Image: Sooty Shearwater Seabird Photographer: Anthony McGeehan November 28, 2016 BirdWatch Ireland launched their annual report entitled ‘Life on the Edge : Seabirds and fisheries in Irish waters’ in Buswells Hotel last Friday (November 25). The report explores the interactions between fisheries and seabirds including the knock-on effects of food shortages 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…
November 10, 2016 Dublin Bikes will soon be expanding to the suburbs of Dublin. New bike stations will be constructed in Dublin suburbs such as Finglas, Ballymun, Ballyfermot and Terenure. This represents a significant achievement in the expansion of the Dublin Bikes scheme which will pave the way for users to Read more…
