environment

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Urban fox research
Richard Collins: Not quite zebras crossing, but animals are taking to city life
Foxes, peregrines, and even mountain lions, are setting up shop inside the lion's den

Thu, 28 Nov, 2024

West Cork clean coast campaigner picks up national Ocean Hero award
West Cork clean coast campaigner picks up national Ocean Hero award
An Taisce hosted the awards in Dublin on Wednesday to honour the contribution and dedication of the 2,000 Clean Coasts groups, comprising some 40,000 volunteers, to conserving Ireland’s coastal heritage

Wed, 27 Nov, 2024

Fears over drinking water quality in Cork group water schemes 
Fears over drinking water quality in Cork group water schemes 
Cork County Council environment directorate is urging those served by private water supplies to alert the local authority so it can carry out additional water quality tests

Sun, 24 Nov, 2024

MTU team dissects critically endangered angel shark in effort to protect species
MTU team dissects critically endangered angel shark in effort to protect species
Angel sharks are now thought to be locally extinct across much of their former distribution area, from Scandinavia to the Canary Islands

Fri, 22 Nov, 2024

litter washed up on a beach in county cork, ireland.
Five firms in plastic pollution alliance ‘made 1,000 times more plastic than they cleaned up’ 
Five oil and chemical companies which promised to divert plastic from environment produced 132m tonnes of it, analysis finds

Wed, 20 Nov, 2024

Woodland nature
Killarney housing development gets go-ahead after delay over impact on bats
The 224 residential units — which comprises 76 houses and 148 apartments — will be located on a six-hectare site on the western side of the town alongside Killarney National Park

Wed, 20 Nov, 2024

Cop29 bound ministers must accept planet’s future rests on their shoulders 
Cop29 bound ministers must accept planet’s future rests on their shoulders 
A just transition is in everyone’s interests despite the immediate costs, says Karol Balfe, but weaning the Global North off capitalist solutions is a mammoth task

Sun, 17 Nov, 2024

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How to reduce your exposure to microplastics
Scientists recommend never microwaving food in plastic — tempered glass such as Pyrex is a good alternative for warming food

Sun, 17 Nov, 2024

Paving over progress — what Ardee Bog means for Ireland’s climate future
Paving over progress — what Ardee Bog means for Ireland’s climate future
The controversy over Ardee Bog is a wake-up call. If we are serious about achieving climate goals, we must address these policy gaps that extend legal safeguards beyond SACs and NHAs to include smaller, fragmented, and degraded peatlands that are still ecologically and climatically valuable

Fri, 15 Nov, 2024

Donal Hickey: Top eco award for Tralee wetlands group
Donal Hickey: Top eco award for Tralee wetlands group
Tralee Bay Wetlands Eco and Activity Park has won the overall All-Ireland Pollinator Award. The 22-acre park, alongside the road to the Dingle Peninsula, has a 20metre viewing tower, nature walks, pedal boats, a nature reserve and ecology section

Thu, 14 Nov, 2024

Gray wolf cubs
Anja Murray: We have to take on the role of the wolf in managing our woodlands
After a reign of more than 25,000 years in Ireland, the last Irish wolf was said to have been killed in 1786, on the slopes of Mount Leinster in County Carlow. The ecological ramifications of eradicating woodlands and wolves from the landscape have been enormous

Wed, 13 Nov, 2024

Watch: Hundreds of thousands of mauve stinger jellyfish discovered at Cork lake
Watch: Hundreds of thousands of mauve stinger jellyfish discovered at Cork lake
The jellyfish were discovered in Lough Hyne, Ireland’s only saltwater lake

Wed, 13 Nov, 2024

EPA identifies two Cork businesses as national enforcement priorities
EPA identifies two Cork businesses as national enforcement priorities
North Cork Co-Op Creameries Limited, and Timoleague Agri Gen Limited, were among seven premises listed by the EPA as 'national priority sites'

Tue, 12 Nov, 2024

Power plant
RTÉ should 'show leadership’ by phasing out fossil fuel advertising
The Oireachtas committee also recommended setting up a news agency to cover environmental issues

Tue, 12 Nov, 2024

Cop29: Key questions about the UN climate conference
Cop29: Key questions about the UN climate conference
Dubbed the 'finance Cop', one of the central issues at the conference will be agreeing new commitments on finance for poor countries to cope with climate change impacts and green their economies.

Mon, 11 Nov, 2024

Who’s who at Cop29? The world leaders who will forge the global response to climate change
Who’s who at Cop29? The world leaders who will forge the global response to climate change
The presidents, ministers, and senior officials who will shape the UN's 29th climate summit which gets underway on Monday

Sun, 10 Nov, 2024

NPWS pays Kildare Wildlife Rescue €50k for helping to rehabilitate birds caught in oil spill
NPWS pays Kildare Wildlife Rescue €50k for helping to rehabilitate birds caught in oil spill
The National Parks and Wildlife Service said a large proportion of the birds sent to Kildare Wildlife Rescue 'have now been successfully treated and released'

Fri, 08 Nov, 2024

Snake charmer plays music for his cobra at the Jemaa el-Fnaa square in Marrakesh
Richard Collins: Human cruelty to wildlife still persists
Cobras, their mouths stitched closed, or their poison receptacles removed, still perform for tourists on the great square at Marrakesh

Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

Vote Green!
Anja Murray: Top nature questions to raise with election hopefuls
Decisions made now will have huge impact on people, land and nature, far into the future

Wed, 06 Nov, 2024

West Cork councillors call for deer cull after litany of 'crashes and near misses'
West Cork councillors call for deer cull after litany of 'crashes and near misses'
Members of the West Cork Municipal District Council also voiced concerns the deer are connected to the spread of TB and Lyme disease in the region

Wed, 06 Nov, 2024

Cabinet approval for section of Irish waters to enter Emission Control Area
Cabinet approval for section of Irish waters to enter Emission Control Area
The designation of the ECA will significantly reduce ship emissions, improve air quality, and contribute to public health and environmental protection

Tue, 05 Nov, 2024

Funding of €55m approved to help decarbonise Irish businesses
Funding of €55m approved to help decarbonise Irish businesses
New funding for more than 400 Irish companies is set to abate around 130,000 tonnes of CO2

Tue, 05 Nov, 2024

Take the pressures off Killarney National Park — and expand it
S Take the pressures off Killarney National Park — and expand it
Ecologist Pádraic Fogarty says it would not take much to tip the balance in favour of nature here... and we’ve already waited too long

Sun, 03 Nov, 2024

Seán Ronayne: Do we have enough safe hands to save Irish nature?
Seán Ronayne: Do we have enough safe hands to save Irish nature?
We just need to do the right thing by Irish nature, and understand that we, as a species cannot keep taking from the land as if we were the only inhabitants. It will give, eventually

Sat, 02 Nov, 2024

Flour in a bag on the table and spikelets
From pests to plates: Can insects play a role in diversifying our diets?
Insect protein is stepping into the spotlight as a nutrient-rich, environmentally friendly option to traditional meats

Fri, 01 Nov, 2024

9 things you didn't know about holly, our favourite Christmas plant
Donal Hickey: Early berries a sign of a harsh winter ahead?
This year, I saw red holly berries more than two months ago — trees working hard to feed hungry birds or is that a myth?

Thu, 31 Oct, 2024

Farmers 'may face water shortfall'
Irish children face shorter life expectancy and malnutrition caused by climate change
Among the challenges the world can expect will be farmers unable to grow traditional crops due to flooding or drought, older people dying from heat in record numbers

Wed, 30 Oct, 2024

Telling the bees: Why this ancient mourning tradition has endured
Telling the bees: Why this ancient mourning tradition has endured
Beekeeper’s daughter and student of folklore Eimear Chaomhánach shares memories of growing up in a beekeeping household, collecting swarms with her father and learning how to harvest honey, while looking at the beliefs, traditions and folklore around bees and beekeeping

Tue, 29 Oct, 2024

UN Cop16 nature talks gridlocked as conservation funding trickles in 
UN Cop16 nature talks gridlocked as conservation funding trickles in 
Advocacy groups said the pledges — which brings the total raised by the fund to about €370m — fell far short of the billions of dollars envisioned for the fund.

Tue, 29 Oct, 2024

Hedgehog
Fears for hedgehog numbers spikes as it faces risk of extinction
Also, more than a third (38%) of the world's tree species are at risk of extinction

Mon, 28 Oct, 2024

'It's not the dog's fault': How one coastal village uses beach recycling to keep the sea at bay
'It's not the dog's fault': How one coastal village uses beach recycling to keep the sea at bay
The flood barriers built since an infamous 1953 North Sea flood have kept the tide at bay ever since. One local resident tells Neil Michael 'recycling has proved to be effective'

Sun, 27 Oct, 2024

Coastal erosion: Why hasn't the State taken more action?
Coastal erosion: Why hasn't the State taken more action?
While the UK is investing billions in dealing with coastal erosion, Ireland is still stuck in the consultation phase of trying to figure out how to tackle it

Sun, 27 Oct, 2024

Carving a greener path in addressing pumpkin waste in Ireland
Carving a greener path in addressing pumpkin waste in Ireland
The jack-o-lantern practice originated with the story of Stingy Jack, a character in Irish mythology who tricked the Devil and was condemned to roam the earth with only a carved-out turnip to light his way

Fri, 25 Oct, 2024

Greenhouse gas emissions down 2.2%, but Ireland is 'nowhere near where we should be'
Greenhouse gas emissions down 2.2%, but Ireland is 'nowhere near where we should be'
The report found that the largest sector sectoral decrease in emissions was observed in electricity emissions, driven by reductions in fossil fuel use

Tue, 22 Oct, 2024

How a ‘putrid’ find in a museum cupboard could be the key to bringing the Tasmanian tiger back to life
How a ‘putrid’ find in a museum cupboard could be the key to bringing the Tasmanian tiger back to life
A well-preserved thylacine head was a gruesome sight — but it also contained RNA molecules crucial to reconstructing the extinct animal’s genome

Sun, 20 Oct, 2024

WWF Living Planet Report
Once our primary forests are gone, they’re gone forever
Calls at COP26 in 2021 to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030 continue to ring hollow as targets to reduce it have been missed in almost all tropical regions

Mon, 14 Oct, 2024

Discharge of sewage into a river
Two decades 'too long to wait' for Uisce Éireann to fix wastewater treatment issues
The Environmental Protection Agency said it had identified 73 priority areas where improvements in wastewater treatment are most urgently needed to protect our environment

Fri, 11 Oct, 2024

Donal Hickey: Urban allotments and community gardens growing in popularity
Donal Hickey: Urban allotments and community gardens growing in popularity
It's National Allotments and Community Gardens Week now — anyone motivated to get stuck in might be interested to know that Cork City Council has more than 50 plots for rent in Churchfield 

Thu, 10 Oct, 2024

Fallen autumn leaves in the park
Anja Murray: So-called 'leaf litter' doesn't mean gardens need a clean sweep
There is a very good biodiversity case for leaving the leaves alone

Wed, 09 Oct, 2024

Earth’s 'vital signs' show humanity’s future hanging in the balance, say climate experts
Earth’s 'vital signs' show humanity’s future hanging in the balance, say climate experts
Record emissions, temperatures and population mean more scientists are looking into possibility of societal collapse, report says

Tue, 08 Oct, 2024

Despite progress, Ireland faces a highly complex climate challenge, EPA warns 
Despite progress, Ireland faces a highly complex climate challenge, EPA warns 
The Environmental Protection Agency’s flagship 2024 State of the Environment report has rated Ireland as 'poor' overall

Thu, 03 Oct, 2024

Fast Fashion Waste Is Choking Ghana With Mountains of Trash
Fast fashion: Where do all our unwanted clothes end up?
There are enough garments in the world to dress the next six generations. Yet the number of clothes in the global north is soaring with devastating consequences

Wed, 25 Sep, 2024

Heathrow airport stock
‘Flight shame is dead’: Concern grows over climate impact of tourism boom
Post-covid hunger for travel is taking a heavy toll on the environment amid race to net zero, say experts

Tue, 24 Sep, 2024

Cork schools save more than 141,000 batteries from landfills with proceeds going to charity
Cork schools save more than 141,000 batteries from landfills with proceeds going to charity
Since the campaign began, more than €590,575 has been raised to support the LauraLynn Children’s Hospice

Tue, 24 Sep, 2024

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