October 17th, 2017 New analysis reveals that over half of the crops used to produce biodiesel in the EU have been imported and are not grown by European farmers. Transport & Environment (T&E), a leading European environmental NGO, has called for more “transparency” in the “opaque” biofuel industry following analysis revealing that Read more…
October 12th, 2017 The Irish Wildlife Trust has criticised calls from a Westmeath councillor to lift the protective status of the pine marten, one of Ireland’s rarest mammals. The motion calls on the Heritage Minister Heather Humphries and the National Parks & Wildlife Service to take legal protection away from Read more…
October 11th, 2017 A new study has confirmed that honey across the world has been contaminated by pesticides linked to the recent crash in global bee populations. The report, published in Science last week, shows that honey from every continent except Antarctica contained traces of neonicotinoids. Incredibly, honey collected on Read more…
October 11th, 2017 Air pollution is the cause of the premature death of over 1,500 Irish people every year, a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) has found. The Agency’s annual Air Quality in Europe – report released today estimates that over half a million Europeans die prematurely Read more…
October 6th, 2017 The Scottish Government has banned fracking following public outcry over the environmental risks and health hazards linked to the controversial industry. Earlier this week, Scotland’s Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse declared that the January 2015 moratorium on fracking will now be made permanent. Fracking, officially known as hydraulic Read more…
October 4th, 2017 Ireland’s first-ever “bat bridge” has been constructed over Galway’s new motorway in a bid to conserve an internationally important colony of Lesser Horseshoe Bats. The M17 stretches 53km between Gort and Tuam and forms part of the Government’s Atlantic Corridor project. The €550 million motorway has been Read more…
September 28th, 2017 Earlier this week, the government published a draft of the National Planning Framework (NPF) – Ireland 2040 Our Plan. The plan lays out a strategy for how Ireland can grow sustainably over the next two decades. With an additional one million people living in Ireland by 2040, the Read more…
September 20th, 2017 Campaigners today delivered a petition to the Minister of the Environment calling on him to use his powers to ban all future oil and gas exploration in Irish waters. Members of the grassroots environmental campaign group Not Here, Not Anywhere gathered outside Minister Naughten’s offices on Adelaide Read more…
September 19th, 2017 The Government is set to introduce a new tyre disposal fee as part of regulation to crack down on illegal tyre dumping and bring greater transparency to the industry. Announced this week by the Environment Minister, Denis Naughten, TD, the Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations Read more…
September 18th, 2017 ECO-UNESCO today launched the Young Environmentalists Awards 2018 calling on Ireland’s greenest teens to step up and take action in their communities over the next year. Now in its 19th year, this award scheme sees teenagers working together on projects to provide solutions to local and global Read more…