October 4th, 2017 EU Member States’ rejection of amendments to a proposed waste directive calling for unsold food to be redistributed to charities is “unconscionable”, a leading Irish MEP has said. In an article last week based on leaked documents from EU waste directive discussions, the euobserver revealed that the Council Read more…
October 1st, 2017 A lack of political will, resources and policy experts is delaying Ireland’s move to a low-carbon society, the Citizens’ Assembly heard this morning. Addressing the Assembly during its session on energy efficiency, Paul Kenny of the Tipperary Energy Agency said that we need community heating and community energy Read more…
October 1st, 2017 In her opening address yesterday morning, the chair of the Citizens’ Assembly, Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, lauded the public’s engagement in the run-up to this weekend’s discussion on how Ireland can lead on tackling climate change. She said that the level of citizen engagement has been “unprecedented Read more…
October 1st, 2017 The government has failed to take concrete action on climate change for over a decade and may face billions of euros in fines, the Citizens’ Assembly has heard. The Assembly sat yesterday for the first time on the topic of how the Irish State can lead in Read more…
September 29th, 2019 It is “crazy” for the Government to continue to subsidise peat-fired electricity, the chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC) has said. Speaking at the Environment Ireland conference in Croke Park yesterday, Professor John Fitzgerald called for more urgent action to tackle climate change that poses Read more…
September 28th, 2017 The government is failing to protect Ireland’s natural heritage from the “imminent threats” posed by Brexit and Climate Change, Ireland’s leading environmental conference heard today. Environmental Pillar coordinator Michale Ewing told the Environment Ireland conference in Croke Park today that Ireland must lobby for strong environmental protection Read more…
September 27th, 2017 The Citizens’ Assembly will hold its first meeting to discuss how the State can make Ireland a leader in tackling climate change this weekend. The Assembly, which was established in 2016, is comprised of 99 randomly selected Irish citizens who consult and make recommendations to Government on Read more…
September 25th, 2017 On the value of Unity, Helen Keller, American author and political activist, once stated: “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much”. As attendance records at national events, such as the recent ‘Heritage Week’ which runs annually every August, will no doubt attest, interest in Read more…
September 21st, 2017 A new scheme to find a new generation of climate ambassadors from across schools, campuses and the wider community in Ireland has been launched. The new Climate Ambassador Programme, run by An Taisce’s Environmental Education Unit, was launched on Monday, 18 September. This exciting new programme focuses on identifying individuals Read more…
September 13th, 2017 Readers will no doubt be familiar with the oft-quoted statement that ’97 per cent of scientific studies conclude that climate change is real and humans are causing it’. You may have also wondered about the remaining 3 per cent. As some have argued, perhaps they are the Read more…
