Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Wastewater treatment at 10 cities and large towns fails to meet EU standards, EPA finds

Uisce Éireann ‘must prioritise’ prompt delivery of essential works at locations highlighted by the agency

Irish climate to become ‘unrecognisable’ if action on emissions is delayed

Ireland has almost no pristine rivers left and is producing ‘more waste than ever’, State of Environment report finds

The Irish Times view on the Irish environment: a deepening crisis

The poor state of the physical environment could undermine food security and erode wild spaces

Danger to health as Ireland set to fall short of WHO air pollution targets, says EPA report

Burning of solid fuels and persistent transport emissions are country’s worst air pollutants

Irish rivers and lakes: Farms to be assessed for nitrates run-off in fresh bid to tackle water pollution

Sixty new staff will be employed by local authorities to carry out increased inspections

If warnings about Atlantic ocean circulation are correct, Irish people could become climate migrants

New studies say a dramatic drop in temperatures here could happen a lot sooner than previously feared

I have no complaints about the Irish summer weather

The Irish weather is like a gaslighting frenemy whose mood can dramatically change on a dime. Feeling safe, warm and happy? You’d better watch out

Irish leaders need to start being honest about livestock’s long shadow and our unsustainable diets

Meat and dairy provides only 13% of calories globally but are responsible for nearly 85% of greenhouse gas emissions linked with food production

Irish weather patterns indicate ‘global weirding’ is a threat to our food security, farmer and data scientist says

Mark Kelly believes global warming is ‘too benign a term’ given the extreme rainfall in Ireland over the past year

Will 200-year-old maps help inform decisions on crucial habitat restoration and future land use?

New digital archive of first ordnance survey maps of island of Ireland coincides with completion of first detailed national land cover map

Ireland moves climate dial as wastewater settles into farmers’ crosshairs

Irish farmers have delivered a 30 per cent reduction in their use of chemical nitrogen in just two years

On-the-spot water test for dangerous form of E.coli developed by Irish scientists

Technology predicted to help protect people drinking water from private sources including groundwater wells

Appeal court finds ‘no legal basis’ for order preventing firm extracting peat from part of Midlands bogs

Harte Peat argued some land considered by High Court not being extracted when EPA brought application

Survey shows 80 per cent of Irish people are ‘alarmed’ or ‘concerned’ about climate change

Findings of Environmental Protection Agency study show climate scepticism is rare in Ireland

Rise in E.coli contamination found in private water supplies

Unmonitored private drinking water supplies adding to public health risk for consumers, who are mainly based in rural areas

New national water action plan to curb pollution and flooding approved by Cabinet

New approach to have significant implications for farmers as it will allow for revisions to controversial 1945 Arterial Drainage Act

Peter Burke revealed something about the ‘organised hypocrisy’ of the State’s climate approach

Hypocrisy and misalignments undermine public trust in climate policies and threaten public buy-in

Burning coal, peat and wood is associated with poorer mental health, ESRI finds

Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter can also cause chronic disease and cancer

Failure to curtail our greenhouse gas emissions could cost us two children’s hospitals

In the public mind, 2030 has wrongly become the cornerstone of climate policy, rather than the imperative of complying with two legally-required carbon budgets

Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2023 reach lowest level in three decades

State still ‘well off track’ for 2030 targets despite reductions in almost all sectors

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