Ireland to face cooling as Gulf Stream weakens, Marine Institute warns Ireland is likely to experience cooling due to sustained weakening of the Gulf Stream unlike the warming many part of the world faceThu May 04 2023 - 16:58
Dublin ranked worst for public transport in Europe due to price and ways to buy ticketsCall for Europe-wide lower price tickets to address climate and energy crisesThu May 04 2023 - 00:01
Trouble brewing with nearshore turbines as Irish offshore wind energy reaches launch phaseLocals and campaigners warn of fast-tracking development and point to alternatives they say can yield the same benefits at a lower environmental costSat Apr 29 2023 - 05:00
Irish Rail to scale up use of renewable fuel made from vegetable oil and fatsIf trials are successful with rail maintenance machinery, company hopes to scale up to diesel locomotivesFri Apr 28 2023 - 12:33
‘Change is coming fast’: Entering the clean power eraThere is much to be done to get Ireland ready to become a net-zero economy, writes Kevin O’SullivanFri Apr 28 2023 - 05:00
Belgian breakthrough: a solar panel that produces green hydrogen gas from sunlightSolhyd’s combining of solar and hydrogen technologies illustrates how renewable energy need is driving innovation, says Kevin O’SullivanFri Apr 28 2023 - 05:00
Decarbonising business: ‘Sustainability is one of the defining challenges of our time’Some 50% of businesses have ambitious plans to achieve net zero by 2050 but only 11% believe they have a robust and actionable sustainability strategyFri Apr 28 2023 - 00:00
Remainder of Ireland’s native forests being ‘ecologically trashed’, nature campaigner saysMinister for Environment Eamon Ryan calls for consensus approach in addressing changes to Irish land useWed Apr 26 2023 - 18:52
Ireland is failing Paris agreement climate test, campaigners to tell UN delegation‘Despite adoption of carbon budgets, we have yet to bend emissions curve’ says Stop Climate Chaos coalitionWed Apr 26 2023 - 11:08
SuperNode and Cern combine to improve renewable power transmissionAlliance could help establish an efficient supergrid using superconductor technologySat Apr 22 2023 - 09:00
‘We must treat the Earth like a member of the family or a friend’Young People’s Assembly on Biodiversity Loss calls for greater respect for the rights of natureSat Apr 22 2023 - 05:00
Ireland’s fragile marine ecosystems at risk from wind power growth, Coastwatch warnsFive-point policy for Earth Day cautions against ‘steaming ahead with many unknowns’Sat Apr 22 2023 - 00:15
Ireland must recognise gross failures in land use transformationEvaluation by EPA concluded current polices won’t deliver the Holy Grail of carbon neutrality by 2050.Sat Apr 15 2023 - 05:00
Irishman awarded CBE by King Charles III for services to public health and neuropsychologyProf Peter Halligan played a key role in many research breakthroughs at Cardiff University before being appointed as chief scientific adviser for WalesFri Apr 14 2023 - 15:08
EU subsidies driving fossil fuel use in fishing sector should be ended – NGO reportRedirecting up to €1.4 billion will give better financial return for Member States and enhance sustainable fishing optionsThu Apr 13 2023 - 12:52
Lobby group calls for State support for offshore wind energy ports Investing in ports ‘the best chance of achieving climate targets at lowest cost to consumers’Thu Apr 13 2023 - 00:01
Preparing for lift-off: Irish scientists contribute to Jupiter mission in search for alien life‘This will help bring us closer to answering one of the most important questions facing humanity today – if we are alone in the Universe’Wed Apr 12 2023 - 19:25
North-South interconnector delays could push up electricity prices, warns Engineers Ireland Switch to ‘hybrid generation’ needed in transition to climate neutral powerTue Apr 11 2023 - 00:15
Excess heat from Dublin data centre to warm local buildings in first for IrelandNetwork to be extended to local apartments and houses in coming yearsThu Apr 06 2023 - 17:36
Pesticides detected in Irish pollen and nectar may pose long-term hazard for beesNeonicotinoid insecticides found in wild flowers despite being banned in 2018Thu Apr 06 2023 - 15:20
Ireland’s power generation and industrial emissions decrease by 4% in 2022, says EPA Emissions still exceed pre-pandemic levels and aviation emissions nearly doubled last year, reflecting sector's post-Covid-19 reboundTue Apr 04 2023 - 16:51
Record rainfall across Ireland in March with south and east wettest, Met Éireann confirmsAtlantic low pressure system took over and dominated after unseasonably dry FebruaryTue Apr 04 2023 - 14:32
Eamon Ryan elected co-chair of International Energy AgencyMinister to chair critical meeting following first ‘global stocktake’ of collective progress on Paris agreement climate goalsThu Mar 30 2023 - 16:49
Climate actions must not undermine rights of people with disabilities, committee warned‘Disabled people are often disregarded in discourses... We are frequently seen as an afterthought or an energy burden’Thu Mar 30 2023 - 16:24
Poor air quality having a detrimental impact on health and deaths in Ireland, report findsSolid fuel, rather than traffic, mostly to blame for premature deaths, Irish Heart Foundation foundThu Mar 30 2023 - 11:44
Private jets ban demanded as emissions soarPrivate flights from Ireland emitted 10.2 tonnes of CO2 per flight, the same as emitted by driving a petrol car over 40,000 kmThu Mar 30 2023 - 00:15
Sewage entering Nenagh River forces objections to new housing, say local anglersCommitment is in place to carry out further upgrades at Ballycommon sewage treatment plant, says Uisce ÉireannWed Mar 29 2023 - 19:00
Niall Gleeson of Uisce Éireann: ‘If anything happened to the river Liffey, we would be in trouble’The chief executive of the newly-named body is determined to end raw sewage discharge and bring water supplies east from the ShannonFri Mar 24 2023 - 12:00
Ireland’s stuttering climate performance brought into focus by IPCC report ‘Big implementation gap’ and lack of political will are main obstacles to rapid decarbonisationTue Mar 21 2023 - 20:17
Ireland’s failure to hit climate targets leaves it short of sustainable development goalsOireachtas Committee hears planning system is ‘single greatest hurdle’ to achieving goals by 2030Tue Mar 21 2023 - 15:28
Pressure on Ireland to cut emissions after IPCC issues ‘final warning’ UN secretary general calls on wealthy countries to mobilise resources to keep global temperature downTue Mar 21 2023 - 05:00
Synthesis report prompts international calls for scaled-up actions by governments‘All of the climate parameters are moving in totally the wrong direction’ - WMOMon Mar 20 2023 - 17:58
Ireland can help stave off climate breakdown but only with ‘dash to low-carbon economy and society’, says climate coalitionCampaign group calls for urgent political leadership to secure sustainable, fossil-free future for allMon Mar 20 2023 - 17:24
Q&A: What is the IPCC report and what needs to be done to address the climate crisis?Synthesis report analyses almost 10 years of climate science and most likely scenarios facing the world this centuryMon Mar 20 2023 - 15:00
This decade’s climate decisions will last ‘thousands of years’, IPCC report warns‘Multiple, feasible and effective options’ immediately available to slash emissions and to adapt to human-caused climate changeMon Mar 20 2023 - 13:00
UN ‘synthesis report’ to confirm existential danger of global warmingIPCC set to release ‘fundamental policy document for shaping climate action in the remainder of this pivotal decade’Sun Mar 19 2023 - 18:00
The growing menace of annoying sounds that affect our healthNoise intrusion is likely to increase in line with population density, and yet Ireland lacks a formal national policy on noiseSun Mar 19 2023 - 06:00
Minister for Agriculture’s St Patrick’s trip ‘producing more CO2 than average Irish house in a year’Energy company reveals likely carbon emissions impact of flights by Irish MinistersWed Mar 15 2023 - 16:32
Catholic bishops urge parishes to set aside 30% of land for rewildingCall issued in wake of Cop15 global agreement and Laudata Si’ reportFri Mar 10 2023 - 13:03
Restoring Irish plants: six key actions to take, from creating new habitats to better biodiversity researchAs people become more distant from their origins on the land, they tend to overlook the vital roles of plantsWed Mar 08 2023 - 01:00
Decline in awareness of plants comes at time when plants need our attention the mostGlobally, 40% of plant species are threatened with extinction – time is not on our sideWed Mar 08 2023 - 00:08
‘Devastating loss’ of Irish plant life revealed in 20-year study Plant Atlas 2020 shows 56% decline in Ireland’s native wild plants, with habitats affected by farming and forestryWed Mar 08 2023 - 00:03
Measures to accelerate offshore renewable energy roll-out announced by RyanCabinet backs approach for wind farm development in designated sea areas despite developer concernsTue Mar 07 2023 - 18:16
Government failing to prevent illegal turf cutting 12 years after ban, says conservation group Figures show peat extraction on the rise despite compensation scheme, with raised bogs in special areas of conservation facing destructionMon Mar 06 2023 - 01:00
Why your morning cup of coffee is under threatCharity Fairtrade Ireland has issued bleak news that stocks of beloved coffee could disappear by 2050Fri Mar 03 2023 - 04:45
McConalogue confirms voluntary support scheme to reduce dairy cowsClimate target for agriculture ‘is anything but business as usual and will require transformational change’Thu Mar 02 2023 - 16:24
Every 1-degree rise in ocean temperatures produces huge increase in rainfall, Irish study findsRainfall trends will have major bearing on extreme flood events in US with knock-on impacts likely to be felt in IrelandThu Mar 02 2023 - 00:01
Government to appoint independent scientific adviserDual role with Science Foundation Ireland position ended after 10 yearsWed Mar 01 2023 - 00:01
Ireland seeing rise in emissions even though 80% of climate action targets met Worsening impacts from climate change continued during 2022, progress report highlightsTue Feb 28 2023 - 19:29
A supergrid for Europe is the last piece in jigsaw to decarbonise EuropeElectrifying everything can become the great workhorse of decarbonisation and be the main driver in ending reliance on fossil fuels, write Eddie O’Connor and Kevin O’SullivanSat Feb 18 2023 - 05:00
