5 November 2021 The Climate Action Plan landed on our laps yesterday. You’ve probably seen a fair few headlines about it – it’s a very big deal. This 2021 edition is the roadmap for how the Government envisions Ireland will halve its emissions by the end of the decade and Read more…
September 25th, 2018 Current plans to electrify the Irish fleet may lead to a 70 per cent fall in transport emissions from 2015 levels, new research shows. The analysis carried out by the Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy at University College Cork (UCC), however, also indicates that this could Read more…
July 3rd, 2018 Fingal County Council has added five new electric vehicles to its fleet in an effort to promote sustainability and tackle climate change. The fleet of fully electric Citroen Berlingo vans are the beginning of Fingal’s transition to electrification, the Council said at today’s launch at Malahide Castle. Twelve Read more…
July 2nd, 2018 The government has confirmed a toll charge reduction scheme for electric vehicles but has excluded fully hybrid vehicles from the plan. The scheme, which came into effect yesterday, means that electric vehicle owners will only pay half the toll rate and plug-in hybrid vehicles will get a 25 per Read more…
November 5th, 2017 The Citizens’ Assembly voted this afternoon in favour of a radical overhaul in how the Irish State tackles climate change. Following two weekends of deliberation, the Assembly voted for recommendations such as the establishment of a carbon tax on agricultural emissions, the phasing out of peat subsidies and Read more…
