27 January 2021 If you’ve got a hawk-eye watch on climate news, you probably heard about Bord na Móna’s game-changing announcement earlier this month. But just in case you missed it, we’ll catch you up. Bord na Móna have officially ended peat extraction on their own land. The semi-state body Read more…
15 January 2021 Bord na Móna has ended all peat extraction on its own land. The semi-state company called the announcement a “key milestone in its transformation into Ireland’s leading climate solutions company.” Citing progress made over the past two years, Bord na Móna chief executive Tom Donnellan said the Read more…
November 8th, 2019 The ESB has announced that it will shut its peat plants in the Midlands when current planning permissions expire at the end of 2020. The decision will have deeply felt ramifications for Midlands communities dependent on the semi-state body for employment, especially as the plants were scheduled Read more…
October 23rd, 2019 Continued drainage and degradation of Ireland’s bogs will ensure that we lose one of our crucial weapons in our efforts to avoid climate catastrophe, a leading peatland expert has warned. Speaking at a hearing of the Climate Action Committee this afternoon, UCD’s Dr Florence Renou-Wilson said that Read more…
September 18th, 2019 The Green Party wants to see a Just Transition Commission set-up to protect workers and ensure areas hit by our move away from a fossil-fuel economy don’t turn into Irish “rust belts”. Relaunching the Just Transition Bill, currently at second stage before the Dáil, the party’s leader Read more…
February 6th, 2019 Conservation measures to protect Ireland’s unique peatlands over the past three decades have been a “colossal failure”, an Oireachtas committee heard today. The stark warning from Padraig Fogarty of the Irish Wildlife Trust came during a hearing of the heritage committee on the preservation of biodiversity of Read more…
January 16th, 2019 RTE is set to greatly increase its climate coverage in 2019 in response to a growing demand from its audience to cover the topic of our generation, according to the head of the national broadcaster. RTE has come under increasing scrutiny for its coverage of climate change Read more…
27th, September 2018 An environmental group has called on to the Minister for Agriculture to exercise his powers to tell Teagasc to “refrain” from providing advice on the use of peat for animal bedding. As well as being used for electricity generation, domestic fuel and in horticulture, peat can act Read more…
August 14th, 2018 Over 30 conservation and environmental groups in the US have voiced concern that plans for large-scale biomass burning at Ireland’s peat-fired power stations are a serious threat to southern US forests. The findings of the groups, including the National Resources Defence Council and the Southern Environmental Law Read more…
November 8th, 2017 Bord na Móna (BNM) transport workers have voted unanimously for an all-out strike in opposition to an alleged attempt by management to outsource jobs to a private contractor. The workers came to the decision at a general meeting held yesterday at the offices of the Services Industrial Professional and Technical Read more…