Green Party leader calls on Government to retain funding of key climate projects
Announcement of €5m district heating fund comes amid concerns over possible rollback of climate spending as revised NDP is finalised
Ireland needs ‘future generations tsar’ to enable long-term thinking, say 70 groups
Legislation is back on the Dáil agenda to support government decision-making in the interests of future generations
Climate Council warns against ‘dumb’ proposal to allow forestry on peatlands
Government policy needs further overhaul to address low planting rates
Cern decision by Cabinet opens up particle research opportunities for Ireland
UCD to expand its research capacity to coincide with membership of the famous laboratory in Switzerland
Cabinet approves scenarios for firms to build private electricity lines in Ireland
Change would end ESB Networks monopoly of electricity line sector
Ireland’s Greenest Places 2025 competition: 40 shades of green initiatives
From urban community gardens and ambitious rural tree-planting to sustainability initiatives involving whole towns, the chase is on for this year’s bragging rights
Report condemns decline of Ireland’s largest saltwater lake over 40 years
Oireachtas committee calls for full restoration of heavily polluted Lady’s Island Lake in Co Wexford
How the Dingle Peninsula is modelling a new way for rural Ireland to thrive
Kerry community is embracing innovation with mix of local energy projects, nature-positive farming and sustainable tourism
Forty degree heatwaves are the ‘new norm’. Now we see what’s coming for Ireland
Climate scientists say ‘extremely warm’ weather is becoming more normal, with the balance is being tipped from ‘unusual’ towards ‘way too hot’
Ireland’s emissions fines could hit €26bn as decline in greenhouse gases slows
Target to reduce emissions by 51% by 2030, but last year they were down just 12%
Drinking water is safe but problems persist with THMs, lead and other contaminants, says EPA
Moves by Uisce Éireann to remove lead from supply networks and houses ‘is still far too slow’
Carbon capture technology takes off at Dublin Airport
First industrial-scale test using TCD developed tech ‘has potential to revolutionise aviation and e-fuel industries’
Dublin Airport area residents appeal against permission for viewing platform
Fears raised over failure to address soil contamination from chemicals posing public health risk
Industry and environment groups unveil plan to accelerate renewable energy
Efforts to bring about wind and solar farms can support land and marine biodiversity, group says
State can avoid need for costly gas terminal if it phases out fossil fuels, says climate council chair
Marie Donnelly warns of even more costly fines and increased energy costs if reliance on polluting fuels persists