€616m paid out in potentially environmentally damaging subsidies in 2015, CSO data reveals

June 8th, 2017 Despite a marked increase in environmental subsidies for renewable energy in 2015, over €616m was also dished out for potentially environmentally damaging...

Eleven hospitalised after incident at Poolbeg Incinerator

June 8th, 2017 Eleven workers at the Poolbeg Incinerator in Dublin were taken to hospital late yesterday evening as a result of the uncontrolled discharge...

India’s tumbling solar prices ‘a race to extinction’

News of record-low solar prices in India – celebrated as a victory for renewable energy over coal – masks a brittle and unsustainable industry, utterly...

Plastic bottles found in over 80 per cent of coastal sites surveyed by Coastwatch

June 8th, 2017 Plastic bottles were found in over 80 per cent of all coastal sites surveyed during the latest All-Ireland Coastwatch Survey, a new...

Pittsburgh and Paris join over 200 cities and states rejecting Trump on climate

Posted on 8 June 2017 by dana1981 I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris So said Donald Trump in a speech justifying...

Marine reserves are helping ecosystems cope with climate change: study

Marine reserves are helping ecosystems adapt to the impacts of global warming, as well as protecting against overfishing and pollution. That is the finding...

Coal industry begs Congress to save carbon capture from Trump

Coal companies who once thought president Donald Trump an ally in the search for next-generation technology are now looking to Congress to save them...

IPCC launch monitoring scheme for endangered Large Heath bog butterfly

June 7, 2017 IPCC is in the process of elaborating a rigorous monitoring methodology for the endangered Large Heath bog butterfly. The Lodge Bog Nature...

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