Environmental groups welcome long overdue public consultation on proposed UK Nuclear Power Plant
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The launch of a public consultation on the UK’s planned Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, less than 250km from Rosslare, is welcome...
Environmental groups welcome Fine Gael Senator’s support for plastic bottle deposit return scheme
Ireland’s leading environmental coalition welcomes support from Fine Gael Senator Catherine Noone for a deposit and return system on plastic bottles, and calls on...
Environmental groups welcome Fine Gael Senator’s support for plastic bottle deposit return scheme
Ireland’s leading environmental coalition welcomes support from Fine Gael Senator Catherine Noone for a deposit and return system on plastic bottles, and calls on...
Ireland faces mega fines as Commission takes the State to court over poor environmental...
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Large fines loom for the Government as the European Commission brings the Irish State back to court over its decade-long failure to carry out...
Waste Reduction Bill badly needed to tackle our escalating plastic problem, Committee hears
The Government must support the straightforward and progressive policies in the Green Party’s Waste Reduction Bill to tackle our escalating plastic problem, the Oireachtas...
We must follow UK’s lead in tackling plastic pollution, say leading environmentalists
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The State must step up its game to tackle plastic pollution in the wake of the UK’s pledge to eliminate plastic waste by...
State must stop incentivising farmers to engage in environmentally-damaging forestry
The State must stop incentivising farmers to engage in environmentally-damaging commercial timber schemes and shift support toward more sustainable native tree cover initiatives, Ireland’s...
EPA report highlights Government total failure to tackle air pollution problems
The EPA’s damning indictment of our transport system’s contribution to poor air quality in Ireland underlies the urgent need to move away from polluting...
Budget 2018 falls embarrassingly short of tackling Air Pollution and Climate Change
The Environmental Pillar has expressed extreme disappointment at the exclusion of any measures to equalise the cost of diesel and petrol in Ireland in Budget 2018.
We...
BUDGET 2018: Greens back call to equalize cost of diesel
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Ireland’s leading environmental coalition welcomes the Green Party’s support of its proposal to equalise the cost of diesel and petrol in Budget 2018.
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