Plan in place to fix Lough Neagh’s pollution problems but the ‘challenges faced are gargantuan’
For decades excess nutrients from agricultural fertiliser, poor wastewater treatment and septic tanks have polluted its water
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For decades excess nutrients from agricultural fertiliser, poor wastewater treatment and septic tanks have polluted its water
Ella McSweeney: Leaving these gaps isn’t always compatible with insulation projects, but there are alternatives that don’t cost a huge amount
A discarded tent typically uses the same amount of plastic as nearly 9,000 plastic straws, 200 plastic bottles or 22 Coldplay LPs
‘Why is this energy-guzzling industry continuing to expand when we know Ireland needs to rapidly reduce energy demand, both on security and climate grounds?’
A huge fast-moving fire has damaged or destroyed up to half the structures in Jasper, Alberta
Do the savings, grants and growing list of discounts unlocked by a higher BER justify the the costs of retrofitting your home?
Lower heating bills benefit tenants, not landlords, while rent caps mean they won’t get higher income from letting out cosier homes
Buttevant-based renewables specialist wins approval for Alberta development
Four projects approved in first half of 2022, a quarter of what is required, says Wind Energy Ireland
Sunshine to spread from the west from Thursday
Copernicus Climate Change Service director says we are in ‘truly uncharted territory’
EVHACS has raised €2.7 million for its double-whammy combination of technologies
Acoustic ecology can assist traditional biodiversity monitoring methods
Thinking in a Climate Emergency: For purely self-interested reasons, we should care about insects; they are intimately involved in all our food chains
Living Green provides eco-friendly soil solutions to farmers, horticulturalists and gardeners
New approach to have significant implications for farmers as it will allow for revisions to controversial 1945 Arterial Drainage Act
Annual tax strategy papers ahead of budget also call for mandatory reporting of all inheritances
Inheritance tax changes, congestion charges, indexing the income tax system and hospitality’s pursuit of the 9 per cent VAT rate
Sunday, July 21st, was the hottest day recorded globally, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service
This must be how aristocrats felt about their servants: a necessary appendage to one’s lifestyle
SystemCore was co-founded in 2021 by former bonds and shares trader Cathal O’Leary
Polluted run-off from car washes can end up in rivers, streams, the sea and in groundwater
Ella McSweeney: Croagh Patrick has long suffered from being one of Mayo’s most valuable natural resources
Minister for Climate issues stark warning of looming disaster during address to MacGill summer school
Since her teenage years in the early 1980s, Anna Giordano has heroically battled the hunting of migrating raptors in Sicily and southern Italy. The result has filled the sky with birds
Game Changers: The app ‘is very good at showing people the stuff that is most worth doing from a carbon-saving point of view’
Hypocrisy and misalignments undermine public trust in climate policies and threaten public buy-in
Dr Muiris Houston: Our internal temperature is controlled by a small area of the brain called the hypothalamus which functions as the body’s thermostat
Save money, save the planet: The endless cycle of clothes shopping is causing water pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and landfill
Left alone, this invasive species will form dense dark thickets and outcompete native trees such as oak and hazel
It suggests that humans live on different planets, determined by economic conditions, which lets us off many hooks we would have to discuss if we accepted that all global resources are inequitably shared
ESB Networks says it's progressing applications at a rate of 750 per week, with 20% of connections delivered in past six months
Call comes regarding heating homes as independent body welcomes 6% fall in carbon emissions by building sector
Dublin transport plan shouldn’t be derailed over concerns about short-term disruption
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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