August 28th, 2018 The World Ocean Film Festival visits Ireland for the first time with inspiring movies to spread awareness and join all the ocean lovers in one event. The festival arrives in Dublin on 13 September with screenings set for the National Concert Hall and at The Everyman in Read more…
August 24th, 2018 New Zealand has set a target to plant one billion trees over the next ten years in an effort to fight climate change, provide habitats for native species and enhance natural landscapes. The plan has been boosted by an additional $240 million in funding from the government – taking its cost to Read more…
August 8th, 2018 The license for glyphosate was renewed for five years last November by the European Commission. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in over 750 products including Roundup and is often sprayed as a pre-harvest drying treatment on food crops. The EU risk assessment process of renewing the substance’s Read more…
July 11th, 2018 Ireland is continuing to fall behind on its environmental commitments under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a new global analysis has found. The Sustainable Development Goals Index and Dashboards Report compare different nations’ performance on the 17 goals at the centre of the UN’s sustainable development agenda. The SDGs, or global goals, seek Read more…
June 15th, 2018 Ulster Wildlife has launched a new project to help conserve endangered sharks in waters off the Northern Irish coast. The Sea Deep project will see volunteers trained and equipped to tag sharks, hunt for their egg cases onshore and help identify spawning and nursery grounds. The project, Read more…
May 29th, 2018 EU Green week, Europe’s biggest environmental event, has resulted in the launch of new software to help cities become more sustainable. The EU also set new recycling and landfill reduction targets, and will adopt strict new rules to ensure targets are met. The new rules set targets Read more…
May 24th, 2018 The Dail opened debate yesterday on a Fianna Fail motion which seeks to overhaul the current penalty points system for fishermen who engage in unregulated, unreported, or illegal fishing. The motion, brought by Donegal Deputy Pat Gallagher, seeks to overrule the recently introduced Statutory Instrument (SI) to Read more…
May 9th, 2018 Students and staff at Trinity College Dublin are taking action to tackle the serious issue of plastic waste in Ireland. The University had agreed to replace or eliminate disposable plastics and to phase out disposable plastic containers and utensils over the next two years. In order to help decide Read more…
October 4th, 2017 EU Member States’ rejection of amendments to a proposed waste directive calling for unsold food to be redistributed to charities is “unconscionable”, a leading Irish MEP has said. In an article last week based on leaked documents from EU waste directive discussions, the euobserver revealed that the Council Read more…
October 1st, 2017 A lack of political will, resources and policy experts is delaying Ireland’s move to a low-carbon society, the Citizens’ Assembly heard this morning. Addressing the Assembly during its session on energy efficiency, Paul Kenny of the Tipperary Energy Agency said that we need community heating and community energy Read more…
