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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
