Smoky coal ban extended but no nationwide ban yet
December 18th, 2019
The Minister for the Environment and Climate Action has announced that the smoky coal ban will be extended to all Irish towns...
Ministers ignore EU legal deadline to ending overfishing by 2020
December 18th, 2019
EU fisheries Ministers have agreed to set various fisheries quota levels above scientifically suggested levels and will fail to meet their own...
Access to justice under threat by planning Bill, Committee hears
December 16th, 2019
The Government’s proposal to bring in more stringent rules for legal challenges over planning decisions poses a serious threat to citizens’ access...
COP25: Youth voice the silver lining to a dark cloud
December
16th, 2019
On Thursday, the official penultimate day
of COP25, the energy in the conference halls seemed low as negotiations across
the board were blocked.
Tensions were...
COP25: Name and shame those holding the world to ransom
December 16th,
2019
And so after two weeks of negotiations, COP25 finally came
to a fractious end last night, some 40 hours past the scheduled close.
As...
Irish students strike in solidarity with activists inside COP25
December 13th, 2019
Youth activists are currently holding their weekly climate strike inside the UN climate talks in Madrid to highlight the slow progress in...
Climate litigation key in absence of political will
December 13th, 2019
Climate litigation and activism are the key tools to push policymakers to take concrete action to tackle the growing threat of climate...
Deadlock at COP25 – Can the Chilean President deliver progress?
December 12th,
2019
There are many contradictions at COP25 here in Madrid. Since
the meeting was originally scheduled for Santiago in Chile, it is rather as if
a...
COP25: Still waiting for real leadership
December 10th,
2019
The end of the first week of most COPs is probably what is
best described as ‘peak pessimism’.
The public servants have laboured all...
Ireland failing to decouple emissions from economic growth, SEAI
December 12th, 2019
Ireland’s demand for energy is rising in line with economic growth, the latest data from the national energy authority shows.
According to the...
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