For the ‘guardians’ more than just the environment is on the line – the river is the lifeblood of their communities Damage caused by illegal gold mining operations on the River Quito, in the Atrato Basin, Choco, Colombia. Photo: Steve Cagan/SCIAF Caroline O’Doherty, Environment Correspondent Today at 03:30 ‘Every morning we hug the river,” says … Read more
Staff deployed to Coillte Nature are now working with another not-for-profit enterprise co-founded by Coillte that offers corporate investors “woodland credits” in return for financing planting. The enterprise, Nature Trust, is a collaboration between Coillte and a company founded by serial tech start-up entrepreneur, John Beckett, who began his career as Ryanair’s website designer. Coillte … Read more
Professor Kevin Anderson said the true scale of cuts needed were “mind-blowing” and Ireland had just two years left before overshooting the target. Prof Anderson is an expert in energy and climate change at the universities of Manchester, Bergen and Uppsala. His warning comes before a High Court hearing tomorrow in which environmental and human-rights … Read more
The all-time record set during the cold snap last November was broken at 4.45pm when power demand hit 5,777 megawatts (mw), exceeding the 5,706mw recorded at 5.45pm last November 24. It climbed steadily during the teatime surge to a high of 6,024mw at 5.47pm, surpassing the 6,000mw peak forecast by power system operators, Eirgrid. Eirgrid … Read more