January 28th, 2020 Energised as a party, as deputy Catherine Martin put it at the launch of the Green’s election campaign earlier this month, spirits were high that the green wave of the local and European elections would continue to crash against the Irish electorate in the brawl for the Read more…
January 9th, 2020 As the world sat on the edge of a new decade in December, the news of Australian bushfires broke. Soon, apocalyptic scenes materialised, showing swift-legged Australian kangaroos failing to run fast enough to evade a raging climate. They were soon followed by humans. The pictures and statistics Read more…
December 16th, 2019 On Thursday, the official penultimate day of COP25, the energy in the conference halls seemed low as negotiations across the board were blocked. Tensions were also high owing to the UN’s reaction to a peaceful civil society protest led by Latin American indigenous voices inside the COP Read more…
November 6th, 2019 Civil society groups have called on the State to support increase EU climate ambition and to ensure greater commitment for international climate finance at next month’s UN Climate Change Conference in Spain. Speaking before the Joint Committee on Climate Action this afternoon, representatives from Trócaire, Friends of Read more…
November 1st, 2019 Yesterday, the Government published the first progress report on its cross-departmental climate action plan that it says will secure a cleaner, more sustainable Ireland for future generations. The Cabinet’s chest-beating as to the laurels of its pious quest to rid us of our climate problems by mid-century Read more…
October 23rd, 2019 Ireland exceeded its annual EU emissions budget by over five million tonnes last year, new data from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reveals. Provisional data released by the environmental watchdog shows that our overall emissions dropped by just 0.2 per cent in 2018 to 60.5 million tonnes, Read more…
October 21st, 2019 The Lord Mayor of Dublin has joined climate activists, environmental groups and Hollywood stars in calling for the State to drop support for a gas terminal that critics argue will make Ireland a hub for fracked gas imports. Writing yesterday to the Minister for Climate Action Richard Read more…
April 15th, 2019 Ireland’s draft energy and climate plan does not live up to the Paris Agreement goals, a new report from Europe’s largest NGO climate coalition has found. The new report launched today by Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe highlights the key features of draft National Energy and Climate Read more…
April 10th, 2019 Young citizens on the frontline of climate activism took center stage at an event in the capital yesterday evening to tell MEP candidates what needs to be done to tackle the crisis of their generation. The Loud & Clear! Youth views on Climate event at the European Read more…
March 28th, 2019 The Committee on Climate Action has signed off on its landmark report on how to turn the State into a climate leader following general agreement on carbon taxation. The Committee met this evening to air out any final kinks over the carbon tax, one of many recommendations Read more…
