Jason Walsh

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

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

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

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

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
Monday, 12 May 2008 10:47

Diet of worms

The Irish Times reports that worms have an economic value of €700 million.

 

Putative president has  green belt.

 

Republican party candidate for president, John McCain, is to be greener than his predecessor and party-mate George

Monday, 12 May 2008 10:20

Oil prices taking on steam

Oil prices over $125 with predictions of $200

Millenarian doom-mongering or wave of the future? You decide.

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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