More than 100 HAP tenants in Dublin lost their homes after poor conditions flagged
“An innocent tenant, through no fault of their own, ends up back homeless because a landlord doesn’t carry out the works,” says one councillor.
It’s for a free online tool that “uses data to help fight climate change”. But some critics say Google is helping to create the problem it’s helping to fight.
The scheme, called The People’s Transition, is being run from now until August. The first step is to listen to what people want.
By tracking vibrations through rock formations under the city, they hope to highlight where the low-carbon energy source could be used in the future.
The Precious Plastic crew were hard at work on a recent Saturday, sawing and wiring to make a machine to reuse single-use plastics. They’re open to others getting stuck in.
With South Dublin County Council and Dublin City Council, Codema is rolling out a number of pilot projects to prove the benefits of “district heating”.
They say they’re concerned current plans might just push problems downstream. A spokesperson for South Dublin County Council says they’ve taken that into account.
It’s going to rain more in Dublin in the future, says Adrian Conway, Dublin City Council’s senior environmental engineer. But the city’s drainage system isn’t ready for that yet.
Formally the group is the Stoneybatter Sustainability Coalition. Informally, it’s Leafybatter.
This novel is “a worthy and much-needed effort that cements Amitav Ghosh’s position as a master of the genre of climate-change fiction”, writes our reviewer.
They’re looking at bending it back towards its original route, and greening surrounding neighbourhoods. The EPA predicts increased flooding along rivers like the Santry.
The cover of this month’s print edition evokes climate change through an abstract meteorological map of Dublin. “Have we run out of time?” asks the artist.
Nearly every candidate mentioned transportation and waste as the two most talked-about climate-action-related concerns when they’re out knocking on doors.