Ban on licences for new oil and gas comes into force following Cabinet decision
New appointments to Climate Change Advisory Council coinciding with enhanced role
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Like it or not, climate change will make everyone change their lives
Are we saying goodbye to milk in our cereal, private cars and a warming fire?
Seven community renewable energy projects get go ahead
New Government scheme to support €1.4bn investment and generate 1,000 jobs
Adopt energy policy now to prevent importing of fracked gas, urge campaigners
New Fortress Energy has said it is pushing ahead to develop LNG terminal in Shannon Estuary
Applications open for community wind and solar farms
Successful applicants will be awarded State contracts to generate power for national grid
How airlines are working to reduce their CO2 one olive at a time
While we wait for battery-powered aircraft to take flight, airlines are using all sorts of tricks to cut fuel and weight
Every An Post delivery in Dublin city centre now emission free
Company says zero-carbon emission delivery will be rolled out to Cork, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick and Waterford by the end of 2020
ESB plan to combine peat with biomass opposed by environmental groups
Groups say Shannonbridge plan will not reduce carbon emissions in electricity creation
Regulations making energy production by citizens ‘impossible’, TDs told
Sinn Féin TD’s Bill would allow communities, clubs to be paid for generating green energy
Adults have abdicated climate responsibility, says energy expert
Dublin seminar told failure of global response is forcing young people to protest
Irish grassroots activists leading the climate change uprising
Lack of policial action on climate change has spawned a movement of strong, committed environmental activists
Dáil proposal to pay small businesses for electricity from renewable sources
Private Members’ Bill introduced by Brian Stanley of Sinn Féin would force energy providers, to buy electricity produced by ‘microgenerators’ including small communities, clubs and schools
State set to ban onshore fracking after Bill passes in Seanad
Legislation on controversial gas extraction method a ‘boost for global climate movement’
Varadkar should delay adopting ‘inadequate’ climate change plan
Environmental group says ‘Ireland’s climate action is closer to Trump than Trudeau’
The hidden costs of drinking bottled water
Bottled water sales are growing at a much faster rate than soft drinks. This might be better for your health, but it is terrible for the environment – and your pocket
Power to the people: is community energy the way forward?
The Government wants us to become ‘energy citizens’, but advocates of local energy schemes say Ireland is lagging behind other EU countries
Richard Boyd Barrett to present Bill to prohibit fracking
TD will present proposals to completely ban hydraulic fracturing for shale gas in State
Power to the people: why does Ireland make community energy generation so difficult?
Across Europe, communities own and run wind farms, solar panels and district heating systems
Environmentalists react with dismay to EC climate proposals
New plans described as ‘roll-back’ of EU’s leadership on climate change
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