Latest fisheries quotas ‘massive blow’ to ending overfishing
December 19th, 2018
The EU’s fisheries ministers agreed this morning to maintain current fishing quota limits for 2019 despite calls from NGOs and experts to...
Fine Gael opposition leaves climate Bill in committee limbo
December 18th, 2018
A climate Bill to ban any new licenses for oil and gas exploration now looks set to sit in a “procedural cul...
Tackling climate change can start with an end to overfishing
December 18th, 2018
The ocean is incredible: not only is it the origin of all life, but it also stores the most carbon, regulates the...
New National Maternity Hospital plans ‘shockingly inadequate’
December 18th, 2018
The current design of the new National Maternity Hospital shows a near complete oversight of energy efficiency measures required from 2019 onwards,...
Climate talks end with baby steps, not the giant leap required
December 17th, 2018
The cataclysmic impacts of climate inaction were spelled out in black and white in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report...
Fears over State commitment to clean up contamination on Haulbowline Island
December 14th, 2018
The Government has been accused of forgetting about its commitment to complete an all-island clean-up of contamination from an old steel plant...
SEAI outlines ‘urgent need’ to reduce fossil fuel reliance
13 December 2018:
Ireland continues to face an uphill challenge to reduce fossil fuels reliance across transport, heating and electricity, the Sustainable Energy Authority of...
Low pesticide exposure found among horticulture workers
December 14th, 2018
Scientists from NUI Galway have found low levels of glyphosate exposure among professional gardeners and amenity horticultural workers in Ireland following four...
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...
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