Roscommon latest county to declare climate emergency
June 27th, 2019
Roscommon County Council unanimously declared a climate change and biodiversity emergency earlier this week.
The Midlands county joins regional councils and the...
No deal Brexit bad for environment, says expert
June 27th, 2019
A no-deal Brexit would see any meaningful conversation around environmental policy completely abandoned, a British expert has said.
Speaking
recently at an event in...
‘Rank hypocrisy’ for EU to insist on agri-climate measures while supporting Mercosur deal
June 27th, 2019
A new report on Ireland’s beef sector has been largely welcomed by the beef farming community but tensions remain high with Brexit...
Climate action ‘potential threat’ to beef industry
June 26th, 2019
Climate action measures are a “potential threat” to the beef sector, a new Joint Committee on Agriculture report has found.
The
Future
of the Beef...
Climate Plan: Retrofitting homes 500,000 key objective
June 25th, 2019
The
Government’s new climate
action
plan
outlines
an
ambitious
objective for retrofitting 500,000 homes and
putting at least 800,000 electric cars on the road by 2030.
Developing
200 on-street...
Replace peat with LNG, says senior Trump energy official
June 25th, 2019
Ireland
should replace peat with US Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) in its fuel
transition, a senior Trump energy official has said.
The
US under-secretary for Energy...
Climate Plan: Circular Economy a welcome feature
June 21st, 2019
The inclusion of a circular economy module in the Government’s new Climate Action Plan is a “welcome change” according to experts.
A circular...
Student activists in Cork hold protest in advance of Climate Minister ‘s visit
June 21st, 2019
Dozens of teenage climate activists
gathered in protest in Cork today in advance of Minister for Climate Richard
Bruton TD’s town hall meeting on...
Agri-policy in new climate plan may fail to deliver on emissions reduction targets
June 21st, 2019
The agricultural section of the Government’s
new climate plan may not deliver the necessary emissions reduction required for
the industry, multiple non-governmental and political...
Climate plan: Governance proposals strongest asset
June 21st, 2019
The governance section of the
newly launched climate plan has been referred to as the plan’s “strong point” by
experts in the days following...
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