May 4th, 2017 Comprehensive real-time data on the Poolbeg Incinerator must be made available to the public following local concern over testing, says the Green Party leader. The comments from Eamon Ryan, TD come as locals voice concern over the volume of steam coming from the plant during tests of Read more…
May 3rd, 2017 A University College Dublin project looking at alternatives to fossil fuels has been named as one of four projects to share €72 million in funding from Science Foundation Ireland. The funds will be used to establish four new SFI Research Centres, with one of them to be led Read more…
May 3rd, 2017 Dublin Friends of the Earth has called on the Department of Environment and Climate Action to agree strong and decisive action in its first-ever proposed National Clean Air Strategy. The group outlined its findings in a twelve-page submission to the Department’s Cleaning Our Air public consultation, which Read more…
May 1st, 2017 Microbeads, tiny pieces of plastic found by the hundreds of thousands in shower gels, face-scrubs and toothpaste, were once trumpeted as a cosmetic “must have” – a crucial ingredient in the battle for beauty. Now they have become a hated ingredient. The US, Canada and the Netherlands Read more…
May 1st, 2017 A conclusive end of life strategy for cutaway bogs is required before any work commences on a newly announced solar project between Bord na Mona and the ESB, says An Taisce official. The semi-state bodies announced plans this week to develop four large solar farms on cutaway peatlands Read more…
26th April 2017 The Government’s long overdue draft National Mitigation Plan is almost wholly inadequate to meet the climate challenges ahead, according to Ireland’s leading environmental organisations. The Environmental Pillar, together with Stop Climate Chaos, has outlined its findings on the draft Plan in a submission sent as part of Read more…
26th April 2017 Work on a new locally-led Hen Harrier scheme is to be rolled out immediately according to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed. The scheme will be introduced as a pilot project as part of Ireland’s Rural Development Programme. It is aimed at farmers Read more…
An alarming number of companies within the fashion industry continue to lack transparency about impacts on the environment and workers along their supplies chains, a new report has found. The findings are laid out in the Fashion Transparency Index, which ranks 100 global brands and retailers based on the level Read more…
April 19th, 2017 Some of Ireland’s leading chefs, restaurateurs and high-profile environmentalists came together today to urge the EU to enact legislation to protect Irish soil. The Environmental Pillar today launched a new social media campaign – #Selfie4Soil – to boost public awareness of the People4Soil campaign at an event Read more…
April 15th 2017 Senators have warned that a last-minute “regressive” amendment to further loosen restrictions on hedge cutting would spell danger for our wildlife if the Heritage Bill becomes law. Speaking during report stage on Thursday, several senators said that the amendment to the much debated Bill rows back months Read more…
