Catherine Conlon: A better future is possible

The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones, it ended because there were better alternatives. The age of oil and gas must be the same

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Any notion that Ireland can reach the legally required 51% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 is now "fanciful" according to environmental journalist John Gibbons. 

This after it emerged emissions rose by 20% in the first quarter of this year, the third-highest hike in the EU after Bulgaria and Malta.