Ethical disconnection and re-connection – corporations as “people” and NGOs
Externalities involve ethical choices. The mechanisms that allow corporate actors to distance themselves from responsibility from their anti-social and anti-environmental choices are described –...
Greens welcome European strategy on plastic waste
Ireland must play our part in the reduction of plastic waste and promotion of a circular economy
The Green Party today welcomed the publication of...
Green Party welcomes badger TB vaccination programme
The Green Party today welcomed the announcement from the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) Michael Creed TD, that his department will...
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...
We must follow UK’s lead in tackling plastic pollution, say leading environmentalists
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The State must step up its game to tackle plastic pollution in the wake of the UK’s pledge to eliminate plastic waste by...
European NGO alliance urges Commission to ban electric fishing
January 15th, 2017
An NGO alliance has called on the European Commission to withdraw all proposals in support of electric fishing as MEPs prepare to...
Green Party call for licensing system review after major fire at waste facility
January 15th, 2018
The Green Party has called for a review of waste licensing in the wake of a major fire at a metal recycling...
Greens call on Government to back Citizens’ Assembly recommendations
The Green Party has called on Minister Eoghan Murphy to live up to a speech he made in 2014 and back the recommendations of...
Cork City Council to stop using disposable coffee cups from next week
January 11th, 2017
Cork City Council is set to become the first local authority to bring in a ban on the use of disposable single-use...
Ireland must follow UK in pledge to eliminate plastic waste, say environmentalists
January 11th, 2018
The State must step up its game to tackle plastic pollution in the wake of the UK’s new pledge to eliminate plastic...
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