Solutions to our plastic problem: Lessons from Germany
January 19th, 2017
Once a staunchly tea-drinking nation, in recent years Ireland has progressively swayed further and further toward it’s more exotic cousin, coffee.
The once-routine...
NASA places 2017 as second warmest year on record
January 19th, 2017
The Earth’s global surface temperature in 2017 was the second warmest on record since 1880, according to the latest NASA data released...
Challenge to meet new EU plastic packaging recycling targets, says EPA expert
January 18th, 2018
Ireland will face challenges to meet new EU recycling targets for plastic packaging, a waste prevention expert has said.
Speaking before an Oireachtas...
BREAKING: Parliament to set up special committee to investigate pesticides licensing
January 18th, 2018
The European Parliament has agreed to set up a special committee to investigate the authorisation procedure for glyphosate and other pesticides.
The committee will...
Taoiseach tells EU he is not proud of Ireland role as Europe’s climate ‘laggard’
January 18th, 2018
Ireland is a climate “laggard” and needs to do a lot more to catch up with our European neighbours in tackling climate change,...
Concerned citizens dump plastic waste at Dáil’s door over inaction to tackle plastic pollution
January 17th, 2018
Concerned citizens dumped their plastic waste at the Dáil’s door this afternoon in protest over the government’s inaction to tackle plastic pollution.
The...
Our Plastic Problem: Voices from the grassroots
January 17th, 2018
The Green Party’s Waste Reduction Bill underwent detailed scrutiny at the Dail’s Environmental Committee this afternoon.
The Bill proposes to ban disposable plastic...
Waste Reduction Bill badly needed to tackle escalating plastic problem, Committee hears
January 17th, 2018
The Government must support the straightforward and progressive policies in the Green Party’s Waste Reduction Bill to tackle our escalating plastic problem,...
Creed announces ‘long overdue’ scheme to vaccinate badgers in the fight against TB in...
January 17th, 2018
The Agriculture Minister has launched a new scheme to vaccinate badgers against tuberculosis (TB) as an integral part of the fight against...
European Parliament vote in favour of banning electric pulse fishing in European waters
January 16th, 2017
The European Parliament voted today to ban the controversial practice of electric pulse fishing in European waters.
Earlier today, MEPs voted 402 to...