August 13th, 2018 An EU court has agreed to hear a case brought by families across Europe against the bloc for alleged failure to adopt effective laws to tackle climate change. The lawsuit was launched in May with the plaintiffs asking EU institutions to recognise climate change as a real Read more…
August 8th, 2018 A country with less than three million inhabitants, Lithuania is little known around the world apart from its breath-taking wilderness. And it is the small Baltic state’s desire to keep its natural environment intact that is bringing it international attention with the launch of a national deposit Read more…
August 3rd, 2018 A complaint from an Irish environment group has led Northern Irish authorities to examine the potential for cross-border environmental and health impacts in the expansion of pig farming. Friends of the Irish Environment raised the issue earlier this year, writing to the Causeway Coast and Glens Council Read more…
August 3rd, 2018 Last year was the warmest year on record without the influence of El Niño, meaning that the four warmest years on record have now occurred since 2014. This is the finding of the 28th annual State of the Climate report led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Read more…
August 2nd, 2018 The summer of 2018 has seen unpredictable weather events moving from one extreme to the other, with the current heatwave easing down and flooding now knocking on the door. After recording its hottest June on record, Northern Ireland fell straight into extreme flooding conditions last weekend, with Read more…
August 1st, 2018 The European Commission has opened an infringement case against Ireland for failure to ensure drinking water for over 500,000 consumers is safe from a chemical linked to cancer and other health issues. Earlier this month, the Commission sent a letter of formal notice to Ireland for failing Read more…
July 30th, 2018 Summer 2018 has brought unprecedented heatwaves to Ireland and the UK, with Northern Ireland and Wales recording their hottest June on record. Things have been heating up at home up as the thermometer at Shannon Airport hit 32 degrees, the highest June temperature since 1976. However, this summer’s record-breaking temperatures are not exclusive to Ireland and the Read more…
July 30th, 2018 Wind and solar could provide over one-third of Europe’s energy by 2030 without major impacts on prices if countries pool their renewable energy resources, a new Irish-led study has found. The University College Cork-led study published in the energy journal Joule also warns that fluctuation of energy Read more…
July 27th, 2018 Man-made climate change doubled the likelihood of the current heatwave in Ireland, new data released this morning indicates. The findings of the World Weather Attribution network (WWA) shows that the abnormally dry conditions across Europe may become the summer norm in the near future. Researchers compared real-time Read more…
July 26th, 2018 Animal welfare organisations have called on the European Commission to start infringement procedures against Ireland over conditions for calves exported to mainland Europe. Compassion in World Farming (CIWF), together with other animal welfare associations, wrote to the EU Commission at the end of June to make a Read more…
