After ten years in planning Dublin Bus Connects is ready to go but is being held back due to a lack of funding. In our other cities bus corridors are similarly being abandoned, as funding priority goes to new motorways, which will only bring more gridlock. https://t.co/Po3aTTIHvd
“In common with the Green Party, this clever fly-on-the-wall documentary is working on a macro scale as a portrait of the travails of the larger environmental movement.”
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We need our hearts and souls engaged in the climate change issue and not just our heads. Three events taking place in Ireland next week would give you some hope we can find such resilience and inspiration.
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Speaking on RTE Drivetime this evening, about the proposed 15% rise in public transport fares and a threatened deferral of the planned carbon tax increase. https://t.co/ryexJvFBjA
If you do want to play your part in tackling climate change, then your next car purchase is going to have to be a fully electric one. #ClimateChange#ElectricVehicles
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I will be on Connemara Community radio on a show from Inishbofin, at 4.05pm today, talking about a https://t.co/EsxhzaHVv1 we will be organising on the island in September. You can listen live here: https://t.co/LiYqSx9L5m
Climate change is accelerating. It is supercharging extreme weather events, which impact on our bio systems and lead to further greenhouse gas emissions. We need an acceleration in public support for climate action, to stop it becoming a runaway threat. https://t.co/4tk6E01rJU
Our suburbs can lead the way in fighting climate change. You have one week to get a nomination in to Ireland’s greenest place competition. Recognising the good work going on by making a nomination, is a small act that could make a big difference in time.
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Europes electric future is a test of nerve. My response to the European Commission’s publication of the Electrification Action Plan and revisions to the Emissions Trading Scheme today. https://t.co/ZStTFjN2iL
We need to tackle our water pollution at source, by putting health considerations at the centre of a new national land use plan. It should include free testing of the private wells rural dwellers rely upon but which are often fouled their own sceptic tank. https://t.co/UWOETe6OXp
If you are in Galway this Sunday you can book a ticket for a screening of ‘Forever is Now’, which is being shown as part of the Galway film fleadh. @GalwayFilm https://t.co/42og044pw4
Europe is caught between China and the US - but there are solutions. The way forward is to innovate and scale up in areas where we still have an advantage, taking our money out of the over-valued New York Stock exchange and investing more here at home.
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Reducing road deaths and injuries requires better engineering from our local authorities. We should prioritise funding to those councils who are willing and able to build out safer routes in quicker time. #RoadSafety#Cycling#Pedestrianisation#QuietRoads
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Talking about how the Critical Infrastructure Bill undermines our climate law and will promote yet more car dependency rather than the investment we need in public transport. https://t.co/AqLlf0VL7D