January 30th, 2018 Shell Ireland is one of eight industrial sites listed on the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest list of industrial sites under its radar for breaches of environmental regulations. The sites are included on the environmental watchdog’s National Priority Site (NPS) list, which is updated on a quarterly basis. Six Read more…
January 18th, 2018 Ireland will face challenges to meet new EU recycling targets for plastic packaging, a waste prevention expert has said. Speaking before an Oireachtas Environment Committee hearing on the Green Party’s Waste Reduction Bill yesterday, the EPA’s Dr Tom Ryan warned that more progress is needed to protect our environment Read more…
January 15th, 2018 The Green Party has called for a review of waste licensing in the wake of a major fire at a metal recycling plant in Co Dublin last week. The blaze broke out in a shed at a car recycling plant on St Margaret’s Road close to Swords Read more…
November 6th, 2017 The continued burning of solid fuels such as peat and coal is the key driver of poor air quality in Ireland, according to a new report from the Environmental Protection Agency. The levels of dangerous particulate matter in our air are of “growing concern” to the EPA, Read more…
November 1st, 2017 The scientific evidence tells us that we must adapt quickly to climate change. Yet a key problem confronting us is how we convey this important message to the general public. Media stories informed by evidence-based climate science could be one such way to increase audience engagement and Read more…
October 24th, 2017 A leading Irish environmental organisation has launched a legal challenge against the Irish Government for its failure to take action to avert the threat of climate change. Friends of the Irish Environment (FiE) obtained permission from the High Court yesterday to proceed with its lawsuit against the Read more…
October 3rd, 2017 A leading conservation charity has called on the Government to scrap Origin Green after three companies certified by the food sustainability scheme were listed on the EPA’s worst polluters list. The three agri-businesses – Arrabawn Co-operative Society Limited in Co Tipperary, Carbery Food Ingredients Limited in Ballineen, Co Cork, and Read more…
October 1st, 2017 The government has failed to take concrete action on climate change for over a decade and may face billions of euros in fines, the Citizens’ Assembly has heard. The Assembly sat yesterday for the first time on the topic of how the Irish State can lead in Read more…
September 28th, 2017 A new international citizen science programme for schools has been launched by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and An Taisce. Laura Burke, Director General of the EPA, announced the new programme – Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) – at the annual Environment Ireland Read more…
September 1st, 2017 Swimmers have been warned not to enter waters at Sandycove Harbour due to the presence of high levels of E.coli in the water. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is investigating the matter, and has issued a temporary ‘Do Not Swim’ notice at the harbour, with results “expected back Read more…
