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UNITED STATES the existence or otherwise of social media. “It’s meant
of global warming. Weather, to be red meat for his base,”
Trump mocks climate they point out, refers to he said. “They’re the ones
atmospheric conditions
most likely to be dismissive
change scientists with during a short period; of climate change and the
most likely to vote in the
climate relates to longer-
call for some “good old term weather patterns. 2018 Republican primaries –
so it’s a warning shot for the
Anthony Leiserowitz,
global warming” Director of Yale University’s GOP members in Congress.”
project on climate change
He added that the idea
communication, told The a cold snap disproves
Guardian Trump’s tweet global warming is a “zombie
DONALD TRUMP ONCE old Global Warming that was “scientifically ridiculous argument”, because though
dismissed it as a “hoax” our Country, but not other and demonstrably false”. “it’s killed over and over by
created by the Chinese to countries, was going to pay “There is a fundamental the science” it “keeps coming
destroy American jobs, but TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS difference in scale between back for more brains”.
on a freezing night in the to protect against”. what weather is and what Trump’s tweet was
eastern US the President “Bundle up!” he added. climate is,” he said. “What’s “troll-like”, the scientist
found himself pining for The president was going on in one small said, showing the president
some of that “good old reheating two favourite corner of the world at a “delighting in sparking
global warming”. tropes: the conflation of given moment does not outrage among [his]
On holiday in Florida, weather with climate to reflect what’s going on with opponents”. ■
which this year saw snow pour scepticism on global the planet.”
for the first time in 29 warming, and the supposed In any case, the US is
years, Trump wondered if cost to the American already getting that “good
global warming might not taxpayer of the Paris old global warming”. 2017 is
be such a problem after all. climate accord, from which set to be the third-warmest
As severe cold and record he has confirmed the US on record, prompting among
amounts of snow swept will withdraw. other things a climate-
across the US east coast, Climate scientists, fuelled hurricane season in
Trump wrote on Twitter however, have long warned the country’s south. Trump spent the
that his people “could use against using individual Leiserowitz, meanwhile, holidays in Palm Beach
a little bit of that good weather events to ponder criticised the President’s use

IRELAND The Irish Times. Use of the natural gas transmission
Network of 70 compressed natural gas is and distribution networks
in Ireland.
increasingly being adopted
NUIG president Dr Jim
compressed natural gas for heavier modes of Browne said their research
transport, and comes with
filling stations announced green credentials, notably would form the basis of the
low carbon emissions and
first use of an alternative,
cheaper running costs sustainable transport fuel in
compared to traditional Ireland. He said this included
THE DEVELOPMENT OF provided under the fossil fuels such as diesel. decades of scientific and
70 compressed natural gas European Causeway Project, NUIG will monitor the engineering expertise on
filling stations in Ireland and establishing it will be project, and its research renewable gas. “We look
to service trucks, vans and overseen by scientists at NUI will be fed back to gas forward to NUIG playing
buses has been announced. Galway and Gas Networks operators throughout a key role in distilling and
The network will be Ireland (GNI), reports Europe to assist in the disseminating the results and
development of similar impacts of the Causeway
Use of CNG is on the rise projects across the Project, not only for the
for heavy transport continent. The €25 million benefit of Ireland, but to
Causeway project, which provide learnings to other
supports green energy EU member states too.”
development, has received In addition, a renewable
€6.5 million in co-funding gas injection facility will
from the European be built in 2018 allowing
Commission. biomethane, a sustainable
Gas Networks Ireland is indigenous energy source,
a division of Ervia, and has to be introduced into the
responsibility for developing, Irish natural gas grid for the
maintaining and operating first time. ■

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