Ireland in no position to guarantee electricity supply from renewables
When I raised the question here last week as to whether Ireland should aspire to being a leader on climate change with the most ambitious targets or be content to be in the following pack, I guessed that some feathers would be ruffled. Letters published in response claimed that to even ask that question was […]
State does not need to lead fight against climate change
The Government’s climate legislation progressing through the Houses of the Oireachtas is trumpeted by itsproposers and in particular by Green Party supporters as one of the “most ambitious” legislative instrumentsin any democracy. It is claimed that the terms of the legislation will bind future governments to achieving reductions ingreenhouse gases and consumption of hydrocarbons and, […]