22 April 2022 The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) Working Group report plugged a line that we’ve become all-too-familiar with: in order to have a habitable planet, we need emissions to decline fast and that needs to happen now. However, policymakers the worldover often push steep greenhouse gas Read more…
17 December 2021 A Bill before the Seanad today that is set to determine how Ireland manages its marine territory will be a “lose-lose situation” if passed as is, environmental groups have warned. The Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) and the Environmental Pillar have urged the Government to defer the Maritime Read more…
10 December 2021 The vast majority of Irish people believe climate change should be a high priority for the Government, according to a new study. An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) survey published today, the most comprehensive of its kind to date, revealed a number of findings regarding the public’s beliefs Read more…
26 November 2021 Earlier this week, we announced that we’re going down a different road come the New Year. Coverage of our environmental crises has definitely picked up speed over the past couple of years, but we want to dig deeper. We want to dive into issues that typically get Read more…
24 November 2021 Opposition to a recently introduced Peat Bill is accumulating and critics stress that it is “totally contrary” to national climate and biodiversity targets. The Bill was launched yesterday by Fine Gael Leader of the Seanad Regina Doherty and Fianna Fail Senator Robbie Gallagher. It would provide a Read more…
23 November 2021 If you’ve been following The Green News, you know that I’ve been on the road this month covering COP26. I was in throngs of protests, I was getting whatever photos I could crouching on a footpath. I stood in crowds and listened to those on the frontlines Read more…
23 November 2021 Air quality was above World Health Organisation guidelines for over 50 monitoring sites across the country in 2020, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. In its annual air quality report, the body found that while overall air quality was generally good there were some “worrying localised issues” Read more…
16 November 2021 The Minister for the Environment believes that imports of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) will not be needed to meet energy security needs, according to an answer he gave to an Oireachtas Committee today. Speaking before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action (JOCCA), Minister Eamon Ryan noted Read more…
12 November 2021 Protests continued outside the COP26 venue in Glasgow today as international climate negotiations are down to the wire just inside. Demonstrators from the COP26 coalition, Fridays for Future International and Extinction Rebellion gathered at the entrance to the Scottish Event Campus this morning and afternoon and urged Read more…
12 November 2021 It’s a big day at COP26 in Glasgow as we all know – the second draft of the final text is out and who knows how long the negotiations will go on for. But we wanted to take a quick break from our usual programming for the Read more…
