Eamon Ryan: Free public transport would 'increase level of unnecessary trips'
Synopsis by The Irish Independent Mar 07 23
TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar has emphatically ruled out any question of an imminent congestion charge for motorists entering Irish cities.Read full article 
Irish Examiner: Eamon Ryan: Free public transport would 'increase level of unnecessary trips'
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spiegel.de/karriere/mobilitaet-was-ist-ein-mobilitaetsbudget-und-wie-profitiert-das-klima-davon-a-c0bf9f01-566a-4e30-8595-0e99ad01fe1d
America's solar and wind energy hotspots, mapped: Solar and wind power are producing a comparatively small but growing share of America's energy supply ...
axios.com/2024/04/03/us-states-solar-wind-energy-hotspots
Biden Is Spending $1 Trillion to Fight Climate Change. Voters Don’t Care.: The campaign is promoting the effort, hoping to attract young voters ...
wsj.com/politics/elections/biden-is-spending-1-trillion-to-fight-climate-change-voters-dont-care-21d8cb05
Can We Engineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?: Blocking solar rays. Sucking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Ideas that sound like science fiction are ...
nytimes.com/2024/03/31/climate/climate-change-carbon-capture-ccs.html
Tens of millions facing hunger and water shortages as extreme drought and floods sweep southern Africa
cnn.com/2024/04/04/climate/southern-africa-hunger-drought-floods-climate-intl/
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