Oireachtas briefing: Green Ministers announce reports on Direct Provision and childcare costs, farmer training...
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Climate Bill lacks “sense of emergency”
21 October 2020
The recently published Climate Bill doesn’t have a “sense of emergency”, the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action heard today.
Dr. Andrew Jackson...
Minister for Agriculture welcomes approach to controversial new CAP
21 October 2020
The Minister for Agriculture has welcomed the approach to new Common Agricultural Policy deal, a proposal which environmental organisations have continued to...
Proposed Bill will “fail to regulate” the majority of water abstractions
20 October 2020
The proposed bill on water abstraction set to go before pre-legislative scrutiny this week will fail to regulate the majority of instances,...
MEPs “must refuse” CAP propsal and send it back to the Commission
20 October 2020
European environmental organisations have urged MEPs to reject the current Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) proposal and send it back to the Commission...
Government must “move quickly” on ruling out LNG terminals
19 October 2020
The government must “move quickly” in ruling out Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) terminals, the co-chair of the Just Transition Greens said...
Research 350: Towards a Definitive Historical High-resolution Climate Dataset for Ireland – Promoting Climate...
Authors: Jason Flanagan and Paul Nolan
New agri-food strategy must “shift away” from intensive practice
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The new 2030 Agri-Food Strategy must “shift away” from intensive agricultural practices, according to environmental groups.
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