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Well, that was a busy week for climate & biodiversity news 
Didn’t manage to catch it all? We got you.
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Didn’t manage to catch it all? We got you.
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On Monday, Ireland signed up to an intl coalition to protect almost a third of land & sea.
@Irishwildlife welcomed the move, but stressed that real action must back up commitment. (1/5) https://greennews.ie/ireland-joins-high-ambition-coalition/
@Irishwildlife welcomed the move, but stressed that real action must back up commitment. (1/5) https://greennews.ie/ireland-joins-high-ambition-coalition/
Yesterday there was a big Department announcement: microgenerated electricity will be able to be sold back to the grid by July 2021. (2/5) https://greennews.ie/mss-scheme-energy-sold-back-to-grid/
Then we found out that plans to import fracked gas through the Port of Cork have been scrapped.
“We know we have to make the transition to a low carbon economy but fracking and all of its effects has no place in that,” @oliver_moran said. (3/5) https://greennews.ie/port-of-cork-scrapped-lng-imports/
“We know we have to make the transition to a low carbon economy but fracking and all of its effects has no place in that,” @oliver_moran said. (3/5) https://greennews.ie/port-of-cork-scrapped-lng-imports/
& today we got word that Bord na Móna has ended its peat extraction.
Chief executive Tom Donnellan said that the company’s last full peat extraction took place in 2018 & a full suspension of the practice came into effect last year. (4/5) https://greennews.ie/bnm-ends-peat-extraction/
Chief executive Tom Donnellan said that the company’s last full peat extraction took place in 2018 & a full suspension of the practice came into effect last year. (4/5) https://greennews.ie/bnm-ends-peat-extraction/
And in other news: we started our very own culture column! First up was Weather by Jenny Offill.
We'll also have an interview feature coming your way later on today but for now take care, mind yourselves & stay hydrated
(5/5) https://greennews.ie/culture-column-weather-by-jenny-offill/
We'll also have an interview feature coming your way later on today but for now take care, mind yourselves & stay hydrated
(5/5) https://greennews.ie/culture-column-weather-by-jenny-offill/
