Celtic Sea heat off Ireland would have been a one-in-100-year event without climate change
Ireland’s waters are getting dangerously warm A new analysis has found that some of the highest sea temperatures recorded this year in the Celtic Sea, off the coasts of Ireland and Britain, would have been expected only once every 100 years without the effects of human-driven climate change. Researchers from the World Weather Attribution (WWA), […]
1 month ago
Energy supplies in Ireland entering “very tight situation”, says Eamon Ryan
“There is a real issue. It has been very tight, it is very tight.” Energy supplies in Ireland are entering a “very tight situation”, according to Eamon Ryan. The Green Party leader and Minister for the Environment, Transport and Climate said on Monday that while the situation remains “very tight”, he believes the country “will […]
5 years ago
Aldi ban all non-detectable black plastic trays from fruit and veg range
A great step forward. Aldi have banned all non-detectable black plastic trays from their fruit and veg sections. The supermarket announced today that they have plans to reduce plastic packaging across all of their products by 25% over the next three years. The banning of the black plastic trays will save over 450 tonnes of […]
7 years ago
Ireland’s “hypocrisy on climate change” has been put on very public blast
The Emerald Isle is apparently not as green as we would have thought. In an in-depth article published on The Guardian, it is claimed that despite all of the noise that Ireland has made lately in tackling the issue of climate change, we as a nation will still fail to hit our 2020 emissions target. […]
9 years ago