Leaked slides point to plans to sabotage Amazon conservation project
August 26th, 2019
Leaked documents reveal plans from Jair Bolsonaro’s government to push for the economic development of the Amazon in order to block a...
Protests held at Brazilian embassy over Amazon fires
Extinction Rebellion and teenage climate activists from Fridays For Future gathered outside Brazil’s embassy in Dublin and consul office in Cork city today to...
Brazil backslide on Amazon protection puts Mercosur deal at risk, Varadkar
August 23rd, 2019
Taoiseach
Leo Varadkar has warned that Ireland will vote against the EU-Mercosur trade deal
if Brazil’s backsliding on the conservation of the Amazon rainforest...
Brazilian embassy under fire for Amazon response
August 23rd, 2019
The Brazilian embassy in Ireland has come under fire for its social media response to the unprecedented rate of fires burning across...
Stark assessment points to continued decline of key habitats
August 22nd, 2019
The majority of EU-protected habitats in Ireland are in bad condition, a detailed analysis by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS)...
Intensive chicken farming in Monaghan under scrutiny
August 22nd, 2019
A decision
by Monaghan County Council to grant
planning permission for a large-scale chicken farm has been challenged over
the potential environmental and air pollution...
Growth and degrowth: unpacking the myths
August 21, 2019
In an oddly-phrased opinion piece in The Irish Times last Friday,
business journalist Mark Paul criticised those who argue that economic
contraction – degrowth...
Paraguay must act on human rights violations from agrochemical spraying
August 20th, 2019
The UN Human Rights Committee has issued one of its most important environmental decisions to date, calling on the Paraguayan government...
Mock funeral marks loss of glacier due to climate change
August 20th, 2019
A funeral was held in Iceland on Sunday to mark the world’s
first loss of a glacier to climate change.
Around 100 people, including...
Questions remain over funding of retrofit scheme
August 20th, 2019
The Government has announced that all outstanding deep retrofit pilot scheme applications will be assessed but questions remain over why funding issues...
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