Global alliance pledges to step up climate action at COP24

December 13th, 2018 Ireland did not join other European states at the climate summit in Poland in directly pledging to increase their climate targets by...

Taoiseach’s criticism of NGO climate report ‘falls short’

December 13th, 2018 The Taoiseach’s criticism of a well-established NGO report that puts Ireland as Europe’s worst-performing country on climate action has been rebuffed by...

NGOs call on Irish State to cut coal ties in Philippines

December 13th, 2018 A coalition of environmental and civil society organisations from the Philippines has written to the Minister for Climate Action urging him to...

Time running out for overfishing

Next Monday’s EU level fisheries negotiations will be a litmus test of the Irish Government’s commitment to ending overfishing, writes Fintan Kelly If you have...

Low emissions bus trial set to be launched

December 12th, 2018 A new trial programme to assess buses based on green criteria was launched by the Minister for Transport this week. The Low Emission...

Deflection: Leo brushes off worst in Europe climate tag

December 12th, 2018 It was a case of deflection and rejection in the Dail yesterday as the Taoiseach chose to pass up an opportunity for...

Modern incinerators still emit dangerous pollutants, report finds

December 11th, 2018 Even the world’s most modern waste incinerators still emit dangerous pollutants far beyond EU toxic emissions limit, a new study has revealed. The...

Climate change had role in largest extinction in Earth’s history

December 10th, 2018 The collapse of marine species during the Great Dying, the largest extinction in the Earth’s history, is likely to have been caused...

Fears that microplastics spread on agricultural land

December 10th, 2018 Concentrated levels of microplastics are more likely to be found in sewage sludge commonly applied as a fertiliser than in our oceans,...

Close gap between rhetoric and climate inaction reality, State told

December 10th, 2018 Ireland’s ranking as the worst in Europe for climate action points to a widening gap between State rhetoric and genuine action on...

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