Cork City Council installs €350,000 a year “robot trees” to battle air pollution
The Council said the controversial robot trees will “not replace” normal ones. Cork City Council has installed five high-tech “robot trees” which cost €350,000 a year to maintain to battle air pollution at St Patrick’s Street and on the Grand Parade near the City Library. The CityTrees promise to absorb 80% of fine dust particles from the air as […]
5 years ago
EPA identifies nine seriously polluted river bodies in Ireland
The water quality in the river bodies is described as “the worst of the worst”. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its report on the water quality in Ireland from 2013 to 2018 this week, finding that the overall water quality levels are deteriorating over that time. In fact, the assessment shows that just 53% […]
6 years ago
Plastic pollution in drinking water means you could be swallowing five grams of plastic fibres every week
The new study reveals people could be ingesting the equivalent of a credit card each and every week. The level of plastic pollution has become so rampant that 72.2% of water sources around Europe have plastic fibres present, and around 3.8 of those fibres of plastic are found in every litre of water. Things are […]
7 years ago
Green Party calls for more action on air quality in Ireland
The Green Party claim that air pollution is causing 950 premature deaths per year in Ireland. The Green Party has called for more action from the Irish Government and local authorities with regards to urban air quality. In a statement released on Wednesday, the party claimed that information has emerged suggesting that Irish air pollution breaches safety […]
7 years ago
CO2 levels reached their highest point in human history this week
Truly worrying news. The Washington Post report that CO2 levels are the highest they’ve ever been since recording of the levels begun. This weekend, it was found that certain parts of the planet were recording a “concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that eclipsed 415 parts per million for the first time in human history”. What […]
7 years ago
U.N. report states that humans are the cause for up to one million species currently facing extinction
“Human actions threaten more species with global extinction now than ever before.” A 1,500-page report, compiled and approved by representatives from 132 countries around the world, has concluded that close to one million species of animal and plant are facing extinction due to the expansion of the civilisation of humans. Robert Watson, chief of the […]
7 years ago