August 20th, 2019 The UN Human Rights Committee has issued one of the most important environmental decisions to date, calling on the Paraguayan government to undertake an investigation into the poisoning of citizens and contamination of water, soil, and food by agrochemicals fumigation. In a landmark decision published last Wednesday, Read more…
August 20th, 2019 The Government has announced that all outstanding deep retrofit pilot scheme applications will be assessed but questions remain over why funding issues discovered earlier this year were not disclosed to the public. The scheme – funded by the Department of Climate Action (DCCAE) and operated by the Read more…
14 August 2019 Increasing methane concentrations in the Earth’s atmosphere over the past decade is likely linked to emissions from the fracking industry, a new US study has found. Cornell University research published this week in Biogeosciences points to an increase in methane – the second most impactful greenhouse gas Read more…
August 15th, 2019 Hundreds of homeowners and industry workers have been left in the lurch after it emerged that funding for the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland deep retrofit scheme has run out ahead of schedule. A central plank of the State’s new climate plan is an ambitious objective to Read more…
August 1st, 2019 Arctic Terns have successfully raised chicks on the main island of Dalkey for the first time on record. According to BirdWatch Ireland (BWI), six chicks from the vulnerable colony have taken to the wing so far on the small island three kilometres south of Dún Laoghaire Harbour. Read more…
July 31st, 2019 The High Court has granted a campaign group in Meath permission to challenge a planning decision for a large housing estate just outside of Drogheda over traffic, noise, and air pollution concerns. In May, An Bord Pleanála granted permission for Coreet Limited to develop the 250 dwelling Read more…
July 29th, 2019 The State’s failure to adequately publish notice of plans to grant a licence for large-scale mechanical kelp harvesting off Bantry Bay means that the licence has not yet been effectively issued, the High Court has determined. In March 2009, the Tralee-based BioAtlantis Aquamarine Ltd applied for the Read more…
July 26th, 2019 One of the island’s largest peat operators has ceased harvesting following a High Court ruling to temporarily suspend new regulations to remove large-scale extraction from the planning regime. Westland Peat Limited, a multi-million euro gardening company, today confirmed that it has not harvested any peat since Tuesday’s Read more…
July 26th, 2019 A new analysis shows that energy generation from coal collapsed by 79 per cent in the first half of 2019 in Ireland. The study from the environmental think-tank Sandbag found that coal use fell across the board in Europe, with overall usage down 19 per cent. The Read more…
July 25th, 2019 NUI Galway is looking for volunteers to take part in the first Irish study to investigate the levels of glyphosate exposure on families. Researchers will collect and analyse urine samples from 50 non-farm families and 50 farm families for glyphosate. Each family – two parents and one Read more…
