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A closer look: climate & biodiversity in the 2022 Assembly election

5 May 2022  The polls are open today in Northern Ireland for Assembly elections, in case you haven’t heard.  It’s a 90-seat legislature and analysts are projecting there’s a real chance of a landmark victory for Sinn Fein if it wins the majority of seats.  We won’t know the outcome Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 11 months ago
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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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What were some key trends in the latest EPA report?

22 October 2021 The Environmental Protection Agency’s latest projections on greenhouse gas emissions for 2020 are out – and we took the day to dive into them and pull out some key points. As always there were negative trends and some pockets of improvement but overall – we’re nowhere near Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 1 yearOctober 22, 2021 ago
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2020 power and industrial emissions dropped by 6.4 per cent

13 April 2021  Power generation and industrial emissions dropped by 6.4 per cent in 2020, according to new analysis by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  The drop brought the sector’s emissions to their lowest level since the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) was introduced in 2005. The figure however Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 2 yearsApril 13, 2021 ago
Tarvasjõgi at Kõrvemaa Nature Park in Estonia Photo: Ireen Trummer
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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 Government must adopt an “overarching” environmental policy

25 November 2020  The state must pursue a national environmental policy that incorporates the climate crisis, biodiversity loss and water and air quality, the EPA said today.  In their over 400-paged State of the Environment report, the body warned that the outlook for Ireland’s environment is not “optimistic”. “The overall Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 2 yearsNovember 25, 2020 ago
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Ireland’s ammonia emissions continue to surge

A new report published by the EPA has revealed that the expansion of the agriculture sector has played a significant role in a substantial increase in ammonia emissions during 2018

By Shamim Malekmian, 3 yearsJune 23, 2020 ago
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Biodiversity

Irish water quality deteriorating across the board, EPA warns

December 10th, 2019 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has warned that the overall quality of Ireland’s lakes, rivers and estuaries is deteriorating, reversing all gains achieved in recent years. The EPA’s latest Water Quality report describes the quality of water in half of our river resources as “unsatisfactory”, while the Read more…

By Shamim Malekmian, 3 yearsDecember 10, 2019 ago
Photo: Friends of the Irish Environment
Biodiversity

Move to take peat out of planning system challenged in High Court

July 17th, 2019 A challenge to new peat regulations exempting industrial-scale extraction from the need for planning permission was heard in the courts this week. The case brought by Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) was heard at a High Court sitting in Cork on Monday, with Mr Justice Garret Read more…

By Niall Sargent, 4 yearsJuly 17, 2019 ago
Industrial Emissions Photo: Dirk Duckhorn
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Air pollution: ‘Solutions are there, we just need the policy’

June 5th, 2019 Each year, the United Nations-led World Environment Day picks a specific theme that warrants awareness-raising globally. In 2019, air pollution is taking centre stage. Not surprisingly, the main event to kick off the day is being held in China, a country renowned for its air pollution problems. Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 4 yearsJune 5, 2019 ago

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