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ESB to close both its Midlands peat stations in 2020
November 8th, 2019 The ESB has announced that it will shut its peat plants in the Midlands when current planning permissions expire at the end of 2020. The decision will have deeply felt ramifications for Midlands communities dependent on the semi-state body for employment, especially as the plants were scheduled Read more…
Bord Bia refuses to release documents on Meat and Dairy Facts project
Bord Bia has refused to release documents on a new publicity drive with the meat and dairy industry due to a confidentiality agreement with private partners in the venture. Replying to an Access for Information on the Environment request, the state body said that reports relating to the Meat and Read more…
Civil society calls for greater climate action as State prepares for COP25
November 6th, 2019 Civil society groups have called on the State to support increase EU climate ambition and to ensure greater commitment for international climate finance at next month’s UN Climate Change Conference in Spain. Speaking before the Joint Committee on Climate Action this afternoon, representatives from Trócaire, Friends of Read more…
Plans to introduce new levies on single-use plastics and waste
The Government looks set to push forward with a series of new environmental levies to encourage behavioural change and bring in additional funding to tackle waste blackspots. Speaking this morning, the Minister for the Environment Richard Bruton TD announced a number of proposed levies to crackdown on single-use plastics, landfill Read more…
Scientists call for CAP reform to halt ‘catastrophic’ biodiversity decline
November 4th, 2019 Over 2,500 scientists have sent a letter to the European Parliament outlining “catastrophic declines” suffered by birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and insects from intensive agricultural practices. The letter details the effects that an increasingly intensive agriculture model is having on biodiversity, with the scientists calling for a Read more…
Leo under fire for climate change ‘benefits’ comment
November 4th, 2019 The Taoiseach has come under fire from medical professionals, academics, and climate activists over recent comments about the potential upsides to climate change for Ireland. Speaking at the launch of the first progress report on the all-of-government climate action plan at the Botanic Gardens on Thursday, Leo Read more…
Commission confirms Shannon LNG amid 55 gas projects on special EU energy list
November 1st, 2019 The European Commission has confirmed that the Shannon LNG gas terminal is included among 55 fossil fuel projects on the EU’s latest list of priority energy projects. In one of the last acts of President Juncker’s administration, the Commission rubber-stamped the Projects of Commons Interest (PCI) list Read more…
Peatland emissions: the unspoken caveat to our net-zero ambitions
November 1st, 2019 Yesterday, the Government published the first progress report on its cross-departmental climate action plan that it says will secure a cleaner, more sustainable Ireland for future generations. The Cabinet’s chest-beating as to the laurels of its pious quest to rid us of our climate problems by mid-century Read more…
Ireland still lagging behind in climate action policy
October 24th, 2019 Ireland’s emissions are still going in the wrong direction, the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency warned this morning, leaving Ireland lagging behind in playing its part in global climate action. Speaking this morning at a briefing on the latest EPA emissions data, Laura Burke thanked the Read more…