Activist burnout running through the climate activist community
August 27th, 2019
On a recent Sunday morning, Wren Alice Ind, a 19-year-old member of Extinction Rebellion (XR), took to Facebook to announce her temporary...
Official stats paint Ireland as EU laggard on climate and environment
August 27th, 2019
A new analysis from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) singles out Ireland as a European laggard across a range of important climate...
‘We know the threats to our habitats and species – now is the time...
August 27th, 2019
Last week, the National Parks and Wildlife Service published the third report on the assessment of the status of habitats and species that Ireland is...
Brazil rejects G7 ‘chump change’ $20m Amazon aid offer
August 27th, 2019
The Bolsanaro administration has rejected a $20 million aid offer from G7 countries to fight the Amazon fires that environmental NGOs have described...
New EV charger funding scheme ‘lacks ambition’
August 26th, 2019
The State has announced new funding support for local authorities to roll out a new stream of 1,000 on-street public charging points...
Leaked slides point to plans to sabotage Amazon conservation project
August 26th, 2019
Leaked documents reveal plans from Jair Bolsonaro’s government to push for the economic development of the Amazon in order to block a...
Government plan for more electric charge points shows again their lack of ambition –...
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Protests held at Brazilian embassy over Amazon fires
Extinction Rebellion and teenage climate activists from Fridays For Future gathered outside Brazil’s embassy in Dublin and consul office in Cork city today to...
Brazil backslide on Amazon protection puts Mercosur deal at risk, Varadkar
August 23rd, 2019
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Leo Varadkar has warned that Ireland will vote against the EU-Mercosur trade deal
if Brazil’s backsliding on the conservation of the Amazon rainforest...
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