Environment
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Planet guardian
By John Gibbons There is nothing new about newspapers striking postures over climate change. On December 7th, 2009, some 55 major newspapers from all over the world (including the Irish Times) ran a joint editorial just ahead of the opening of the Copenhagen UN climate conference. Who could forget the dramatic call to arms from […]
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By Sadhbh O’ Neill Twenty years after the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, adopted in 1992, there is still no comprehensive agreement that regulates emissions from all countries, or which would divide up the remaining carbon budget fairly between developed and developing countries. Indeed there is a strong case to be made that emissions […]
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Milk battle
By Oliver O’ Connor The ending of milk quota has been greeted with almost unbridled hoopla in Ireland. From the countdown clock in Ag House, where the Department of Agriculture has its HQ to features on foreign media about Ireland and milk, the coverage has been, mostly, glowing. So what was this quota thing the […]
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Few can even bring themselves to talk about it – or it seems anything without a Disney ending
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Visit an abbatoir
It’s always good to be informed
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By Sadhbh O’ Neill. With all the seemingly urgent messages in the media about climate change and need to reduce emissions, there is an astonishing cultural silence about the issue. Climate changes will affect us readers of Village magazine, no doubt in our lifetimes, never mind the lives of our children and grandchildren, as evidence […]
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Planet guardian
The Guardian is a rare exception to media climate hypocrisy. By John Gibbons