Drowning in Fossil Fuels and Rain

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Cork and Waterford are still under water as we record this episode. Darragh, Anna and Ciara look at the unprecedented flooding from Storm Babet, which brought a month of rain in 24 hours to the South. As the climate gets hotter, we discuss how flooding like this could become more common.

New studies show how the costs of climate events and climate change are growing every year, with some areas becoming uninsurable.

And Greta Thunberg is charged with a public order offence in London after joining a Fossil Free London protest at an "Energy Intelligence" forum (for representatives of fossil fuel industry). Greta continues to be an inspiration, taking personal risks to protest at home in Sweden and now in the UK. Oil company profits are obscene as ever.

In what has been a horrifying week for Israel and Palestine, we note the connections between water scarcity, climate justice and colonialism.

We finish up by looking at some good news and coming up with a plan to parachute beavers into Ireland.

Actions for this week:

Act Local is a new Friends of the Earth campaign that gives you and your community the tools to make change in an already existing group, or the direction to form a new one. Check it out here.

Check out Talamh Beo an organisation working to put farming systems back into the hands of farmers and communities.