Mar 2, 2010

irish environment - electronic magazine


Just to let you know about a new electronic magazine that covers environmental matters on the island of Ireland, including material on RoI, NI, UK and EU environmental issues, now in its 6th issue.  The magazine already has covered important matters as noted below.


NEWS:                  current news from regional, national, international sources  

updated every Mon., Wed., and Friday covering RoI, NI, UK, EU and US developments                  

ARTICLES:    commentary on environmental issues, including:

John Woods, State of the Environment, Northern Ireland

  Frank Convery, State of the Environment, Republic of Ireland - Environmental challenges ahead

          Richard Tol, How Much Abatement Is Enough?

  Seamus Burns, Futurescapes: a vision for large landscape-scale conservation in Northern Ireland
  Lorcán Ó Cinnéide, Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy – An Irish Fishing Industry View

REPORTS:         summaries of agency and organisation reports, including:

Water Pollution Enforcement in Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland

   Inquiry into Climate Change - NI Assembly Committee for the Environment
   Ireland at Risk: Critical Infrastructure - Adaptation for Climate Change (October 2009) 

  Submision on the Cessation of Turf Cutting Scheme

  ie PEDIA:            environmental terms defined and explored, including:
  PARTICULATE MATTER
 
   GREEN NEW DEAL

BIODIVERSITY

         GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE

 PODCASTS:     videotaped conversations on environmental issues, including:

Interview with Frank McDonald, Environment Editor, The Irish Times - Part 1 -3

Interview with Mary Kelly, Director General, Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland- Part 1-3

Interview with John Sweeney, Climatologist- Parts 1-2

  Interview with Sue Christie, Director, Northern Ireland Environment Link

YOU TUBE:       videos from You Tube on environmental topics, including:

Tidy Northern Ireland? Or Just a Load of Rubbish?

Jonathan Porritt and George Monbiot on the nuclear option

Canadian Oil Sands - H2Oil Animated 

Ali G -Environment

  Alien Invasion advert- Greenpeace 


an online resource for enviornmental matters on the island of Ireland

    www.irishenvironment.com



Robert Emmet Hernan, President

Blue Stacks Productions, Inc.

publisher of irish environment