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Diesel for transport has run out of road

Posted on October 5, 2026 by John Gibbons

It has been maddening to see the government walk away from carbon taxes in Budget 2027, while simultaneously jacking up subsidies to dirty liquid fuels and, for good measure, imposing fare hikes on public transport, ie. punishing the very people … Continue reading →

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More power to our fledgling solar industry

Posted on July 15, 2021 by John Gibbons

The missing piece of the puzzle from Ireland’s transition to clean and renewable energy has long been solar power. While wind energy has grown in just a couple of decades from almost nothing to providing more than two fifths of … Continue reading →

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A Climate Bill Post-Mortem

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Tara Connolly

Now that the Climate Change Response Bill 2010 has officially been consigned to the scrap heap, it is a good time to take stock of how the public debate around the Bill played out. As has already been discussed on … Continue reading →

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