Fowl Emissions Archives

COVID-19’S CLIMATE CALAMITY

April 9, 2020

THE CORONAVIRUS crisis has delivered a harsh reminder that all human enterprises ultimately exist at the whim of nature. The global spread of... Read more »

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HOT STUFF

April 9, 2020

IN THE middle of a national emergency, it requires a special type of reckless entitlement to be starting illegal fires on the mountains... Read more »

THAT’S JUST GAS

March 26, 2020

IT WAS probably unremarkable that this year’s Green Awards judges gave out two gongs to a fossil fuel network provider, Gas Networks Ireland... Read more »

MICHAEL CREED’S SECURE LINE

March 26, 2020

WATCHING POLITICAL leaders respond to the coronavirus, it’s impossible not to contrast it to the foot-dragging that passes for climate, er, action. After... Read more »

IMPRESSING OUR GREEN CREDENTIALS ON THE ROYALS

March 12, 2020

No celebrity visit to Ireland would be complete without the now-mandatory photo op involving a pint of Guinness. And so it was when... Read more »

ELECTRIC AVENUE

February 27, 2020

The outgoing government’s promise to fill the nation’s roads with electric vehicles (EVs) will not solve the climate crisis or ease traffic congestion,... Read more »

MARIA WALSH’S VOTES

February 27, 2020

“A kick in the teeth to Kerry people,” was how Michael Healy-Rae described MEP Maria Walsh’s decision to vote against the Shannon LNG... Read more »

GREEN ON GREEN

February 13, 2020

It was supposed to be the climate election, but the shade of green that came to dominate Election 2020 was that of republicanism... Read more »

JOHN FITZGERALD’S EMISSIONS

February 13, 2020

Has veteran economist Prof John FitzGerald been outfoxed by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA)? FitzGerald, who chairs the government-appointed Climate Change Advisory Council... Read more »

CLIMATE ELECTION?

January 30, 2020

With the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, surely this was to be climate election? Surveys show a majority of voters want... Read more »

GAS MAN PHIL HOGAN

January 30, 2020

As Blueshirt ministers do their best to sound concerned about the climate crisis, former colleague Phil Hogan is refreshingly devoid of such virtue-signalling.... Read more »

VEGAN VAGARIES

January 16, 2020

The agri-industrial sector has worked itself into a lather over what it clearly sees are threats to its core beef-and-dairy business, with the... Read more »

JOHN PAUL PHELAN’S CHEAP SHOT

January 16, 2020

Embattled Australian PM Scott Morrison has shipped plenty of well-earned flak for his staunch defence of the most polluting industries in his country.... Read more »

CLIMATE PR

December 12, 2019

FOR THE global army of Irish diplomats who have canvassed for years on behalf of Ireland’s vanity project – a seat on the... Read more »

JOHN FITZGERALD’S PHILOSOPHY

December 12, 2019

Leo and Richard are fond of saying that they’re listening to the angry young climate activists taking to the streets in their thousands,... Read more »

DARRRAGH MCCULLOUGH’S ATTACK

November 28, 2019

Are Ireland’s farmers at risk of becoming social pariahs? This claim was made not by the usual farmer-bashing eco types but by a... Read more »

LOAVES AND FISHES

November 28, 2019

The biblical tale of the miracle of the loaves and fishes has nothing on Ireland’s world-beating beef and dairy sectors, which, if we... Read more »

RYAN WOBBLES ALREADY

October 31, 2019

After years as a fringe resistance movement in Kerry and Clare, the battle against Shannon LNG has suddenly gone implausibly mainstream, with a... Read more »

‘IRISH TIMES’ CLIMATE ISSUE

October 31, 2019

The ubiquitous ‘energy security’ bogeyman was enlisted for a recent survey by the Irish Offshore Operators’ Association, which asked was “finding more Irish... Read more »

WHAT’S A HYBRID CAR?

October 16, 2019

Earlier this month, RTÉ’s website ran a scoop, headlined, ‘Toyota to drop petrol versions of Corolla and C-HR’. Motoring editor Donal Byrne explained... Read more »

CALM REBELLION

October 16, 2019

“Gardaí we love you, we’re doing this for your children too.” This was the surreal chant emanating from the Extinction Rebels during a... Read more »

GREAT GAS GUYS!

October 3, 2019

“IT’S OIL OVER!” declared the Irish Daily Mirror’s front-page headline, heralding Leo Varadkar’s ‘historic’ announcement at the UN Climate Summit in New York... Read more »

SAFE CITY

October 3, 2019

Dublin City Council has closed College Green to traffic on several Sundays recently, as an “experiment” – presumably to test whether civilisation would... Read more »

CLIMATE DENIERS

September 19, 2019

In the rich annals of human stupidity, it is unlikely that the phenomenon of organised climate denial will ever be surpassed for sheer... Read more »

RICHARD BRUTON’S SINK

September 19, 2019

It may have been the excitement of the National Ploughing Championships, but climate action minister Richard Bruton rushed out a press release from... Read more »

GARDEN OF EDENS

September 5, 2019

US billionaire Wes Edens has an “affinity for the underdog”, according to the Wall Street Journal. Edens is founder and CEO of New... Read more »

NOW THAT’S GAS!

September 5, 2019

A criticism often levelled at big fossil fuel infrastructure projects is that the “receiving community” (ie the locals) get little or no share... Read more »

BRUTON’S BOMBSHELL

August 22, 2019

With the political focus on urgent climate mitigation, a deep retrofit is probably the most effective single action an average Irish family could... Read more »

“JUDGEMENTAL” QUINN

August 22, 2019

What is it about articulate females that gets ultra-Catholics into such a lather? Iona Institute director David Quinn has shown an extraordinary interest... Read more »

NOT SO CANNEY

August 8, 2019

Bono and Mary Robinson are among the famous faces wheeled out as part of Ireland’s bid for a seat on the UN Security... Read more »

FOR PEAT’S SAKE!

August 8, 2019

When it comes to failing on climate dialogue, it would be hard to beat the mess over Ireland’s peat and coal burning power... Read more »

FICKLE FARMERS

July 25, 2019

The howls of outrage from the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) at the recent Mercosur trade deal with South America included its slogan, “One... Read more »

BIG PHIL’S ‘FAKE NEWS’

July 25, 2019

Since the removal of EU milk quotas in 2015, Ireland’s dairy herd has grown by more than a quarter, sending carbon emissions –... Read more »

‘FREEDOM GAS’

July 11, 2019

When your industry is dirty, it helps to be well connected. Making cement is a filthy business and Irish Cement’s plant in the... Read more »

MARK MENEZES’S SALES PITCH

July 11, 2019

The decision by Leo Varadkar’s cabinet last week to finally kill off TD Bríd Smith’s bill to halt new exploration licences shows the... Read more »

FOOL’S GOLD

June 27, 2019

Surprisingly, there still seems to be parts of Ireland’s natural environment that have yet to be exploited for monetary gain. But fear not... Read more »