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Majority believe climate change should be a high Government priority

10 December 2021  The vast majority of Irish people believe climate change should be a high priority for the Government, according to a new study.  An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) survey published today, the most comprehensive of its kind to date, revealed a number of findings regarding the public’s beliefs Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 1 yearDecember 10, 2021 ago
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Ireland is “warmer and wetter” as a result of climate change

12 August 2021  Ireland’s climate has become warmer and wetter as a result of rising greenhouse gas emissions, a new report has found.  The Status of Ireland’s Climate published today by the Environmental Protection Agency, Met Eireann and the Marine Institute revealed a number of key findings, including that the Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 2 yearsAugust 12, 2021 ago
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Vast majority of country sees the environment as a “valuable asset”

12 February 2021  The vast majority of the country believes that the environment is a valuable asset, according to a new survey.  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today published its 2020 Year in Review report, coupled with a poll measuring attitudes towards the environment.  The survey found that 89 per Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 2 yearsFebruary 12, 2021 ago
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The 2020 emissions projections: a deep dive

29 January 2021  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) released their early estimates for 2020 greenhouse gas emissions today – and there is a lot to unpack in it.  So we did a fine-tooth comb of the report this morning, and also revisited Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 2 yearsJanuary 29, 2021 ago
Climate Change

Ireland still lagging behind in climate action policy

October 24th, 2019 Ireland’s emissions are still going in the wrong direction, the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency warned this morning, leaving Ireland lagging behind in playing its part in global climate action. Speaking this morning at a briefing on the latest EPA emissions data, Laura Burke thanked the Read more…

By Niall Sargent, 4 yearsOctober 24, 2019 ago
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Only minor decrease in Ireland’s emissions in 2017, EPA finds

December 5th, 2018 Ireland’s emissions dropped by less than one per cent in 2017, leaving us well off track to meet our 2020 climate targets, new data from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reveals. The environmental watchdog found that that Ireland’s emissions were 60.75 million tonnes last year – 3 Read more…

By Niall Sargent, 4 yearsDecember 5, 2018 ago
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