October 17th 2016 While some elements of Budget 2017 have been positive environmental groups say the measures do not go far enough. For the first time in seven years climate change was mentioned during the Budget speech as a number of new measure aimed at encouraging a low carbon economy. Read more…
October 7th 2016 It’s a simple idea: tax bad things, like pollution and waste, and take the tax off good things, like income. That’s the idea behind Green Taxes and it is good for two reasons. It raises taxes in a broad way and it encourages people to lower their impact Read more…
September 9th 2016 Climate Change Minister Denis Naughten has indicated that his priorities are funding for a public sector energy efficiency programme, as well as incentives to encourage home retrofitting and use of electric vehicles. The Irish Independent report this morning that the Minister wants to ramp up funding to Read more…
September 1st, 2016 Environmental groups are calling on the government to tax environmentally damaging practices in the upcoming budget to change behaviour and raise government revenue. The Environmental Pillar, an advocacy coalition of 28 Irish environmental NGOs, has today released a Budget Submission, in which it proposes three simple measures: Read more…
June 28th, 2016 Two representatives from the Environmental Pillar spoke at the opening of yesterday’s plenary session of the National Economic Dialogue (NED). Mindy O’Brien and Cillian Lohan of the environmental advocacy coalition addressed the floor during the first session of the two-day event, which aimed to host an inclusive exchange on Read more…
