The Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht is seeking submissions from interested individuals and groups on the Heads of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill. The Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan TD has sent the Heads of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill to the committee for its consideration. … Read more
The European Commission has taken the first step towards developing a 2030 framework for EU climate change and energy policies. It has adopted a Green Paper which launches a public consultation on the content of the 2030 framework. The Commission has also published a Consultative Communication on the future of carbon capture and storage (CCS) … Read more
Bristol, Brussels, Glasgow and Ljubljana (pictured) have been chosen as the four finalists to proceed to the next stage of the European Green Capital 2015 Award organised by the European Commission. The European Green Capital Award is an annual prize that goes to one city every year, singling out its environmental performance. Bristol, Brussels, Glasgow … Read more
The GIY Get Ireland Growing fund is a brand new community growing initiative, designed to encourage a wave of food growing projects around Ireland. Over 70 community food growing projects will be funded with grants of between €500 and €5,000 this year. Developed by not-for-profit organisation GIY (Grow it Yourself), in partnership with AIB’s Add … Read more
Clare County Council, in association with An Taisce, is urging people in every corner of Clare to help “stomp” out litter and get involved in cleaning up the County as part of the 15th annual National Spring Clean Campaign. Sports clubs, TidyTowns organisations, businesses, schools, community development groups and Residents Associations are being invited to … Read more
Irish-owned CEMS-Dalian Industry Company (CEMS-D) is to develop an environmentally safe centre for ship dismantling and recycling at a new facility to be opened in Zhuanghe near Dalian, which is one of the busiest ports in the world, located north-east of Beijing. All manner of ship dismantling waste, including hazardous materials, will be recycled or … Read more
The Dr Tony Ryan Trust has made a significant donation to NUI Galway to support scholarship and innovation in environment, marine and energy as well as the University’s access programme. In addition to supporting the access programme, this significant philanthropic gift of over Eur1 million will specifically provide fully funded research scholarships for five PhD … Read more
Dee Sewell of Greenside Up, a County Carlow-based owner/managed business, has been short listed for the Green Leader category of the 2013 Irish Green Awards. Dee Sewell has been teaching people how to grow their own vegetables and live more sustainably for the past four years, working with several community gardens in Carlow and Kilkenny. … Read more
Some 1.2 billion people – almost a fifth of the world – live in areas of physical water scarcity, while another 1.6 billion face what can be called economic water shortage. The situation is only expected to worsen as population growth, climate change, investment and management shortfalls, and inefficient use of existing resources restrict the … Read more
The Bombay Sapphire gin distillery at Laverstoke Mill in Hampshire, England, has become both the first distillery and first refurbishment to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ design-stage BREEAM (Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Method) accreditation for its distillery process buildings. BREEAM is the world’s leading and most widely used environmental assessment method for buildings. It sets the standard … Read more