Environment
2050 targets: Agriculture needs to improve 'environmentally and commercially'
We need to improve agriculture both environmentally and commercially to meet proposed EU targets for a climate-neutral Europe by 2050,...
Environment
We need to improve agriculture both environmentally and commercially to meet proposed EU targets for a climate-neutral Europe by 2050,...
Agri Politics
Should there be a cap on the national herd? Should the national herd be reduced? Are the 6.9 million animals in...
Environment
Farmers will be changing some of their procedures and practices under the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Change’s report recommendations which...
Environment
Ireland has become the second country globally to declare a climate emergency following the proposal receiving the backing of the...
Environment
A major conference organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) heard this week that work should begin on...
Environment
The report from the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action, which was officially released yesterday, Tuesday, April 16, is “of...
Agri-Business
Environmental group An Taisce addressed a sitting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, to discuss...
Environment
With regards to climate action, agriculture is a sector that “has a plan”, but the Government needs to “put in the...
Agri-Business
Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice has said that an increase to the current carbon tax will “cripple ordinary people”. The Roscommon-Galway TD...
Environment
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action has called for a national review of land use to optimise planning and...
Environment
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action published its long-awaited report on recommendations to tackle climate change in Ireland – including...
Agri Politics
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action has today (Thursday, March 28) decided not to recommend a greenhouse gas (GHG)...
Environment
The publication of a report compiled by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action has been delayed by at least...
Environment
Any environmental changes which will be required in the agricultural sector will cost money – and the bulk of the...
Environment
Greenhouse gas taxes and restrictions on farmers would not be “climate just” for carbon-efficient Irish farmers, according to the president...
Rural Life
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action will not recommend a tax on greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture when it...
Environment
The Government is being urged to consider the “most appropriate and effective mechanisms” that could be used for a form...
Agri Politics
We have to pick a pathway on climate action that “minimises burdens and maximises opportunities”, according to the Minister for...