Environment
EU changes baseline for monitoring aviation emissions
The EU has changed its baseline for monitoring emissions from aviation, due to what is being described as an ‘unprecedented’...
Environment
The EU has changed its baseline for monitoring emissions from aviation, due to what is being described as an ‘unprecedented’...
Environment
Research has found that emissions from livestock manure “patches” are lower than previously thought – which could work to the...
Video
On this week’s episode – we talk to Dr. Frank Mitloehner about the interplay of the Covid-19 pandemic, global emissions...
Environment
A 19-year-old serial entrepreneur whose businesses include an organic lamb venture and an industry-leading firewood supply enterprise recently highlighted the...
Rural Life
A 19-year-old serial entrepreneur whose businesses include an organic lamb venture and an industry-leading firewood supplier recently highlighted the urgent...
Environment
The next Irish government has been called on to help reduce the level of carbon emissions coming from the transport...
Environment
Agriculture is expanding in Ireland – but this needs to happen in a sustainable way and not at the expense...
Beef
The Irish agricultural sector can meet its climate action targets without reducing the national beef herd – but only if...
Environment
From a policy perspective, conversion of permanent grassland into tillage land is restricted to a maximum of 5% under current...
Environment
With Ireland set to miss its EU carbon emissions reduction target for 2020 and optimism for meeting its 2030 target...
Environment
While greenhouse gas emissions from European agriculture have tracked downwards over the last 25 years, Ireland’s performance has been at...
Agri Politics
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has revealed that he still drives a diesel car. The...
Agri Politics
The establishment of five-year carbon budgets has been confirmed to be included as part of the Governments Climate Action Plan....
Environment
Ireland will have a 1% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions rather than the 20% target it needed to reach for...
Environment
Ireland’s EU targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 and 2030 will be “extremely challenging”, according to Minister for...
Environment
The time has come to “lay off the farmers” on emissions following revelations that aviation emissions across the world are...
Dairy
“I feel that lameness needs to be brought up on the agenda. There is a lot of talk about carbon...
Environment
The state is being urged to “rewet” 270,000ha of the country’s peatlands over the next two decades in a bid...