Climate

Climate

Climate Action Plan – A Regurgitation Of Previous Pr Announcements

Bríd Smith TD, climate spokesperson for People Before Profit, has described the announced Climate Action Plan as “regurgitated PR spin from previous announcements and the National Development Plan.” Speaking following

5 Nov 2021

Arts And Culture

Climate Action Plan – Blah, Blah, Blah

The government has unveiled its climate action plan to halve Ireland’s emissions by 2030. It is full of aspirations and contains a distinct class bias. There is little chance

5 Nov 2021

Arts And Culture

People Before Profit Td Receives Confirmation From Coillte That 39 Acres Of Forested Land At The Scalp Is Up For Sale

Sale “stinks to high heaven and must be halted.  Selling off the public forest totally unacceptable” In a statement this morning, Richard Boys Barrett TD said he was shocked to

5 Nov 2021

Education

Taoiseach COP Comments On Methane Pledge- A Poor Attempt At Spin

Comments show that political will to take necessary climate action is absent Comments at the COP26 summit by An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin TD, that Ireland will sign a global pledge

3 Nov 2021

Climate

Rhetoric On Forestry At COP26 Belied By Net De-Forestation In Ireland And Consistent Failure To Meet Afforestation Targets

In a statement Richard Boyd Barrett TD said, highfalutin rhetoric about protecting forests at the COP conference was, in Ireland’s case, “deeply hypocritical” and “seriously contradicted by recent government

3 Nov 2021

Climate

Free Derry Wall For COP26

Free Derry Corner was temporarily adapted last night to raise awareness of the urgency of the Climate Crisis as world leaders meet at COP26 in Glasgow as they decide their

3 Nov 2021

Climate

Td Horrified To Discover Coillte Sale Of 16 Hectares Of Public Forest

TD says sale must be stopped immediately – privatisation of public forest totally unacceptable People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett has said that he is “horrified” to discover that Coillte

3 Nov 2021

Climate

Elites And Political Establishment Are Obstacle To Climate Action – Mass People Power Key For Solutions

People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin said, “The key gathering to stop climate destruction is not elites and political establishment representatives in Glasgow – but those joining mass protests here and

1 Nov 2021

Climate

Cop26- Market Mechanisms Have Failed And Only System Change And Meaningful Action Against Big Polluters And Fossil Fuel Production Will Deliver In Fight Against Climate Change

People Before Profit TD and spokesperson on climate, Bríd Smith, has said that market mechanisms, such as emissions trading and carbon taxes on ordinary people “will not deliver the radical

1 Nov 2021