December 13th, 2018 The Taoiseach’s criticism of a well-established NGO report that puts Ireland as Europe’s worst-performing country on climate action has been rebuffed by one of its lead authors. On Wednesday, Leo Varadkar was asked by the Green Party’s Catherine Martin about the “embarrassing, disgraceful and shameful” position of Read more…
December 13th, 2018 A coalition of environmental and civil society organisations from the Philippines has written to the Minister for Climate Action urging him to cut Irish ties with a new coal-fired plant in the country. In 2017, ESB International, a global engineering consultancy wing of ESB, signed a contract Read more…
December 12th, 2018 It was a case of deflection and rejection in the Dail yesterday as the Taoiseach chose to pass up an opportunity for reflection on our poor climate record to date. Leo Varadkar was asked by the Green Party’s Catherine Martin during Leader’s Questions about the “embarrassing, disgraceful and Read more…
December 10th, 2018 Ireland has been singled out as the worst performing country in Europe for taking concrete action to tackle climate change for the second year in a row. The 2019 Climate Change Performance Index indicates that Ireland has continued along the same climate action trajectory over the past Read more…
December 7th, 2018 Activists staged a sit-in at the offices of the Department of Climate Action (DCCAE) this afternoon to demand greater Government action on climate change. The cross-party and grassroots environmental activist group, Climate Friends Ireland, staged the sit-in following a climate protest outside of the Dail earlier this Read more…
December 7th, 2018 Deputies and climate experts left disheartened and frustrated by Ministerial no-show during important Oireachtas session on climate change. Yesterday afternoon, the Minister for Climate Action Richard Bruton TD and junior Ministers from department such as housing, agriculture and transport, presented findings from the Annual Transition Statement as Read more…
December 7th, 2018 Permanently closing down Moneypoint power station now would send a strong message that we serious about tackling climate change, the Climate Action Committee heard this week. Speaking on Wednesday, Senator Grace O’Sullivan called on the Minister for Climate Action, Richard Bruton TD, to make the move with Read more…
December 4th, 2018 Ireland is failing to join progressive EU states in calling on the bloc to raise the bar in tackling climate change, a leading European NGO has said. The finding from Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe comes after Ireland did not sign its name to a letter sent to the Read more…
December 4th, 2018 Ireland needs to step up and do more if we are to achieve our climate targets, the Minister for Climate Action told the Seanad today. Announcing the 2018 Annual Transition Statement, Richard Bruton TD emphasised the importance of this year’s statement in drafting a plan to make Read more…
December 4th, 2018 Local Authorities have received new guidelines from the Government to help them to plan for the impacts of climate change. Launched yesterday by the Minister of Natural Resources, Sean Canney TD, the guidelines indicate that Local Authorities will now work with four Climate Action Regional Offices (CAROs) Read more…
