Ireland signs global initiative to halt biodiversity loss
29 September 2020
Ireland is among the countries who signed up to a global initiative yesterday to halt biodiversity loss just days before an international...
Global Day of Climate Action marked the country over
25 September 2020
Protesters around the country marked a global day of climate action today while adhering to public health guidelines.
The Fridays for Future-led strike...
The number of deaths attributable to air pollution has increased
25 September 2020
The amount of premature deaths attributable to air pollution has increased from 2016, according to new data released by the EPA.
The agency...
Green/Left alliance needed for a Just Transition in tackling waste
24 September 2020
As I travelled up the quays to Liberty Hall earlier this month (it was the first time I had been in Dublin...
FIE: Current Forestry Bill doesn’t account for “social factors”
23 September 2020
The Forestry Bill approved by Cabinet today fails to take account of “social factors”, Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) has said.
The...
We need a Green New Deal for our climate and our health
23 September 2020
Launched in December last year, the European Green Deal is Europe’s roadmap to becoming the first climate-neutral continent.
A fundamental component of...
EU animal farming exceeds combined climate impact of cars and vans
22 September 2020
Greenhouse gas emissions from animal farming in the European Union eclipse that of all cars and vans in the region put together,...
Minister for Agriculture: new CAP must ensure better environmental outcomes
22 September 2020
The new Common Agricultural Policy must ensure “better environmental and climate outcomes,” the Minister for Agriculture has said.
Minister Charlie McConalogue made the...
Top Irish income bracket emits almost as much as bottom 50 per cent
21 September 2020
The richest 10 per cent of the country emits almost as much as the bottom 50 per cent, a new report from...
EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: deforestation would increase by at least 25 per cent
18 September 2020
Deforestation would increase by at least 25 per cent per annum if the EU-Mercosur trade agreement is passed, a new report has...
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