Why is the Green Party following in the truculent footsteps of the pre-agreement DUP?

Allow commercial whaling, says DAVID JACKMANSON

A new Brand of environmentalism seeks to distance itself from its technophobic past but Stewart Brand’s paean to poverty is anything but progressive. JASON WALSH trawls through history, from the classical period to the age of Marxism to show why.

The earthquake that struck Chile was stronger than the one that struck Haiti in January but the death toll is literally a thousand times lower

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The new lowered speed limit of 30 kilometres per hour is not about traffic management or road safety, it’s an assault on mobility – and the statistics prove it, says JASON WALSH

Three forth contributors give their thoughts on the future of Ireland’s Green Party after the next election

Both climate changers and their opponents should stop blowing hot air over cold weather, says PATRICK WEST

China-bashing has a long and ugly history, says forth editor JASON WALSH, writing in Global Comment

The only thing that is truly unsustainable is a belief in sustainability says ROB LYONS

forth editor Jason Walsh writes about the government’s plans to beat-up the working class in the name of the environment

Life is not just a litany of human suffering. forth punctures a few misanthropic modern myths

Jason Walsh reviews a book that argues capitalism’s green critics are giving solace to a business class that no longer believes in itself

Journalist and Green supporter Lenny Antonelli says that the ‘radical’ left is afraid of politics

Australian socialist David Jackmanson reports on the rise of Clive Hamilton, whom he calls Australia’s leading ‘pseudo-leftist’

David Attenborough has joined the ranks of the bossy greens who want to save the planet – from humanity. Jason Walsh asks if the environmental movement is winning the battle but losing the war by making ever more extreme demands

In this first in a series of articles on urbanism in Ireland, Jason Walsh notes that while Siptu is forging ahead with plans to replace Liberty Hall there are hundreds of buildings that should be knocked down first – starting with Trinity

The Green Party is tearing itself apart over whether or not environmentalism should be a political programme or a badge of honour, but both sides have forgotten about the voters.

Science or pseudo-science: environmental journalist Lenny Antonelli exposes the battle for the green movement’s soul