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The investment plans of the energy and heating sectors in Ireland are “at odds” with decarbonisation and are likely to lock-in...
Over 300 Extinction Rebellion activists arrested this week
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More than 300 protesters have been arrested in London as Extinction Rebellion’s Week of Rebellion enters its fourth day.
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President outlines concern with pace of environmental ‘destruction’
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The President has expressed concern about the continuous decline of biodiversity across the planet and the lack of any indication that the...
EPA open investigation into at incident at Poolbeg Incinerator that left 11 in hospital
June 8th, 2017
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has opened an investigating into an incident at the Poolbeg Incinerator in Dublin last night that left...
Calls for revision of An Taisce climate document ‘flabbergasting’
April 10th, 2019
Civil society groups and climate experts are “flabbergasted” by Young Fine Gael’s call for An Taisce to revise its recently published...
European Parliament Committee votes to significantly increase climate targets
10 September 2020
The European Parliament’s Environment Committee has voted in favour of significantly increasing the bloc’s 2030 climate target.
The members of the committee endorsed...
Data centre expansion to drive up energy demand and emissions
August 28th, 2019
The ramping up of data centre development in Ireland could add 1.5 million tonnes to our carbon emissions by 2030, a new...
Protesters call on Dail to declare climate emergency
May 4th, 2019
Dozens of protesters gathered before the Dáil today to demand a national declaration of a climate emergency.
The demonstration was
organized by...
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...
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