A conference hosted this week by UCC will hear calls for certain fossil fuels to remain in the ground to limit future global warming.

University College Cork has been named as the Irish representative on a new pan-European think-tank on energy issues.

AS an island nation, energy costs and energy sources for transport matter more to us than to most other countries: being competitive while keeping the wheels of motion and transport oiled means considering alternatives to oil and fossil-based fuels.

The lobby for carbon taxes is growing in strength, writes Claire O’Sullivan.