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# carbon emissions

This year
2023
Lego ditches plan to make bricks out of recycled bottles as it 'wouldn't reduce emissions'
Lego hoped recycled plastic could replace crude oil-based acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
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Sep 25th 2023, 2:22 PM
Amazon secure planning permission for three data centres in Dublin despite emission concerns
Fingal County Council gave the go-ahead to AWS firm for the construction of three new data centres in the region.
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Sep 19th 2023, 10:26 PM
Last year
2022
Debunk: Turf is not an ‘agricultural crop’; burning it is polluting and unhealthy
It can take 1,000 years for a metre of peat to form.
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Nov 29th 2022, 5:18 PM
Germany's €9 train tickets prevented nearly 2 million tonnes of carbon emissions, survey finds
One in 10 users of the ticket said it prompted them to use public transport instead of cars for a least one journey a week.
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Aug 30th 2022, 10:59 PM
Citizens’ assembly on agriculture the wrong model, says farming group
The Labour Party has proposed a citizens’ assembly be held on the future of agriculture and food production.
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Aug 6th 2022, 12:27 PM
'It ain't just agriculture': Minister says other sectors must 'step up' to meet carbon emission targets
The sectoral carbon emission targets were due to be published before the summer recess.
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Jul 14th 2022, 5:26 PM
Trains, planes and automobiles: Irish ministerial transport emitted 400 tonnes of carbon last year
An analysis by The Journal reveals the Government’s carbon footprint for 2021.
An analysis by The Journal has found that ministers emitted 406 tonnes of CO2 equivalent between them last year.
The final figure is an under-reporting of the true number because multiple departments did not release full data.
Details released also show that eight ministers used public transport at least once in 2021.
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May 19th 2022, 12:05 AM
High Court orders peat company to halt unauthorised extraction in Midlands
Environmental Protection Agency brought injunction proceedings against Harte Peat Ltd.
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Mar 21st 2022, 8:00 PM
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New peat legislation slammed as ‘incompatible’ with climate targets and EU law
The Bill, fast-tracked by Fine Gael and Fianna Fail senators, would remove the need for planning permission to extract peat for horticultural sector use.
Legal experts argue that new peat legislation disregards strict EU environmental law, writes Niall Sargent as part of Noteworthy investigation of peat extraction
Bill would give planning exemption to peat extraction for horticulture and pause any ongoing enforcement action until at least 2026
Peatland experts are also concerned the Bill is ' not compatible' with our climate action goals
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Nov 29th 2021, 12:05 AM
Analysis: The argument that Ireland is too small to take climate action doesn’t hold up
Despite our small size, we have a significant carbon footprint in global rankings
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Nov 6th 2021, 1:00 PM
Carbon neutral by 2050: President Higgins signs Climate Action Bill into law
“Today is a landmark day,” said Green Party leader Eamon Ryan.
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Jul 23rd 2021, 3:09 PM
State spent 2.5 times more on fossil fuel subsidies than climate supports over past decade
Noteworthy shows that State revenue from an EU carbon trading scheme went into controversial forestry programme and a rural transport scheme.
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May 4th 2021, 9:30 AM
Transparency gap: State bodies holding back company emissions data from the public
A report by
Niall Sargent
Noteworthy project reveals emissions profiles of some of Ireland’s largest companies and highlights where lack of public transparency still exist.
Companies are starting to volunteer their emissions data but State bodies slow to reveal all details to public, writes Niall Sargent.
While emissions levels are falling in many sectors, Noteworthy analysis shows that sectors such as agriculture and aviation are stagnating or growing.
Ireland is doing well on finding energy efficiencies but there is still a mountain to climb.
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May 3rd 2021, 12:05 AM
Drop of 6.4% in industrial emissions last year - but not for dairy and pharma
This compares with a decrease of approximately 11-12% across Europe.
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Apr 13th 2021, 4:47 PM
Covid-19 drives biggest drop in Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions since global financial crisis
The country’s emissions fell by almost 6% last year.
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Jan 29th 2021, 6:00 AM
Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 4.5% in 2019 - the largest reduction since 2011
But the figures also indicate that Ireland is highly unlikely to meet its overall EU targets by the end of this year.
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Nov 20th 2020, 6:00 AM
Richest 1% of world's population 'responsible for more than double the carbon pollution of poorest half'
In Ireland, the richest 10% of the population emits nearly the same emissions as the bottom 50%.
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Sep 21st 2020, 8:03 AM
Green TD who helped negotiate programme for government says she can't fully endorse it
Neasa Hourigan said reducing carbon emissions will likely be back-loaded, and the deal doesn’t do enough in terms of housing.
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Jun 17th 2020, 8:53 AM
Green Party outline 17 demands for entering a coalition with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael
The party wants a reduction in carbon emissions and more spending on cycling.
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Apr 23rd 2020, 1:44 PM
FactCheck: Is Ireland responsible for just 0.000012% of the world's carbon emissions?
Reducing CO2 emissions is seen as key to resolving the climate crisis – but how much carbon does Ireland produce?
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Feb 7th 2020, 6:05 AM
Prince Charles criticised for taking private helicopter to make speech on lowering aircraft emissions
The royal flew 126 miles to speak to scientists about lowering aircraft emissions.
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Feb 2nd 2020, 10:45 AM
Government departments now 'carbon taxed' on air travel
The tax will be paid into the government’s Climate Action Fund every year.
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Jan 12th 2020, 2:26 PM
Thousands of kilos of potent greenhouse gas leaked from an ESB station. The EPA wasn't told
SF6 is a greenhouse gas with a global warming potential 23,000 times that of carbon dioxide.
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Nov 12th 2019, 6:10 AM
Ireland set to miss greenhouse emissions targets unless action taken, EPA warns
New policies are needed if Ireland is to meet carbon emissions targets, the EPA has said.
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Jun 6th 2019, 1:39 PM
Ryanair claims to be 'greenest' airline following appearance on list of worst carbon polluters in Europe
The airline emitted 9.9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide last year.
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Apr 2nd 2019, 10:32 PM
Tesco drew down €3m from government fund to 'go green' with its lighting systems
The fund, which is used to help reduce emissions, has been repaid in total by Tesco Ireland.
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Feb 3rd 2019, 7:00 AM
Take a look inside Taiwan's environmentally-friendly twisting tower
Trees and plants outside the building will absorb 130 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year.
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Jan 15th 2017, 5:30 PM
Why Ireland won't be turning to nuclear energy anytime soon
Alex White talked energy and climate change with TheJournal.ie yesterday.
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Dec 10th 2015, 12:00 PM
ESB wants its government owners to axe wind and solar power support
Targets and backing for the renewable-energy sources should end after 2020, the state supplier says.
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Oct 30th 2014, 4:08 PM
Obama wants to cut carbon emissions from power plants by 30% - not everyone agrees
Cuts are politically sensitive as coal, among the dirtiest energy sources, remains a major US industry.
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Jun 2nd 2014, 7:43 PM
Column: Here's where we can make cuts – and savings! – that won’t hurt services, jobs or salaries
Cutting costly emissions from thousands of public buildings would help the environment and save Ireland €200m a year – without requiring a single job loss.
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Apr 16th 2014, 8:00 AM
"There is no plan B": EU targets major carbon emitters to reduce emissions
It comes as the IPCC publishes its latest report on climate change.
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Apr 13th 2014, 5:15 PM
Draft edition of new climate law to be published next week
Phil Hogan says the draft heads of a Carbon Development Bill should be brought for cabinet approval next Tuesday.
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Feb 8th 2013, 3:32 PM
Budget 2013: Motor tax costs rise by up to 25 per cent
Triskaidekaphobia wins: from next year there’ll be two batches of registration plates. Say hello to ’131′ and ’132′.
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Dec 5th 2012, 5:37 PM
Doha talks hope to agree follow-up to Kyoto emissions deal
The Kyoto protocol – the only binding international deal on emissions – begins to expire this year, with no successor in place.
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Nov 26th 2012, 9:19 AM
China offers terms for legally binding climate deal
China has reportedly offered a package of conditions which it wants fulfilled – but opens the door for a deal on carbon emissions.
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Dec 6th 2011, 3:47 PM
Hogan hits back at claims government doesn't care about climate change
Phil Hogan has been criticised by the opposition over reports that climate change legislation was being shelved.
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Nov 3rd 2011, 2:40 PM
IEA estimates make 2010 carbon emissions 'the highest in history'
The surprising increase in emissions – growing at their fastest-ever rate – puts temperature goals almost out of reach.
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May 30th 2011, 1:29 PM
Men worse for the planet's environment than women
Research in Europe finds that women emit less carbon than men, making them the greener sex.
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Feb 23rd 2011, 3:29 PM