire…
When it comes to climate change, we can’t blame ‘Acts of God’ for destroying our planet. We can only blame ourselves.
And we just had the hottest ever May, and hottest ever Spring.
A further 5,000 people are expected to leave for New Zealand this year.
Record cold for the year was apparent only in some parts of the eastern and central United States.
Critics say the deal doesn’t go far enough for poor countries.
That’s not necessarily a good thing.
Here’s everything you need to know before you take on Tuesday.
There is a picnic taking place in Dublin, in advance of a UN meeting next week.
This weekend, protests are planned all over the world to show that citizens care about this climate change – but do they really?
The results could be used to better plan forestry in future.
THE IRISH FARMERS Association has urged Irish MEPs to vote to ban words traditionally linked to meat products from being used on vegetarian alternatives.
The European Parliament is to vote this week on the terminology used for plant-based meat and dairy substitutes.
Amendments put forward would restrict the naming of such products so that they could not use terms normally associated with meat products.
One amendment would curtail the use of terms such as ‘steak’, ‘sausage’, ‘escalope’, ‘burger’ or ‘hamburger’ on products that do not exclusively contain meat.
The IFA has written to MEPs urging them to accept both amendments to protect Irish consumers and the agricultural industry here.
IFA President Tim Cullinan said yesterday that dairy products or plant-based meat branded with ‘real’ meat descriptions is “deliberately misleading to our consumers and undermines our industry.”
What do you think: Should vegetarian foods be allowed use words like ‘steak’ and ‘burger’?
Poll Results:
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