PRESS RELEASE: Native Woodlands the solution to farm water pollution, says environmental coalition
Immediate Release
The use of existing forestry grants to allow farmers to plant native woodlands along rivers and streams would dramatically reduce farm water pollution,...
Bridgefoot Street Community Garden Compost Workshop and Open Day Harvest.
**What: **Stop Food Waste Compost Workshop (10 am) followed by a Garden Open Day and Potato Harvest (12 pm)When: Saturday 16th of September 2017,...
Complaint sent to EU over Ireland’s failure to tackle illegal wild fires
September 13th, 2017
The Irish Wildlife Trust has written to the European Commission about Ireland’s failure to tackle illegal wild fires and protect threatened wildlife...
PRESS RELEASE: Pillar comment on State of the European Union address
Sustainable development and environmental protection must be put at the heart and centre of the Future of Europe, says Ireland’s leading environmental coalition.
Following today’s...
Stories and Conversations for a Healthy and Low-Carbon Galway City
September 12th, 2017
As part of the Convergence Festival 2017, the annual sustainable community festival hosted by Cultivate, two public events are planned for Galway...
EPA water report shows Government is prioritising politics over the environment
Contaminated water supplies threaten the environment, health, economy and tourism
The Green Party said today that the EPA’s latest report, showing that the water supplies...
Water supplies to 700,000 consumers not meeting public health standards
September 12th, 2017
Water supplies to over 700,000 consumers require improvements to meet public health standards, a new report from Ireland’s environmental watchdog has revealed.
The...
Garda debate needs to move past personalities and onto the substance of reforming the...
Green Party Justice Spokesperson, Cllr Roderic O’Gorman has called for the focus of efforts to reform the Gardai to shift to the work of...
Coastwatch Seeks Volunteers For 30th Annual Coastal Survey
September 11th, 2017
Leading marine NGO Coastwatch are looking for volunteers to get involved in its annual international citizen science campaign, the Coastwatch shore survey.
Currently...
ECJ holds hearing on Poland’s refusal to stop logging in ancient forest
Europe’s leading court today held its first hearing on Poland’s refusal to comply with an interim ban on logging in the protected Białowieża Forest.
The...
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