July 24th, 2018 Meat and dairy companies are set to replace oil companies as the largest emitters of greenhouse gases, according to a new international report. The joint analysis from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy and GRAIN examined the climate impact of the planet’s thirty-five largest meat and dairy companies. Researchers claim that the top Read more…
July 12th, 2018 The Minister for the Environment has launched a call for applications for projects to tackle climate change and reduce emission levels in Ireland under the new Climate Action Fund. The Fund, with an allocation of €500 million up to 2027, is seeking initiatives from private and public Read more…
July 11th, 2018 English broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough recently warned that the extinction of bees will be a disaster for humankind. “If bees were to disappear from the face of the earth, humans would have just four years left to live,” Sir Attenborough said. A 2016 study in Read more…
July 9th, 2018 Emissions from agriculture and transport continue to pose problems for air quality targets, a new European report has found. The report from the European Environment Agency (EEA), the EU’s independent environmental body, shows that Ireland exceeded EU limit value for nitrogen oxides and ammonia. The EEA briefing Read more…
July 3rd, 2018 Ireland’s warmest summer since the mid-seventies has brought the average citizen out to enjoy the pleasures of the unexpectedly high temperatures. However, the warm weather and lack of rain are proving a big problem for some, bringing financial hardship upon the farming community and devastation for upland Read more…
June 29th, 2018 The State has extended an extreme fire risk warning until Monday afternoon as high temperatures and drought conditions influence a glut of gorse fires across the country. In a statement released today, the Department of Agriculture said that the fire risk is “compounded” by high levels of Read more…
June 7th, 2018 The Irish authorities stand accused of facilitating the transportation of unweaned calves as young as two weeks old in breach of EU laws following an investigation by a European animal rights organisation. In March, Eyes on Animals sent a team to Rosslare to track and inspect trucks Read more…
June 1st, 2018 Hundreds of environmental organisations across Europe have spoken out against the proposed reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) announced this morning. Groups claim that the Commission’s claim that the new CAP will deliver a higher environmental and climate ambition falls flat and fails to guarantee any Read more…
June 1st, 2018 The European Commission has outlined plans for higher ambition on environmental and climate action under the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Announcing the proposals this morning, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, said that 40 per cent of the €365 billion budget is expected Read more…
May 22nd, 2018 The government has started to process balancing payments under an agri-environment scheme to farmers, however, many participants have been deemed ineligible for payments. The balancing payments represent 15 per cent of the 2017 year payment to farmers in the Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment (GLAS) scheme. Farmers across the Read more…
