28 August 2020 125,000 individuals receive Common Agriculture Policy payments in Ireland, which accounts for over half of average farm income. Not everyone is happy with the level of CAP’s environmental ambition, however. 12 national coalitions from around Europe, including Ireland’s Environmental Pillar, have come together to co-sign a letter Read more…
16 July 2020 The EU’s current target of net zero emissions for 2050 equals “surrender” to the climate crisis, a letter penned by Greta Thunberg and other activists warns. The letter, which continues to gather signatures from activists and scientists the worldover, was sent to EU leaders and heads of Read more…
9 July 2020 The newly announced EU Hydrogen Strategy could become “yet another gift to the fossil fuel industry”, the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) warns. The European Commission published the document yesterday and said it would, in tandem with energy system integration, “pave the way towards a more efficient and Read more…
September 16th, 2019 Last week, the new European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen outlined her nominees for Commissioners, many of whom are tasked with addressing the climate crisis. Ms von der Leyen has promised to present a European Green Deal within the first 100 days of taking office on Read more…
January 25th, 2019 The European Commission is taking action against Ireland for failure to comply with a range of environmental, biodiversity and marine obligations under EU law. In its January package of infringement decisions, the Commission announced that it is pursuing Ireland for failing to fully transpose an EU Directive Read more…
June 14th, 2018 Fintan Kelly, Policy Officer with BirdWatch Ireland with a focus on marine issues, gives The Green News his opinion on why more needs to be done to end the practices of discarding fish and overfishing in EU waters. Within commercial fisheries, discarding is the practice of throwing Read more…
July 8th, 2018 The Government has made little progress in protecting Irish waters and endangered sea life according to a new report from the Irish Wildlife Trust (IWT). Released today, the report indicates that Ireland has failed to establish a network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to the levels required under Read more…
May 25th, 2018 A European Commission analysis has found that Ireland has made limited progress in decarbonising large parts of the economy and will not meet its 2020 climate goals with its existing mitigation efforts. The Commission’s Country Report of Ireland for 2018 states that additional efforts are needed if Read more…
May 18th, 2018 The European Commission is taking action against Ireland for failure to comply with a range of environmental, nuclear and marine obligations under EU law. In its monthly package of infringement decisions, the Commission announced that it is pursuing Ireland for its failure to adopt national programmes for Read more…
March 7th, 2018 A landmark European Court of Justice ruling has found the investor-state dispute settlement system in a treaty between Slovakia and the Netherlands incompatible with EU law. The ruling could now impact around 200 other Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) agreements between EU Member States which also contain the Read more…