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Government accused of 'putting cart before the horse' over €25m for seas amid marine Bill delay
Environment
Nature Minister Malcolm Noonan launched the new Marine Protected Areas LIFE project in Dun Laoghaire yesterday. He admitted “the process” towards publishing the MPA Bill “has become protracted”.
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'We can't wait': State of Ireland's environment 'not a pretty picture' and we need 'systemic change'
Environment
The Environmental Protection Agency says the government urgently needs to outline its National Policy Position on the environment
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Budget 2025: Ireland's 'green transition' continues with 'record' funding for energy and public transport
Irish News
We understand some of the tax windfall will be spent upgrading the electricity grid to support more renewables
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Lidl customers reclaim €17 million after 'Re-Turning' 100 million bottles and cans
Environment
The retailer says it has processed around a fifth of Ireland's returned bottles and cans across its 180 stores
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Food waste now costing Irish people €832 a year, survey finds
Environment
ALDI and FoodCloud say consumers are throwing away €16 worth of food a week
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No-dig guru bound for Ireland says gardening technique reduces flooding, slugs and grows more food
Environment
Charles Dowding has been honing the technique for 40 years and is now teaching Irish folks about the benefits
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Climate change delivered 'stark contrasts' in weather this summer, say Copernicus
Weather
While Ireland was wetter than usual other parts of Europe suffered 'record breaking heat stress'
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Ireland at a crossroads: New report details how to slash emissions by 32% by embracing reuse and recycling
Environment
Ireland uses 22 tonnes of raw materials used per person a year and it's having huge impacts
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Ryan warns of 'bad news' for public transport, retrofitting, LNG and organic farming if no Greens after election
Environment
The Climate, Energy and Environment Minister says there are "so many frightening prospects"
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95,000 tonnes of litter lifted from Irish beaches in one weekend
Environment
"The dedication and support of all of these groups is hugely inspiring and we thank each and every one of them for their contribution"
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Air pollution: Solid fuel fires and traffic emissions impacting Ireland's push to clean up air, says EPA
Environment
"Air pollution is not just a city phenomenon, there are negative impacts in towns and villages right across the country"
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Hundreds take to Dublin streets to demand government phases out all fossil fuels
Climate change
Campaigners also urged them to bin proposals for a floating gas facility off Ireland's coast
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Major Irish landowners NPWS and Coillte agree deal to deliver for nature and biodiversity
Environment
NPWS and Coillte have signed a memorandum of understanding around management of their estates
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10,000 people joining forces across Ireland to clean up our beaches
Environment
"It's a wonderful opportunity to be involved in a global effort to protect our ocean"
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Irish forests emitting more greenhouse gases than they're storing, says climate advisory group
Climate change
The CCAC has also urged the government to urgently support and incentivise farming methods that reduce agricultural emissions
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Ireland's plan to improve state of waters branded "missed opportunity to tackle pollution"
Biodiversity
"Only 54 per cent of our waters are currently healthy which in itself is completely unacceptable"
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Watch: Mary Wallopers duo help community to save 'lucky' young dolphins
Biodiversity
"They were in a state of distress when we got there and were breathing quite heavily"
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Ireland's fish kill hot spots revealed in major new Inland Fisheries report
Environment
Agriculture was the single biggest cause of fish kills followed by eutrophication where excessive nutrients in waterways spark algal blooms that deplete oxygen
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Death of 850 iconic wild salmon in one Irish river 'very significant' when populations so low, says ecologist
Biodiversity
Pádraic Fogarty says whatever killed them "has had a much wider impact on the ecosystem"
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Over 12,500 fish killed in 13 incidents across Ireland this year, new figures show
Biodiversity
"It's atrocious and shocking that these things are still going on"
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Red-listed Irish bird species up 35 per cent as 250 farmers 'delay grass mowing in attempt to save them'
Biodiversity
Nature minister Malcolm Noonan says efforts are beginning to paying off
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Ireland's deep-sea corals 'probably ingesting microplastics from our clothes', say UCC scientists
Environment
Washing machine wastewater is thought to be partly to blame for microplastic pollution found deep in the North Atlantic
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Ireland's climate minister supports Brazil's proposal to tax world's billionaires
Climate change
Brazil's proposal for a 2 per cent wealth tax on billionaires was high on the G20 agenda
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Irish High Court involves European judiciary in An Taisce case against nitrates plan
An Taisce
As Taisce is taking a judicial review of the State's latest plan to reduce agricultural pollution and protect waterways
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