Ireland's love affair with fossil fuels is an oil-soaked slippery slope

Trócaire's latest report shows that emissions from just 25 oil and gas corporations between 1985 and 2018 caused more than $20 trillion in damages
Ireland's love affair with fossil fuels is an oil-soaked slippery slope

People salvage parts from their destroyed home following heavy rains caused by Cyclone Freddy in Malawi in March 2023. 56% of those affected by Cyclone Freddy's impacts were children. File photo: AP/Thoko Chikondi

The global fossil fuel industry is raking in staggering profits while fuelling the climate crisis that is wreaking havoc on the planet.

While the global conversation has increasingly focused on reducing reliance on fossil fuels like oil and gas, government action has been neither sufficient nor urgent enough. 

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