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[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_feature_box title=”The rapid dieselisation of the Irish fleet could spell trouble for public health” title_color=”” text_color=”” graphic=”icon” graphic_size=”60px” graphic_shape=”square” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”left” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” graphic_icon=”automobile”]70% of new cars sold in Ireland Read more

25 November, 2016 According to the report on ‘Urban Waste Water Treatment in 2015’ recently published on the EPA Ireland website, significant funding will be required to prevent waste water from having a negative impact on pollution and public health in a large number of sites scattered across the country. Read more

Image: All-Ireland winning Kerry minor football manager Peter Keane, guest of honour, Councillor Brendan Cronin, Cathaoirleach, Killarney Municipal District Area, and Eve Kelliher, Editor, Killarney Advertiser, with Tom Roche, volunteer,  at the Killarney Looking Good Awards in The Killarney Plaza Hotel. Photo: Eamonn Keogh 23 November, 2016 Killarney Looking Good Read more

November 18, 2016 Ireland’s soils need your help. A new campaign has been launched to bring about European laws to protect soils now and for future generations. The Environmental Pillar in coalition with environmental organisations, organic growers, farmers, researchers and people concerned with the future of food production are launching Read more

Image: Minister for Environment Denis Naughten formally ratifies the Paris Agreement in New York on Friday November 4th. Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and UN Legal Counsel, Miguel de Serpa Soares and Santiago Villalpando, Chief of the Treaty Section of the UN Office of Legal Affairs. November 17, 2016 A new page was Read more

November 16th 2016 Half of Irish homes have a ‘D’ energy rating and changing that will be a “major challenge”, the EPA have revealed. According to the State of the Environment report made available by the EPA, 50% of Ireland’s housing stock has a D-rating on the Building Energy Rating Read more

November 15, 2016 Stop Climate Chaos Ireland (Facebook, Twitter) have staged an interesting piece of performance art today in front of Dáil Éireann. Two ice-sculpture busts of Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Minister Denis Naughten are melting on this relatively warm November day in Dublin. The somewhat caricatured faces of the Read more

November 11, 2016 In a press release earlier today Minister Denis Naughten of the Department of Communications, Climate Action & Environment responded to the concerning findings published in a recent EPA report. Greenhouse gas emissions  are on the rise in Ireland and Minister Naughten seeks to quell concerns relating to Ireland’s Read more

November 11, 2016 The border wall proposed by President-elect Donald Trump to span US-Mexico border from the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico is one of the few policy proposals that Donald Trump has spoken about in detail. However, is the project feasible? Environmental Treaties and legislation as well as Read more