ENVIRONMENT Minister John Gormley has denied trying to influence decisions on controversial incinerator projects by announcing plans to make incineration less profitable for waste companies.

IN YEARS to come the walls of anthropology departments in universities will be lined with theses considering our inaction when confronted with our impact on the environment.

THE Greens last night realised the inconvenient truth — that it is impossible to hold onto their principles while at the same time reaching out for power.

GREEN taxes on gas-guzzling cars and high-energy light bulbs are to be introduced as part of new Government plans to combat global warming.