June 8th, 2017 Eleven workers at the Poolbeg Incinerator in Dublin were taken to hospital late yesterday evening as a result of the uncontrolled discharge of lime at the facility. Covanta, the company which runs the Poolbeg incineration facility, stated that the incident is believed …
IPCC launch monitoring scheme for endangered Large Heath bog butterfly
View PostShocking Climate Change denial aired on RTE during Claire Byrne Live
June 3rd, 2017 A segment on Climate Change which aired on the Claire Byrne Live RTÉ One last week has caused controversy and uproar among Irish environmentalists. The segment, set up as a two-panel debate, lent undeserved credibility to climate-change deniers. Based on a somewhat …
An Taisce letter urges Heritage Minister to save bronze-age roadway at Mayne Bog
June 1st, 2017 An Taisce has called on the Minister for Heritage, Heather Humphreys TD to secure protection for a rare Bronze-Age roadway at Mayne Bog in County Westmeath. In a letter sent to Ms Humphreys this week, An Taisce strongly urged the minister to commit …
Green Party launches ‘Just Transition’ plan to prevent Midlands becoming Ireland’s rust belt
May 31st, 2017 The Green Party has warned the government that the Midlands could become Ireland’s rust belt unless a comprehensive economic plan is put in place to deal with the decline in fossil fuel employment in the area. The stark warning came as the …
MEPs vote to strengthen the EU’s most powerful climate law
May 30, 2017 MEPs voted today to increase the ambition of the EU’s most powerful climate law, the proposed Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR). The Parliament’s Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) voted for countries to reduce their emissions based on a more …
The Union of Students in Ireland launches major energy saving scheme
View PostEPA – Three quarters of Ireland’s bathing waters are rated excellent under new stringent assessment criteria
View PostBiodiversity and the City – Eight Urban Events for Biodiversity-Week 2017!
May 15th, 2017 When we think of biodiversity we often imagine unspoilt rural pastures or other landscapes and seascapes untainted by the faintest hint of concrete or urban development. This in an understandable but incorrect reflex. Biodiversity Week 2017 wants to bring biodiversity back to the …
Uplift campaign launched to push for drinks container deposit refund scheme
May 11th, 2017 Zero Waste Ireland and VOICE have launched a campaign on Uplift to petition the Minister for Climate Action and the Environment to Introduce a Deposit-Refund System for drinks containers in Ireland. According to VOICE, container deposit and refund schemes are extremely successful at …