Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
ireland, Tag
- Why Irish data centre boom is complicating climate efforts Mon, 6 Jan 20, 4:00pmSurge in processing industry will increase Ireland’s already too high carbon emissions
- Ireland Fast-Tracks Law Effectively Banning Gas Vehicles Within A Decade. Is The US Next? Wed, 1 Jan 20, 9:00amFrom The Daily Caller Chris White Tech Reporter December 30, 2019 11:49 AM ET Font Size: Ireland is fast-tracking legislation that will effectively ban all gas-powered vehicles within a decade, leaving customers who are buying...
- Ireland plans to ban single-use plastics Thu, 19 Sep 19, 2:30amIn a move that has environmentalists cheering, Ireland recently overhauled its waste sector by announcing a ban on single-use plastics, including cutlery, straws, cups, food containers and cotton bud sticks...
- Ireland will plant 440 million trees in 20 years Thu, 5 Sep 19, 2:30amIreland is about to get a whole lot greener. The 84,431-square-kilometer country is determined to fight climate change by planting 440 million trees by 2040; 70 percent will be conifers and the remainder broad-leaf. The initiative...
- ‘Climate Emergency’: Ireland Set to Ban Private Cars While Planning Mass Third World Migration Sat, 22 Jun 19, 3:00amFrom Breitbart Drivers will be forced off the roads in Ireland and the population packed into “higher density” cities under a long-awaited climate plan which will ‘revolutionise’ people’s lifestyle and behaviours,...
- Ireland to unveil bold plan to tackle climate emergency Tue, 18 Jun 19, 12:20amVaradkar reveals ideas to curb greenhouse gases and move towards net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
- Ireland declares a climate emergency, promises action Tue, 14 May 19, 4:32amOn May 9, the governing and opposition parties in the Irish congress voted to declare an official climate emergency, following Britain's declaration a week prior...
- Poor air quality found at over 2,000 sites across the UK Sat, 2 Mar 19, 9:30amA new study shows that close to 2,000 sites across the U.K. have poor air quality due to excess pollution. The cities most affected by high levels of toxic gas were in Wales, England and Northern Ireland, all of which were...
- Irish climate plans fall short of urgent action needed Fri, 1 Mar 19, 9:00pmFrom Green News (.ie) Greens and the EU are fretting that Ireland just doesn’t do enough. The Commission’s 2019 Country Report for Ireland states that we are “falling further behind” our EU compatriots in decarbonising...
- Metal-clad Eco Cottage puts a modern spin on Irish rural architecture Wed, 16 Jan 19, 7:30amBallymoney-based sustainable architecture firm 2020 Architects has completed a new contemporary and low-energy home that offers a refreshing and sustainable take on the typical rural architecture found across Northern Ireland...
- Coastal flooding and peat bogs | Letters Thu, 29 Nov 18, 4:34amMore than 15,000 buildings were built in coastal areas at significant risk of coastal flooding in the UK between 2005 and 2014, write Tom Spencer and Gerd Masselink...
- End of an era as Ireland closes its peat bogs 'to fight climate change' Tue, 27 Nov 18, 4:00pmShift to renewables is too late say campaigners as peatlands will still emit greenhouse gases
- Blood coal: Ireland’s dirty secret | Noel Healy Thu, 25 Oct 18, 9:00pmBurning coal is the single largest contributor to global climate breakdown. Human rights violations at the sites of fossil fuel extraction are often hidden.
- No-deal Brexit could result in Northern Ireland blackouts, leaks reveal Thu, 27 Sep 18, 9:18pmResidents face drastic price rises and being cut off from Irish Republic’s electricity supplies, documents show
- Ireland becomes world's first country to divest from fossil fuels Fri, 13 Jul 18, 1:12amBill passed by parliament means more than €300m shares in coal, oil, peat and gas will be sold ‘as soon as practicable’