Committee calls for roll-out of electric car infrastructure | BreakingNews.ie

The Oireachtas Committee on Climate Change is urging the Government to roll out infrastructure for electric cars and help Ireland become a world leader in the technology.

In a report out today, the committee says thousands of jobs could be created and running costs for motorists could be slashed if electric cars become the norm.

The report says such cars are not only better for the environment, but also cheaper to run than petrol and diesel-powered vehicles.

Fine Gael TD Simon Coveney, who authored the report, says the roll-out of the technology could be a huge boost to the Irish economy.

The Case Against Man-Made Global Warming [Part 3] | OilBastard.com

All of the observed climate changes are gradual, moderate, and entirely within the bounds of ordinary natural changes that have occurred during the benign period of the past few thousand years.

There is no indication whatever in the experimental data that an abrupt or remarkable change in any of the ordinary natural climate variables is beginning or will begin to take place.

Hey New Yorkers, 350 Conference on Climate Change Comes to Columbia Univ. this Saturday : TreeHugger

With the warmer weather upon us here in New York, you may be torn between spending Saturday, May 2 outside or in the august surroundings of Columbia University attending the 350 Conference on climate change, but the latter promises to be quite the informative day out...