Environment
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In Ireland, as in the US, government is bending backwards to Big Oil, despite safety risks Michael McCaughan US Interior Minister, Ken Salazar, promised more rigorous regulation of oil and gas leasing last January after acknowledging that the petroleum industry called his office “the candy store” for its surrender to corporate energy interests. “Whatever they […]
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He is a little edgy
He is a little edgy when I ask if architects and their institute are reflecting the science of global warming
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Like many professionals of his generation he was perhaps more comfortable with the idea of himself as radical some decades ago
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Save Farming
Food supplies are at risk from over dependence on oil
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The secret is out
In late November 2009, hundreds of emails allegedly exchanged by some of the world’s leading climate change scientists over the previous thirteen years were stolen by hackers from the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit, and leaked online. George Monbiot publishes the secret email that shows that global warming is makey uppy.
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Electric cars: electric not magic
The view that electric cars will one day occupy the position now held by their internal combustion counterparts is an impression frequently conveyed, but it isn’t backed up by the facts.
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The following is the full transcript of Tony Lowes’ interview with John Gormley, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. To see the version as it was published in Village’s March-April edition, click here.