Environment

New ‘Clean-Green’ Advertising Services By GreenAdsIreland

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Dublin-based company, GreenAdsIreland is providing an ecologically friendly advertising and marketing service. Indeed, GreenAdsIreland claims to be Ireland’s first ‘green clean advertising’ provider. GreenAdsIreland offers high impact advertising solutions to Irish businesses and local authorities. The company’s services are nationwide and are especially effective in areas of high pedestrian traffic.   Clean green advertising is … Read more

€2 Billion Renewables Investment Would Create Hundreds of Jobs in Clare

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Multinational utility companies are seeking to invest over Eur2 billion to harness the energy of County Clare’s wind, wave, tidal and biomass resources. This is according to the Clare County Development Board (CDB), which has launched its Integrated Strategy on Energy & Climate Change. The plan sets the path for Clare to become a low … Read more

Ireland’s Environment Continues to be of High Quality

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Despite the difficult economic circumstances during 2010 Ireland’s environment continues to be of high quality, according to the EPA’s End of Year Statement for 2010. ”The EPA has a clear focus on what it needs to achieve as the Agency charged with overseeing environmental protection in Ireland. Limiting and adapting to climate change and making … Read more

Fully Integrated Approach Needed to Make Europe a Resource Efficient Green Economy

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The European Environment Agency (EEA) has released its fourth Environment State and Outlook report – SOER 2010 – a comprehensive assessment of how and why Europe’s environment is changing, and what we are doing about it. SOER 2010 concludes that a fully integrated approach to transforming Europe to a resource-efficient green economy can not only … Read more

Single European Sky Performance Targets Agreed

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The committee of experts from European Member States have unanimously agreed the performance targets for the Single European Sky, presented by the European Commission in the areas of environment, capacity/delays, and cost-efficiency for the period 2012 to 2014. The package is designed to deliver significant safety improvements, fewer delays, lower costs and reduced CO2 emissions. … Read more

Irish Researchers Win €30 Million in EU Research Funding for a Better Environment

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Since 2007, €30 million in EU funding from the FP7 programme has been awarded to Irish researchers. This funding supports 95 projects being carried out by colleges and companies throughout Ireland, alongside European partners, to protect and improve our environment. At a conference today (October 6th), Irish and international experts addressed over 100 leading researchers … Read more

Free of Charge ‘Rethink, Recycle and Remake’ Networking Event – Cork – October 21st, 2010

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Potential entrepreneurs in Cork who are interested in setting up in business using what someone else considers waste as raw materials, should attend at the Lifetime Lab in Cork City on Thursday 21st October from 10am to 12.45pm when rx3, a Department of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government initiative to rethink, recycle and remake … Read more

Ukraine Joins European Energy Community

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Ukraine has joined the European Energy Community. The move extends the EU internal energy market to South East Europe and enhances the overall security of supply. The Ministerial Council of the Energy Community had approved the accession of Ukraine in December 2009, but the signature of the Accession Protocol was made subject to the adoption … Read more

Living Streets – Car Free Event in Dublin City on Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

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Two out of three Europeans live in an urban environment. European Mobility Week is an initiative to promote sustainable modes of travel and improvement of the urban environment. Living Streets is a day long programme of events being organised by Dublin City Council on South William Street, Drury Street, Fade Street, Castle Market and Coppinger … Read more

EU Grid Project Unlocks Processing Power of 200,000 Desktop Computers for Researchers

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EU researchers will have sustainable and continuous access to the combined processing power of over 200,000 desktop computers in more than 30 European countries thanks to the European Commission funded European Grid Infrastructure (EGI) project, which was launched recently. The Commission is contributing Eur25 million over four years to the EGI-InSPIRE project to link the … Read more