March 10th, 2020 A legal challenge to the Government’s adoption of Project Ireland 2040 on grounds of climate change concerns opens today in the High Court. Last May, the High Court granted leave to Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) to challenge the adoption of Project Ireland 2040, a €116 billion Read more…
March 9th, 2020 Thousands of European scientists have declared that the European Commission’s proposals for the next round of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) must be drastically improved to reverse environmental damage and restore biodiversity. Over 3,600 scientists from across the bloc, including 58 from Ireland, have signed an open Read more…
March 6th, 2020 An Irish anti-fracking campaigner joined other activists, healthcare professionals and NGOs in New York this week to meet UN officials over their concerns with the controversial energy source. Joining residents and campaigners from New York and Pennsylvania on Thursday, Eddie Mitchell of Love Leitrim met with Satya Read more…
March 4th, 2020 Two in five cyclist injuries are caused by the failure of vehicle drivers to observe their surroundings, new figures released by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) reveals. The latest findings on trends in cyclist injuries on Irish roads, both serious and minor, looked at the leading causes Read more…
March 4th, 2020 European and Irish animal welfare groups have called on the Minister for Agriculture to halt the approval of live exports of young calves that they say are in breach of EU law. In a joint letter sent to Michael Creed on Monday, Compassion in World Farming (CIWF), Read more…
March 5th, 2020 The European Commission has outlined its long-awaited proposal to enshrine the EU’s 2050 climate neutral commitment in law that critics say is simply too little, too late to avert the climate crisis. The European body argues that the European Climate Law – the heart of the European Read more…
March 4th, 2020 South Dublin County Council has begun remedial works in a bid to restore a small but prominent wetland area in Tallaght that was destroyed following a Council mix-up last September. Last September, the Council came under fire after silt dredged from the lake in Sean Walsh Memorial Read more…
March 4th, 2020 Laois County Council has requested further information on a proposed new quarry close to Abbeyleix Bog that environmentalists argue will impact the nature site in the heritage town. In January, Booth Precast Products Ltd applied for planning permission for a new sand and gravel quarry on 8.5 Read more…
March 2nd, 2020 In a landmark ruling last Thursday, the UK Court of Appeal found the British Government’s planned expansion at Heathrow Airport ignored the UK’s climate commitments under the Paris Agreement. The proceedings brought by the climate charity Plan B Earth related to the Government’s Airports National Policy Statement Read more…
March 2nd, 2020 The European Commission has found that the Climate Action Plan could be a “breakthrough” in the low carbon transition in Ireland but only with significant policy and financial support over the coming decades. The Commission’s 2020 Country Report states that the Climate Action Plan is a “much Read more…