July 8th, 2019 It is vital that the Government and forestry industry engage with local communities over plans to ramp up tree planting in order to avoid a similar fate as the wind industry, a UCD climate expert has said. Speaking at a Forest Industries Ireland (FII) event in the Read more…
July 8th, 2019 Members of Extinction Rebellion Ireland interrupted a speech by the Minister for Climate Action at a forestry industry event this morning to outline the group’s opposition to a conifer plantation led forestry model. Two protestors interrupted Richard Bruton’s speech at a Forestry Industries Ireland’s conference at the Read more…
July 4th, 2019 Deputy Bríd Smith has slammed the Government’s “utter hypocrisy” on climate action after it emerged today that it will not issue a money message to progress her stalled Bill to halt new licences for fossil fuel exploration. The Bill, which the Dáil has twice voted to progress Read more…
July 4th, 2019 Members of Extinction Rebellion Clare disrupted the first day of the Irish Open in Lahinch today to bring international attention to the climate crisis in Ireland. At 1:20 pm, just as Shane Lowry was approaching the 18th green at the golf tournament, the Clare-based climate activists unfurled Read more…
July 4th, 2019 Unleashing the full potential of the Good Friday Agreement and avoiding a No-Deal scenario are key to protecting the environment on the island of Ireland from the threat posed by Brexit, an Oireachtas Committee heard today. Speaking before the GFA Committee, barrister and Athlone IT law lecturer Read more…
July 3rd, 2019 A new report from the Irish Wetland Bird Survey has found that the numbers of wintering waterbirds in Ireland have declined by 15 per cent in recent years. The majority of waterbird species assessed by the survey, coordinated by BirdWatch Ireland, are showing significant declines over the Read more…
July 2nd, 2019 The populations of a host of birds, including iconic species such as the Barn Owl and Curlew, have been “decimated” over the past few decades, BirdWatch Ireland has said. Speaking before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Heritage today, BWI’s assistant head of policy and advocacy Oonagh Duggan Read more…
1 July, 2019 Climate change could drive 120 million of the world’s poorest and most disadvantaged people into poverty by 2030 and undo half a decade of work to combat extreme poverty, a new UN report has warned. Released last week by the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and Read more…
June 27th, 2019 Three individuals were convicted earlier this month in relation to the illegally killing of an otter at Ballynatray Estate in Co Waterford in September 2017. The case appeared before Judge Marie Keane on 7 June and was taken by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Read more…
June 11th, 2019 Gas is not a viable bridge fuel toward a carbon-free energy system and is one of the “dumbest partners” in energy generation alongside renewables, a UK expert told an event in Dublin this morning. Speaking at a briefing on the stalled progress of People Before Profit’s Bill Read more…
