14 January 2021 Plans to import fracked gas through the Port of Cork have been scrapped, the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications confirmed today. In 2017, the Port of Cork and US gas company, NextDecade, signed a memorandum of understanding to import liquified natural gas (LNG) which expired Read more…
11 January 2021 Ireland has signed up to an international coalition that aims to protect almost a third of the planet’s land and sea area. The announcement was made as part of the High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People launch today, which aispires to establish an agreement to address Read more…
14 September 2020 Members of an affiliated Extinction Rebellion group gathered outside the Department of Agriculture today and called for a radical change to Irish and European agricultural policy. Animal Rebellion protesters clad in costume climbed atop a platform over the front door of the Department and unfurled banners while Read more…
16 July 2020 The EU’s current target of net zero emissions for 2050 equals “surrender” to the climate crisis, a letter penned by Greta Thunberg and other activists warns. The letter, which continues to gather signatures from activists and scientists the worldover, was sent to EU leaders and heads of Read more…
15 July 2020 Presumptive US Democratic nominee Joe Biden announced another chapter of his climate plan yesterday. His plan, he proclaimed from a lone podium, contained the “most critical investments” the US could make in addressing the climate crisis and would be a cornerstone feature in his “Build Back Better” Read more…
15 July 2020 The post-pandemic recovery presents a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity in rebuilding the Europe-wide economy by overseeing a just and rapid transition from coal to renewable energy, according to a European environmental campaign. The Europe Beyond Coal campaign released its Fool’s Gold update for 2020, a report which examines how Read more…
14 July 2020 Aligned policy measures addressing the climate and biodiversity crisis “can and must drive” the post-Covid 19 recovery, a new working paper has found. The National Economic and Social Council (NESC) published a working paper today on how sustainability can be prioritised in the wake of the pandemic Read more…
14 July 2020 Investment in offshore wind energy has shown “great resilience” in the face of ongoing economic and public health crises this year, according to new international analysis. Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) reported that offshore wind had “by far its busiest half year ever” in terms of investment, Read more…
10 July 2020 Global temperatures could exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by 2024, according to World Meteorological Organization projections. Between 2020 and 2024 there is a 20 per cent chance temperatures will surpass the 1.5 threshold in at least one year, the WMO said on Thursday. The international Read more…
9 July 2020 The newly announced EU Hydrogen Strategy could become “yet another gift to the fossil fuel industry”, the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) warns. The European Commission published the document yesterday and said it would, in tandem with energy system integration, “pave the way towards a more efficient and Read more…
