Another last throw of the dice delusion - Oireachtas considers fracking

The Canadian writer Naomi Klein is one of the influential public figures to link today’s destruction of our planet with the insatiable appetites of capitalism.

In her book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate she argued that perpetual growth and the triumph of market logic, with its “domination and fierce competition, is paralysing almost all serious efforts to respond” to the reality of climate change.

It is not surprising, apart at all from her nationality or gender, that Ms Klein was not offered a position in President Trump’s cabinet where a visceral opposition to environmental protection is a prerequisite.