October 3rd, 2018 Irish Water is set to write to 140,000 homes and businesses over concerns about drinking water quality over the coming weeks. The concerned supplies are on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) list of 55 ‘at risk’ water supplies across 16 counties where drinking water quality is poor. Read more…
September 26th, 2018 The proposed development of a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Shannon Estuary flies in the face of the State’s commitment to tackling climate change, the Oireachtas has heard. Speaking on the Dail floor last week, People Before Profit’s Brid Smith questioned how the proposed Shannon LNG Read more…
September 17th, 2018 One of Ireland’s largest peat harvesting companies stands accused of the unlicensed stripping of peat from a bog at a site in Co Westmeath currently subject to court proceedings. According to Friends of the Irish Environment (FiE), Harte Peat has been excavating wet peat at an alarming Read more…
August 21st, 2018 An environmental NGO has asked the European Commission to investigative the Irish Government’s decision to subsidise large-scale biomass burning at its peat-fired power stations. In letters to the European Commissioner for Climate Action, Miguel Arias Cañete, and Agriculture Commissioner, Phil Hogan, Friends of the Irish Environment claims that the subsidy undermines Ireland’s commitments to Read more…
August 13th, 2018 An EU court has agreed to hear a case brought by families across Europe against the bloc for alleged failure to adopt effective laws to tackle climate change. The lawsuit was launched in May with the plaintiffs asking EU institutions to recognise climate change as a real Read more…
May 25th, 2018 Families from across Europe have launched legal action against the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union for alleged failure to adopt effective laws to tackle climate change. In the lawsuit to the European General Court, plaintiffs are asking the EU institutions to recognise climate Read more…
February 14th, 2018 A group of young Colombians has taken legal action against the government, demanding that it safeguards their rights to a better environment, water, food, health, and life. The twenty-five Colombians from the ages of seven to 26 argue that deforestation, which shot up almost 44 per cent Read more…
December 13th, 2017 A landmark legal challenge brought against the Irish Government for alleged inaction to tackle climate change has been pushed back until the end of January 2018 at the request of the State. The case brought by environmental group Friends of the Irish Environment was due to first 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 11th, 2017 A coalition of environmental NGOs today handed over a petition signed by 172,000 to the United Nations’ aviation body urging it to scrap its plan for the large-scale use of biofuels in planes. The International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO) will discuss the biofuels plan at a conference Read more…
