September 1, 2017 One of Ireland’s leading environmental NGOs has called on the Taoiseach to follow through on his pledge to support the establishment of rooftop solar on residential properties across Ireland. According to Friends of the Earth (FoE) Ireland, Leo Varadkar was one of 6,000 to sign a petition Read more…
August 30th, 2017 The Solar Energy Future conference in Cork at the start of 2016 was a roaring success. The event brought together over 350 interested parties, encouraged by the recent drop in solar technology costs and the rise in policymakers’ interest in green energy. “The conference was upbeat and Read more…
August 30th, 2017 The Government’s long-awaited new renewable energy scheme must include support for household solar power, says one of Ireland’s leading climate policy analysts. A new cost-benefit analysis by Joseph Curtin, a research fellow at both the International and European Affairs and University College Cork, finds that solar panels Read more…
August 28, 2017 Solar industry insiders have warned that speculative applications for connection to the electricity grid are pushing farmer and community-led projects out of the market before the industry even takes off. According to Conor Walsh, a planning agent who works with farmers on small solar projects, larger developers Read more…
August 24th, 2017 At this week’s Energy in Agriculture conference, the Environmental Minister Denis Naughten announced that the long-awaited Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme will go before cabinet next month. The RHI is aimed at larger industrial and commercial installations outside of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) to change Read more…
August 24th, 2017 A lack of concrete details on the long-awaited Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme has left little confidence in the establishment of a robust energy crop sector, the IFA’s renewables chairman has said. James Murphy’s comments came at Tuesday’s Energy in Agriculture conference in Gurteen Agricultural College, Co Tipperary. Environmental Read more…
August 23rd, 2017 The Citizens’ Assembly can help to start a “new national dialogue” on how we tackle climate change, the leader of the Green Party said today. Speaking after the publication of the party’s submission to the Assembly upcoming session on climate change, Deputy Eamon Ryan, TD, said that Read more…
August 18th, 2017 Kilkenny County Council has confirmed that the discharge of surface water from street sweepers directly into the River Nore has stopped following an internal investigation. Earlier this month, the Environmental protection Agency (EPA) ordered the Council to investigate the potential contamination of the River Nore by discharge Read more…
August 16th, 2017 The Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (DCCAE) paid out almost €250,000 for scholarships linked to the oil and gas industry over the past decade, new data reveals. Figures released to The Green News under Freedom of Information legislation shows that funding for 25 scholarships was Read more…
August 12th, 2017 Climate change is unequivocally one of the most pressing international concerns of our time. It comes then as no surprise that the Citizens’ Assembly will next examine the question: How the State can make Ireland a leader in tackling climate change. The task of trying to answer Read more…
