The Government plans to “nudge people and businesses to change behavior” in a bid to tackle climate change. Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Richard Bruton described the plan as “ambitious but realistic”. The plan also includes proposals to eliminate non-recyclable plastic and impose higher fees on the production of materials which are hard…
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It starts with a conversation
Debates surrounding climate change or global warming have come to a head. Over the last number of days the group called the Extinction rebellion (XR) have been protesting in different countries from the UK to New York in the hopes to utilise a political movement and guard against human extinction and ecological collapse. Lately I…
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Originally posted here: https://spunout.ie/opinion/article/companies-politicians-action-climate-change I had a lecturer who always said that there are two modes of power; the power to vote and the power consume. With the power of voting, there needs to be political will. For example where I live there are not enough bins. When I enquired with my local councillor about…
