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An Taisce member Eric Conroy discusses his experience of cycling around Cork City and attending a marine conference. Read more
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The High Court directed further submissions, with a potential further hearing, on the substantive detail of the case being taken by An Taisce Read more
An Taisce submitted a damning critique of the Government’s Draft National Biomethane Strategy which failed to fully analyse potential negative climate and environmental impacts. Read more
The Bill proposes a wide range of fundamental changes to the planning system that will impact Ireland's tangible and intangible heritage Read more
While all other sectors are having to tighten their climate belts, Dublin airport is trying to expand. Read more
It’s easy to focus on the behaviour of individual farmers but that would be wrong. The root cause is a failure of leadership and vision. Read more
And then the Saudis send in their lawyers. A comma here, a semi-colon there and the whole meaning of a sentence is changed. Read more
The state's independent environmental assessment of the fifth Nitrates Action Programme acknowledged an uncertainty as to whether the main measures relied upon would adequately prevent water pollution, which could potentially impact on protected European sites. Read more
COP seems to be largely restricted to reducing methane from oil and gas flaring, rather than from livestock. Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture has arrived and will meet civil society groups tomorrow where the COP theme focus will be on agriculture and food. It should be interesting given that Ireland emits 3.7 times as much methane per capita as the average EU citizen. Read more
What is now emerging as the sticking point for the wording of the final communique is the extent to which it will embody a commitment to phase out all fossil fuels: coal, gas and oil, before 2050. Read more
Ireland remains a low performer in the Climate Change Performance Index, dropping six places this year to 43rd among 59 countries. Read more
An Taisce's statement on reporting by RTÉ Investigates on planning appeals being withdrawn for cash payments. Read more