‘This is too much bullsh*t to listen to’ – Storm Éowyn’s aftermath sparks debate on ‘green taxes’
Climate change “supercharged” Storm Éowyn and means such extreme weather events are likely to happen “more often”, Friends of the Earth has warned. Nearly a week after one of the most severe storms in decades, ESB estimates there are still over 100,000 homes without an electricity connection. On The Hard Shoulder, Friends of the Earth CEO Oisín Coghlan said the severity is humans pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. “Burning fossil fuels is causing climate change, which is supercharging our intense weather and weather extremes as we see climate breakdown accelerating,” he said. Yesterday, Taoiseach Micheál Martin was confronted by a woman in Roscommon whose home had been without power for several days. She suggested the State should buy every home in the west two solar panels, a wind turbine and a battery to allow them to “come off the grid”. It is a sentiment that Mr Coghlan agrees with. “If you add to [to your home], solar PVs, batteries and electric cars, you can actually have a power source in your house that can charge your essential stuff while you’re waiting for the grid to be re-established,” he said. Credit to : Newstalk