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Jason Walsh is Ireland correspondent of the Boston-based Christian Science Monitor newspaper and has contributed to other publications including the Irish Examiner, the Irish Times, the Guardian, the Independent, the Sunday Times, the Washington Times, El Mundo, PressEurop and USA Today.
Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:39
The rapture and the river
No-one would use green doom-mongering to sell houses, would they?
Wired, in a report headlined 'Mock the apocalypse from a stylish new houseboat', suggests that potential house-buyers who are concerned about impending climate catastrophe should
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:07
News round-up: 13 May, 2008
Nuclear power for Ireland, the greening of Croker and falling construction.
Ireland should go nuclear in order to ensure energy security. So says William Nuttall from Cambridge University.
Speaking last night at the RDS in Dublin, during a talk called 'Nuclear Energy - why is it on the agenda?', Dr. Nuttall
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 10:50
Energy prices set to rise
Gas and electricity prices are due to rise sharply in the next year.
Barry O'Halloran at the Irish Times reports consumers will face rising energy costs as a result of increased wholesale costs to suppliers including ESB and Bord Gá
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Monday, 12 May 2008 23:33
Green gaff go-ahead in Britain
Homes of the future should generate the vast majority of the energy they use, but a small amount of near-site or off-site renewable generation
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Monday, 12 May 2008 10:50
British green grants fall
The number of government grants made to people in Britain who want install renewable energy systems to their homes has halved, reports the BBC. The fall comes after the low carbon buildings programme cut the maximum grant on offer from £7,500 to £2,500.
Figures seen by the BBC show that in 2007, 2,339 grants
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Monday, 12 May 2008 10:47
Diet of worms
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Monday, 12 May 2008 10:35
McCain will be greener than Bush Fiorina
Putative president has green belt.
Republican party candidate for president, John McCain, is to be greener than his predecessor and party-mate George
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Monday, 12 May 2008 10:20
Oil prices taking on steam
Oil prices over $125 with predictions of $200
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Monday, 12 May 2008 10:16
Green energy revolution required - Novogratz
Millenarian doom-mongering or wave of the future? You decide.
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Saturday, 26 April 2008 19:25
Sustainable bioplastic won't biodegrade
Corn-based material emits methane in landfill and add to food crisis, newspaper claims.
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