Monthly Archives: September 2026
Ireland needs national food stockpiles – now
It has been a grim year globally for food production. And with a major El Niño building, 2027 is almost certain to be worse again. The globalised food system has worked well for decades in moving stocks around; if one … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Global Warming
Tagged Finland, Germany, National Oil Reserves Agency, Nora, Norway, Poland, Russia, stockpile, Sweded, Switzerland, Teagasc
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Slouching towards ruin with our eyes wide open
Bill McGuire is a volcanologist and prolific author who has been ringing the alarm bell on the climate emergency for decades. I filed a review of his latest oeuvre, The Fate Of The World, for the Books section of the … Continue reading
Posted in Extreme weather, Global Warming, Psychology
Tagged Bill McGuire, Irish Times
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When feeding the world is a fact, not a slogan
In June, I took the car ferry to Dunkirk, then drove from there to Amsterdam where I was based for several days of touring and visiting sites in Holland mainly related to their food sector, more specifically the famously productive … Continue reading
