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TEEN ACTIVIST GRETA Thunberg took her climate change fight to the US Congress, imploring the nation’s lawmakers — several of whom are global warming sceptics — to “take real action” to avert environmental disaster.
The 16-year-old Swede was joined by other campaigners who said looming uncertainty caused by inaction over climate change has led younger generations to question the intentions of today’s political leaders.
Thunberg arrived last week in Washington, where she has maintained a busy schedule: demonstrating in front of the White House, attending an event with US senators and indigenous leaders from South America, and, later today, meeting with children who are suing the government for climate inaction.
On Monday, she sat down with former president Barack Obama, who hailed her as “one of our planet’s greatest advocates,” and she received an “ambassador of conscience” award from Amnesty International.
In today’s appearance before a joint hearing of two House committees, her message was blunt.
“I don’t want you to listen to me, I want you to listen to the scientists,” she said in a soft voice, noting that she wanted her opening testimony to be a 2018 United Nations report, which called for limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
“I want you to then unite behind the science — and then I want you to take real action.”
Congress has been all but paralysed on a path forward to mitigate climate change in recent years.
President Donald Trump has openly questioned the effects of a changing climate, and his Republican administration has rolled back several Obama-era regulations that were aimed at reducing industrial pollution, cleaning US waterways and protecting federal lands.
While congressman Garret Graves acknowledged that “we need to take aggressive action,” he said it was critical to make “sure we’re moving forward based on facts.”
He and other Republicans also stressed that the world’s second-largest economy, China, needed to take dramatic steps to stem its own carbon emissions.
Beijing was given an “inappropriate” pass in the Paris climate accord because it allows China to have a 50 percent increase in its emissions by 2030, even as the United States is limiting its emissions, Graves said.
The Trump administration abandoned the Paris accord in 2017.
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The shop in Galway is a no brainer! Guaranteed to make your money back in ten years and less if you can do something with the apartments above. Wonder would the bank give me a loan….
Thats just the reserve price put on it. Probably go for nearer €3m. Usually 20 times lease is price of building so if someone can pick it up for 14-15 times it would be good business with the added rooms upstairs. Oh to have money.
Exactly the thoughts of many who put us into this mess! If the Spar goes out of business, you then have an empty shop…..
€190k a year lease??? I think you should check your figures. Not a chance!!! Shops on Shop St cost one third.
U can’t have it gone to foreigners already
Going going gone ..lol Ogochukwu wishes youse all the best with that purchase ..lol but youse must remember that the Aldi’s and those Lidl’s are taking over , so youse could be ending up not under the tree but under water ..lol good luck ,,lol
Another property infomercial courtesy of Daft.ie.
Foreign banks firesell their distressed repos as NAMA and the Irish banks stockpile 1000′s of rotting homes.
A bit of truth and balance please.
What about an enquiry into the corrupt unregulated estate agent industry in Ireland journal???
When is a repossessed property not a repossessed property? At Allsops!
Recession me arse.
Why would anyone want to buy anything in Carrick On Suir?, its a awful hole of a place
Your assuming cash changes hands not very likely. So corrupt and rotten to core. No one will have a days luck with their stolen goods
Stolen goods?, what the heck are you even on about?
Easy there Martin.
Its a good place to live..but like a lot of small towns its being passed over in favour of its larger neighbours..an awful lot more positives than negatives in the town..and a great bunch of genuine people doing what they can to improve things for all.
Not a nice comment about Carrick, Martin. We have a great community and it is a good town to live in. Back off!
Nigel its a kip
What’s the matter? Can you not afford a decent life in Dublin ?
Decent life in Dublin?
For sewer rats maybe.
And drug dealers.
Hopefully the fellow at the last one who spoke about constant markievicz who gave his life for Ireland will turn up!
Just more and more spin from our corrupt estate agents, trying to talk the market up and up. A pox on them.
Has the propaganda quota for today been reached already?
Had many a pint in the Sibin in Carrick with my grandad. So many fond memories, shame to see it looking so sad and lonely.
Haven’t lived in Carrick for 20 years but grew up there and my family still there – unfair comments here. . Towns are all about the people who live in them not the buildings and Carrick has lots of great people and a great community spirit.
I wonder will Ulster bank buy this one ?They are paying €180,000 a year in rent reserve set at €650,000. http://www.allsopspace.ie/auction/lot/8222
Doubt it very much ! They want to get the hell out of Ireland !
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