Sanctions for failing to meet targets might not be “implementable”
28 October 2020
Sanctioning government departments for failing to meet their carbon budgets under the new Climate Bill might not be “implementable”, the Chair of...
Current Climate Bill cannot drive necessary emission reductions
27 October 2020
The Climate Bill in its current state cannot be expected to drive necessary emission reductions, the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action...
CAP vote rounds out a “historically bad week for the future of farming”
23 October 2020
The European Parliament voted against amendments to the proposed new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), “burying hope of real reform” for its almost...
Calls to reject new CAP grow day before crucial vote
22 October 2020
Campaigners have taken to Twitter the day before the European Parliament is set to vote on the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)...
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...
New agri-food strategy must “shift away” from intensive practice
16 October 2020
The new 2030 Agri-Food Strategy must “shift away” from intensive agricultural practices, according to environmental groups.
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