What role can permaculture play in tackling global soil crisis and environmental degradation?
November 8th, 2018
In a world that is facing increasing demand for food as a result of rapid population growth, the last thing you want...
Richard Bruton pledges to step up to climate challenge
7th November 2018
Tackling the challenge of climate change will require a “revolution in how we live”, says new Minister for Climate Action and Environment...
Supreme Court rules to restrain operation of unauthorised Galway quarry
November 7th, 2018
The Supreme Court today ruled that An Taisce is entitled to an order restraining the continued operation of an unauthorised quarry in...
Company must pay for clean-up of plastic spill, says Dún Laoghaire mayor
November 7th, 2018
The Mayor of Dún Laoghaire has urged the company responsible for a recent plastic spill at Dublin’s Forty Foot to fully pay for...
Plans to relocate Kildare peat cutters ‘environmentally damaging, costly, and unsustainable’
November 5th, 2018
Plans to relocate nine peat cutters in Kildare will be environmentally damaging, costly, and unsustainable, says environmental group in a submission to local...
Can innovative technologies rescue us from climate disaster?
November 5th, 2018
The future of our tech industry is green, and the future health of our climate relies on better tech. This was the...
Devastating and enduring impact of conflict on our planet
November 2nd, 2018
On a warm afternoon in August 1945, when World War II was taking its last breaths, an atomic bomb fell on the...
State has ‘human rights obligation’ to lessen climate change impact
November 1st, 2018
The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Environment has concluded that the Irish Government has “clear, positive, and enforceable obligations” to...
Irish team comes second in EU award for projects to tackle urban air pollution
November 1st, 2018
This week, the European Commission announced the winner of a €3 million award for the EU Horizon Prize on Materials for Clean...
WWF Report: Humans wipe out 60% of animal populations over 40 years
October 31st, 2018
A new WWF report has concluded that populations of vertebrate species – mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish – have declined by...
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