Two 8 foot tall, blinking, walking, talking and dancing Polar Bears set off yesterday January 20th from Dublin Zoo to encourage the people of Ireland to reduce their carbon emissions by 10% in 2010. The bears were waved goodbye by Dublin Zoo Director, Leo Oosterweghel and 10:10’s campaign’s manager, John Hesnan. Charles Stanley-Smith, An Taisce, Ciara [...]
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10:10 at Dublin Zoo
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Copenhagen: Irish Message not Waved
As environment ministers from the UN’s 193 member countries meet at the Bella Center in Copenhagen this week, Irish environmentalists await a fair and safe climate change agreement. This meeting is called a Conference of the Parties (COP) and is held annually. This year’s conference commenced December 7, 2009 and will end on December 18, [...]