May 31st, 2017 Policymakers have ignored the potential impact on jobs of moving toward a low-carbon economy, which could lead to a “chaotic” restructuring harming communities dependent on carbon-based technologies, a new report has found. The report, commissioned by IMPACT trade union, calls on the Government to put policy in Read more…
26th April 2017 The Government’s long overdue draft National Mitigation Plan is almost wholly inadequate to meet the climate challenges ahead, according to Ireland’s leading environmental organisations. The Environmental Pillar, together with Stop Climate Chaos, has outlined its findings on the draft Plan in a submission sent as part of Read more…
January 25th 2017 It would seem that the ‘creative accounting’ – the process that has allowed many foreign firms to avoid paying tax on billions of euros of income and has badly damaged Ireland’s reputation these last years – is still going on. This is what is denounced by An Read more…
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-justify”]January can be challenging after the hysteria of the festive season; many of us will have been paid early in December and over spent on gifts for family and friends. Read more…
A convention is being organised that will look at the impact of climate change and food security. It will take place on the 4th of June in Westport, Co Mayo. It will include training, workshops, discussion and reflection. This unique event will examine the options for preparing for catastrophic or near-catastrophic Read more…
The results of the US elections will definitively play a role in the climate debate, but at which level is Trump dangerous for the environment ?
What he wants to do threatens all the progress made by Barack Obama over the past eight years. It will be pretty much easy to stop them especially with the help of a Republican Senate and House.
The former President Mary Robinson has called to “eat less meat, or no meat at all, become vegetarian or vegan” during negotiations ahead the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Environmental groups and development charities have slammed the lack of government action on climate change calling it Ireland’s “singular failure to act”. Ahead of the Environment Ireland conference this week, the Stop Climate Chaos coalition highlighted the stark inaction of successive Irish governments which has put the country on the path to missing its climate targets.
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…
The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has been accused of ‘mocking’ the 2015 Paris Climate Accord by failing to adhere to national policy and legislation in its recent Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area.
Environmental group Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) claims that Minister Shane Ross T.D. breached his legal obligations under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 to ‘have regard to’ the objective of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions in the department’s new strategy.
