Environmental group challenges planning extension for €500m gas terminal
October 4th, 2018
An environmental charity was granted leave this morning in the High Court to judicially review An Bord Pleanála’s decision to extend planning...
Irish Water to write to 140,000 premises over drinking water concerns
October 3rd, 2018
Irish Water is set to write to 140,000 homes and businesses over concerns about drinking water quality over the coming weeks.
The concerned...
Reuse Month: People urged to reuse more, waste less
October 2nd, 2018
Numerous events will be held across the country to highlight the importance of reusing waste throughout National Reuse Month this October.
Three Irish...
BBC Radio set to expand climate change coverage
October 2nd, 2018
Two current affairs programmes on BBC Radio will now include climate change coverage in their broadcasts every week, the shows’ editor has confirmed.
Writing...
Budget 2019: Environmental groups call for carbon tax hike
October 1st, 2018
The Government needs to take action to tackle “out of control” emissions and an “unacceptable” housing crisis in Budget 2019, Ireland’s largest...
The Bioeconomy: an alternative to our fossil fuel based system
October 1st, 2019
Not content with addressing just one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), I would like to propose a concept that has the potential...
Leaked memo show business lobby desire for weak EU climate targets
September 27th, 2018
A leaked internal memo from one of Europe’s largest lobby groups has revealed that it plans to “oppose” the EU’s push to...
TCD graduates win UN award for ethical food shopping app
September 27th, 2018
An ethical food shopping app developed by two entrepreneurial Trinity College Dublin graduates has won the UN prestigious Young Champions of the...
Letter warns Minister for Agriculture over booming peat bedding market
27th, September 2018
An environmental group has called on to the Minister for Agriculture to exercise his powers to tell Teagasc to “refrain” from providing...
Proposed LNG terminal in Kerry ‘flies in face’ of climate commitments
September 26th, 2018
The proposed development of a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Shannon Estuary flies in the face of the State’s commitment to...
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