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1.5 degrees warming this year?

Jun 2, 2016 | News

This temperature spiral doesn’t requiere much interpretation. We are heading towards 1.5 degrees warming very quickly with temperature records broken every month for the past year. The temperature spiral was designed by Ed Hawkins, a climate scientist at the...

Lima climate summit postpones key decisions until 2015

Dec 15, 2014 | News

Lima Climate summit a disappointment The vital Lima climate summit was a disappointment. Governments have to put individual climate pledges on table in the first half of next year, forming the foundations of the global climate agreement due in Paris next December. ...

Fracking by the numbers

Feb 26, 2014 | News

How big is the fracking industry? Environment America have produced a report which gives a startling picture of the extent of fracking in US and some of the impacts caused by this industry. [Download report] “Fracking by the Numbers” needs wide...

The UK is exploring its shale gas future, we should NOT do the same

Mar 24, 2013 | News, Press Release

Response to Aaron McKenna’s column in The Journal.ie (23rd March 2013) Mr McKenna was obviously briefed on fracking by the US oil/gas industry when he wrote this article as he quotes their propaganda extensively and when it comes to Ireland, has done little research...

“Point of No Return”

Feb 13, 2013 | Local news

A recent report from Greenpeace warns that “the world is quickly reaching a Point of No Return for preventing the worst impacts of climate change. Continuing on the current course will make it difficult, if not impossible, to prevent the widespread and...