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Taking the first step to reducing emissions on your farm

The EPA report released on the 21st July was stark. Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from Agriculture (as well as other sectors) continues to rise. For 2021, emissions from Agriculture increased by 3% to 20.5 MTCO2eq compared to 2020 levels. This is ...

15 Aug 2022 at 11:33

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Gas leaks ‘could emit equivalent of a third of Denmark’s CO2 emissions’

The Nord Stream pipeline leaks pumping huge volumes of natural gas into the Baltic Sea could emit the equivalent of one third of Denmark’s total annual greenhouse gas emissions, a Danish official has warned. Kristoffer Bottzauw, head of the ...

28 Sept 2022 at 19:02

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Less than 1 per cent of national emissions come from Leitrim

Leitrim accounts for just 1 per cent of all of Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions, it was revealed at a local meeting during which Marie Mulligan, Senior Executive Engineer in the Environment Department, spoke about Leitrim's Climate ...

13 Jul 2023 at 13:33

Laois Live

Crucial meeting held in Laois to tackle greenhouse gas emissions

A crucial meeting by the Midlands Energy Agency (MEA), a group established to reduce energy consumption amongst local authorities, including Laois County Council was held in Portlaoise this week. The Agency, which supports five ...

15 Mar 2024 at 09:33

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European court says young people’s climate case to be examined by top-tier panel

The European Court of Human Rights has said that a complaint against 33 countries filed by six young Portuguese climate activists will be examined by the tribunal’s top panel of judges, a move reflecting the case’s legal ...

30 Jun 2022 at 18:54

Current national climate plans ‘fall miles short’ of averting worst impacts – UN

Current national climate plans “fall miles short” of what is required to avert the worst impacts of global warming, the UN has warned. These plans – known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) – would see global ...

28 Oct 2024 at 17:58

Climate change tripled deaths in European cities during recent heatwaves – study

Climate change tripled the number of heat-related deaths across European cities in the recent heatwaves, a rapid analysis by scientists has estimated. Global warming, caused primarily by humans burning fossil fuels and ...

09 Jul 2025 at 05:00

Ireland

Greenhouse gas emissions lowest in three decades

Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions last year were the lowest in three decades, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 6.8% in 2023, with reductions in almost all ...

09 Jul 2024 at 09:27

Ireland

Latest climate data ‘smashes myth you can’t grow economy and reduce emissions’

Taoiseach Simon Harris has welcomed new data that showed Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions last year were the lowest in three decades. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that greenhouse gas ...

09 Jul 2024 at 10:21

Scotland

Scottish Government aims to move ‘further and faster’ on EV charging

The Scottish Government has published a plan it says will go “further and faster” on electric vehicle charging. Ministers aim to deliver 24,000 more charging points by 2030 after achieving the original ...

16 Dec 2024 at 12:11

Miliband warns of ‘extreme’ climate change impacts in UK while defending Cop29

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has warned “extreme impacts” of climate change in Britain will get “much worse” without action as he defended the Government’s emission targets. The Conservatives said it ...

26 Nov 2024 at 15:20

Government doubles down on green ambition as it unveils new UK climate plan

The Government has reaffirmed its commitment to climate action as it unveiled a major new plan outlining how the UK will meet its net zero goals. The so-called “carbon budget and growth delivery ...

29 Oct 2025 at 17:15

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