Conference hears how women can lead Ireland’s sustainability movement

February 1, 2018 Female experts, employees, and enthusiasts from the sustainability, climate and environmental sectors met in Dublin this morning to discuss how they can...

State must tackle climate change with same vigour as Brexit, Committee hears

January 31st, 2018 The Government must approach climate change with the same seriousness as it does with Brexit, the Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action heard...

Shell named as one of eight companies on EPA’s latest worst polluters list

January 30th, 2018 Shell Ireland is one of eight industrial sites listed on the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest list of industrial sites under its radar...

Landmark climate case against the Irish State pushed back to February

January 30th, 2018 A landmark legal challenge brought against the Irish Government for alleged inaction to tackle climate change has been pushed back for a...

Climate and human activity may damage world’s largest tropical peatlands, new study finds

January 30th, 2018 New research has discovered that both climate change and human activity have the potential to “significantly damage” the world’s largest tropical peatland...

Just Eat it: A Food Waste Story

January 30th, 2018 Get ready to rethink your fridge as a new food waste documentary reveals how your household habits could be the cause of...

Solutions to our plastic problem: Lessons from South Korea

January 29th, 2018 The culture of drinking coffee has progressively become a profound culture in the Asian country of South Korea. Moving away from the traditional...

The Climate Cases: Age is no Restriction

January 29th, 2017 After the success of the Urgenda climate case discussed in the first of our Climate Cases series, a number of citizens’ groups...

Green party Senator calls for sustainable seaweed harvesting in Bantry Bay

January 29th, 2018 Senator Grace O’Sullivan has called for an update in foreshore licensing and more sustainable seaweed harvesting in Bantry Bay. The Green Party politician...

The real lesson of the Energiewende is that the German economy uses too much...

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