EU proposes 90 percent emission cut by 2040
The European Union will aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent by 2040 under new proposals. The EU has already committed to cut emissions by 55 percent by…
Poorer families should be given €10,000 to buy electric cars, says Climate Council
Ireland will fail to meet national and EU targets for electric cars without a dramatic increase in support by the government, the Climate Council has warned. The Climate Change Advisory…
Government admits failing on climate
The government has admitted that it is failing to meet its climate ambitions and is an embarrassment compared to other European countries. The admission is contained in a new report…
Data centres hoover up more than one-fifth of Ireland’s electricity
Data centres used 22 percent of Ireland’s electricity last year, up from 5 percent less than ten years ago. Power-hungry computer servers are essential to Ireland’s tech industry. But the…
Irish government gets EU ticking off
The European Commission has criticised the Irish government for failing on social housing, environmental targets and for an unbalanced economy in a new report. Officially calls “country specific recommendations…on the…
Ireland at ‘catastrophic’ risk from climate change
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has identified 43 “significant risks” to Ireland caused by climate change. The EPA has carried out Ireland’s first National Climate Change Risk Assessment (NCCRA) with…
EU reusable garden wins at Bord Bia Bloom
The European Commission has sponsored a garden at Bord Bia Bloom to demonstrate the circular economy. The “Renewed Blooms” garden is designed by David Negus and sponsored by the European…
Ireland’s emissions way off target, warns EPA
Ireland looks set to cut greenhouse emissions by just 23 percent by 2030, miles short of the 51 percent cut the state has committed to achieve, and on a worse…
EU failing to reverse decline in pollinators
The EU is not on track to achieve any of its biodiversity targets by 2030, an internal European Commission report warns. The Joint Research Centre at the European Commission says…
NGOs urge EU to ban damaging trawling in marine protected areas
A group of environmental NGOs have handed the European Commission a petition with more than 250,000 signatures calling for a ban on bottom trawling in marine protected areas. Bottom trawling…