Agri-food sector dominates EPA worst offender list
April 18th, 2019
Agri-food companies continue to dominate the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) worst offender’s list for regulatory compliance issues.
Five companies are included in the...
Curlew’s call in short supply as species in decline
April 18th, 2019
A
leading peatland conservation group is set to highlight the decline of
endangered Curlew breeding on Irish bogs at an event in Kildare this...
Over 300 Extinction Rebellion activists arrested this week
April 18th, 2019
More than 300 protesters have been arrested in London as Extinction Rebellion’s Week of Rebellion enters its fourth day.
The week-long action...
Rebel County protest to draw attention to biodiversity decline
April 18th, 2019
Extinction Rebellion campaigners in Cork have vowed to demonstrate the urgency of climate action through a symbolic “die-in” in the city on...
Concerned raised over ESB biomass plans at oral hearing
April 17th, 2019
Three
national environmental groups have raised concerns over plans for ESB’s peat
stations at a hearing into the semi-state’s plans to convert one of...
Europe’s youth must vote en masse next month, Greta Thunberg
April 17th, 2019
It’s vital that young adults vote in the upcoming European
elections and voice their concerns to politicians over climate change, Greta
Thunberg said at...
Defenders, Delayers and Dinosaurs: The political parties ‘failing on climate change’
April 16th, 2019
MEPs from Ireland’s two largest parties have shown a “shocking apathy” towards EU climate action, a new report ranking political parties in...
Promotion of physical activity must be central to State climate policy
April 16th, 2019
Several prominent Irish medical groups have called on the State to make the promotion of physical activity an integral part of the...
Extinction Rebellion to ‘disrupt’ business as usual in the capital this Friday
April 16th, 2019
Activists from the Extinction Rebellion movement are set to “disrupt business as usual” in Dublin this Friday to protest against inaction from...
Climate Committee report widely welcomed by NGOs and experts
April 16th, 2019
Civil society groups and experts have welcomed a landmark report from the Committee on Climate Action and called on the Government to...
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