The Importance of Healthy Soil for Long-Term Food Security
Globally, conventional agriculture is still following the same model of working with the land that led to the great dust bowls of America in...
Four government actions that are helping reduce plastic waste around the world
July 12th, 2017
The Waste Reduction Bill was heard in the Dáil last night. The bill would see a deposit refund scheme implemented on plastic...
Substantial step up in sustainable investments needed across Europe, new EU report finds
July 11th, 2017
A substantial step up in the redirection of financial flows to sustainable investments is needed in order to successfully shift to a...
Report part-funded by industry finds pesticides major risk to European bees
July 11th, 2017
A new study, part-funded by pesticide manufacturers Bayer and Syngenta, has found that pesticides pose a major risk to European honeybees and wild bees.
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Five groups in Ireland to help you reduce your plastic waste
July 11th 2017
To celebrate Plastic Free July we have put together a list of five groups in Ireland that can help you cut plastic...
Three years and six goals to curb climate change
July 10th, 2017
A group of climate change experts have published six goals to achieve by 2020 in order to meet the targets set out...
September date set for provisional application of controversial CETA trade deal
The controversial Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) will be provisionally applied from 21 September after Canada and the European Union reached an agreement...
US isolated over climate stance at G20 meeting in Hamburg
July 10th, 2017
The United States’ isolated stance on climate change was made clear at this weekend’s G20 meeting in Hamburg as the other nineteen...
Opinion: Trudeau and the Environment: Trump with better hair
July 10th, 2017
Since his election as leader of the Canadian government in 2015, Justin Trudeau has been celebrated as a liberal icon due to...
The Green Party’s Waste Reduction Bill to be debated in Dáil tomorrow
July 10th, 2017
The Green Party’s Waste Reduction Bill is set to be debated in the Dáil tomorrow evening after the Labour Party agreed to...
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