Tag Archives: Climate Change

Jaysus.

This afternoon.

Government Buildings, Dublin 2

Extinction Rebellion launches a ‘Budget for Climate Justice ‘ with activist Patrick O Connor (above centre) holding the ‘budget book’.

Drrrama.

Earlier: Pity The Fuel

Leah Farrell/Rollingnews

Meanwhile…

Extinction Rebellion activists have glued themselves to one government department and to the underside of a lorry outside another on a second day of protests in central London.

Police have made more than 400 arrests, and those camped out in Westminster have been ordered to move on.

The [UK] prime minister has described the activists as “unco-operative crusties”.

Extinction Rebellion: Protesters glue themselves to government building (BBC)

*dry swallow*

Yesterday.

Queens Public Library, Corona, New York.

Only infant cannibalism can save the climate, a ‘town hall’ meeting for US Democrat Representative for New York’s 14th congressional district, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hears.

Isn’t that a little extNOMNOMNOMNOM

‘Eat The Babies’: Twitter Reacts To Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Town Hall Meeting (Newsweek)

Monday: Watch, Rinse, Repeat

Meanwhile…

‘Earth Summit’, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1992.

WarrenP writes:

Same script, different decade.

Another daughter of the elite scolding us….

Earlier: Kevin Higgins: A Climate Of Mistrust

Meanwhile…

Meanwhile…

What Greta Thunberg told the UN: full speech (The Irish Times)

Kidding.

This afternoon.

Custom House Quay, Dublin 1.

Dublin City Interfaith Forum, holding an Interfaith Forum pre-rally event where a short service of prayers was said before joining the Climate Action Day protest organised by a new Irish inter-faith climate group ‘Faiths for Climate Action’,

Turned out nice, in fairness.

Earlier: Religious Fervour

Sam Boal/Rollingnews

This morning

Custom House Quay, Dublin 1.

WE are all going to die.

Horribly.

Alternatively….

FIGHT!

Top three pics: Rollingnews

Meanwhile…

Uncanny.

This afternoon.

TU Dublin Grangegorman, Grangegorman Lower, Arran Quay, Dublin.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and cabinet colleagues launch the Government’s ‘Climate Action Plan to Tackle Climate Breakdown’.

To wit:

The Government aims to bring 950,000 electric vehicles into circulation as part of the Climate Action Plan, which has been published this afternoon.

It also plans to introduce legislation to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars from 2030, and to roll out a nationwide charging system for electric vehicles.

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Richard Bruton described the plan as “ambitious but realistic”.

He said it identified how Ireland would achieve its 2030 targets for carbon emissions, and put the country “on a trajectory to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050”.

Climate Action Plan ‘ambitious but realistic’ (RTÉ)

Earlier…

Rollingnews

Yesterday’s Extinction Rebellion’ protest outside Leinster House

A tipping point?

Termagent writes;

First thing I ask myself when I see a protest is “how sane do these people look”. And this crowd did not pass the test. And why would you make a load of signs that just have cryptic symbols on them? That’s completely contrary to the point of a big sign….

A graphic but essential warning of impending doom?

Or gooey fear porn?

The choice if yours.

Yesterday: Bad Blood

Rollingnews