Swedish NGOs raise sustainability concerns over Renewable Energy Directive

A group of Swedish NGOs has called on the European Parliament to dramatically enhance the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) due to concerns about the...

Grazing donkeys boost endangered butterfly population on Kildare Bog

October 19th, 2017 Grazing donkeys are helping to conserve one of Ireland’s most endangered species of butterfly on a Kildare bog, with populations now at...

Live cattle exported to Turkey suffer ‘prolonged and painful’ deaths

October 19th, 2017 Cattle exported to Turkey under Ireland’s plans to increase live animal exports will suffer “prolonged and painful death” by methods illegal in...

Brazilian Amazon lost 660,000 hectares of forest in last year

The Brazilian Amazon lost 6,624 sq km of forest between August 2016 and July 2017, an area about twice the City of London. This week, president Michel...

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