16 July 2021 The Climate Bill and its subsequent amendments have passed through both houses of the Oireachtas for a final time and it is now set to go before the President to be signed into law. The Government lauded the ambition in the Bill both in the Dáil and Read more…
13 July 2021 A spokesperson for the Minister of the Environment, Climate and Communications has said that recent amendments are not “fundamental changes” to the Climate Bill. In a statement to The Green News, a spokesperson for Minister Eamon Ryan said the new amendments brought forward by the Seanad on Read more…
2 July 2021 Campaigners have expressed dissatisfaction with an amendment to the Climate Bill that will allow for sequestration to be taken into account of carbon budget reviews. An amendment brought forward in the Seanad today by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Senators sought to alter the definition of carbon Read more…
29 June 2021 A significant step change is required for the agricultural sector as Ireland moves toward climate neutrality, the Committee on Climate Action heard today. Director of Environmental Sustainability at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Sharon Finnegan made the recommendation to the Committee shortly after stressing that on its Read more…
25 June 2021 Well – it’s been quite a news week for all things LNG-related. In case you missed it, it looks like the developers of the controversial Shannon LNG terminal are gearing up to again apply for planning permission. It raised a whole lot of questions – so we Read more…
8 June 2021 Criticism of the Climate Bill continues to accumulate from campaigners as the legislation makes its way through the Oireachtas. The Bill is currently undergoing Select Committee Stage, whereby over 200 amendments have been proposed by TDs. However, early on in the process Minister for Climate Action Eamon Read more…
31 May 2021 The highly-anticipated Climate Bill is up for Select Committee Stage this week. It’s come a long way from when its first iteration was published back in October. We’ll be following all the ins and outs of Select Committee Stage of course, but in the meantime, we wanted Read more…
28 May 2021 There’s been a lot of discussion lately around climate action and rural Ireland. It’s been hard to miss. So we gave Saoirse McHugh a call to get her take on it. She’s a three-time election candidate and environmental activist based in Achill Island, Co. Mayo. And without Read more…
27 May 2021 Yesterday was a monumental day in climate news. Investors from Chevron put pressure on the company to cut its emissions. Directors demanding climate action ended up on the official board of Exxon Mobil. Over in The Hague, a Dutch court ruled that Shell had to cut emissions Read more…
18 May 2021 The Government has issued its highly anticipated policy statement on Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) imports. The statement notably includes a moratorium on the development of fracked gas importation, pending a completed energy security review. The document comes weeks after the Government published its revised Climate Bill, which Read more…
