http://www.galway-greens.com The Galway Branch of the Green Party/ Comhaontas Glas Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:15:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en To access my new blog, click here. I will be periodically posting listing of new items on the blog. http://www.galway-greens.com/2008/09/12/kieran-cunnanes-sustainability-blog/ Last year a comprehensive report was produced by the UN Environment Programme called GEO-4 -The fourth Global Environment Outlook: environment for development. The report is the fourth installment in what was originally the Brundtland Commission Report over 20 years ago. What the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change) is to the specific problem ... http://www.galway-greens.com/2008/08/28/geo-the-environment-under-review/ The Galway Greens have a long track record in promoting many of the ideas now being toted as new such as light rail for Galway and the Western Rail Corridor. It looks like after 10 or so years campaigning NGO's (some with a long established hard working track record, others ... http://www.galway-greens.com/2008/08/28/greens-have-a-long-track-record-in-promoting-public-transport/   No one seems to have told John Gormley that the summer holidays are here as he is still working away in his Department. His latest announcement concerns what was the bane on my participation in last years General Election  - the much overused election poster!  Minister Gormley is asking the public ... http://www.galway-greens.com/2008/07/24/bye-bye-posters-we-knew-you-too-well/ The IPCC is the foremost global organisation in relation to Climate Change. To find out more about them, visit the link http://www.ipcc.ch/about/index.htm. While man's impact on climate change is likely to always be disputed, the IPCC fourth assessment synthesis report (in 2007) states that most of the observed increase ... http://www.galway-greens.com/2008/07/17/man-made-climate-change/ This post is to help differentiate between natural and man-made climate. In modern day climate, the main factor is sunspot cycles. The more sunspots, the warmer the weather as cloud-forming cosmic rays are diverted away from earth during higher sunspot activity. However, back through the medium term ... http://www.galway-greens.com/2008/07/10/natural-climate-change/ Fuaireas taithí ar chruatan na canbhasála arís le déanaí: bhí bileoga le dáileadh ar thithe i gCnoc na Cathrach chun cuireadh a thabhairt don phobal dílis Glas thiar teacht chuig an gcruinniú poiblí le John Gormley a tionóladh in Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh, le déanaí. Tá go leor, leor tithe ... http://www.galway-greens.com/2008/07/09/broga-nua-ag-teastail/ The Galway Greens would like to extend our sympathies to the family of Seamus Brennan TD, who passed away this morning. http://www.galway-greens.com/2008/07/09/seamus-brennan-rip/ Green politician and former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt is finally free after 6 years in captivity. Her kidnapping in 2002 by FARC attracted worldwide attention and Greens all over the world have campaigned tirelessly for her release. Ingrid Betancourt was freed by the Colombian army on July 2nd ... http://www.galway-greens.com/2008/07/03/ingrid-betancourt-is-free/ NRA archeologist Jo Ronayne has claimed that her data was altered and she was excluded from meetings to ease the way for the M3. "Miss Ronayne, who was an excavation director at the Tara valley site in Co. Meath, claims she was told to ‘change interpretations’ so as to ‘lessen to ... http://www.galway-greens.com/2008/07/01/nra-tara-archeologist-claims-her-data-was-altered/