Even though just three remained in operation in 2019, old landfills in Ireland will remain a significant cost in future years due to safety monitoring.

Director of the EPA's office on environmental monitoring, Dr Ciara McMahon said that particulate matter from solid fuel was leading to 1,300 deaths per year in Ireland.

Devices capable of taking samples from remote lakes difficult to access by humans

A major study on how marine traffic and noise affects 25 species of whales, dolphins and porpoises will provide a glimpse into a “secret world” off Ireland’s southern coast for the first time.

Now in its third year of the Team Green initiative, Repak is asking households to nominate ‘Team Green Leaders’

The bottom half of Irish earners emit only 29% of emissions, despite having five times more people than the top 10%

Almost half of Irish online shoppers (45%) say they’ve become more eco-conscious since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.

President Trump's dismissal of the science that defines global warming is an example of his and his supporters' wilful and dangerous ignorance.

Up to 125mm (5ins) of rain fell in Rosscarbery on August 13 and a further 100mm two days later.

A High Court judge has refused to ask the Court of Justice of the EU to decide whether the European Commission's inclusion of the proposed €500m Shannon LNG project in a list of EU Projects of Common Interest (PCI) was valid.

Something short of 2,000 people marched through Dublin on Saturday afternoon protesting against health measures designed to contain the pandemic. Many carried the Irish flag, others carried banners urging us to “take off your mask”.

Just over a year ago, Europe's electorate endorsed more Green candidates than ever before. They may not have shattered the mould but by entrusting just 10% of the European parliament's seats to the Greens they certainly cracked it.

State of the environment in Europe 'negatively affecting the health and quality of life of European citizens'

The app is asking the Government to consider a Green Travel Taxi Credit to encourage customers to choose greener transport options

Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford and local authorities in the Greater Dublin Area were eligible

Co-op's plan for 40% less carbon emissions from farms

International award for Irish invention which can greatly improve crop spraying

AN Irish startup has claimed it can help households reduce annual single plastic usage by up to 30kgs a year by using an app similar to popular calorie counting or fitness methods.

Friends of the Irish Environment argued the National Mitigation Plan fails to set out measures to substantially reduce emissions by 20% by 2020

Only a third of plastic packaging was recycled in 2018.

UCC scientists have discovered that small crustaceans can break down microplastics into smaller 'nanoplastics' in just four days.

Macdara Ó Cuaig of the Marine Institute tells Liz O'Brien why we need to protect our waters if we want our planet to thrive

Richard Hogan welcomed three members of the Badjao tribe into his home last year. The experience changed his life

A lack of trust and mixed signals from the Government risk hampering a UK-EU agreement on the environment, it has been claimed.

Pádraig Hoare commences Irish Examiner Ocean Week by visiting a community group in west Kerry that is working to undo the damage we are doing to our coastline

In a nod to the third partner in the country’s new ruling coalition, a significant part of the stimulus plan concerns itself with preparing “the economy for the challenges and opportunities that the future will bring… to transition successfully to ...

Renewable power has taken up a record share of global electricity production since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Reuters review of data, suggesting a transition away from polluting fossil fuels could be accelerated.

Apple has announced a commitment to be 100% carbon neutral across its entire business, including its supply chain, by 2030.

A total of €37m in EU funding is at risk of being lost because of the failure of the Government to legislate for a penalty points system for serious breaches of fisheries rules by the masters and owners of Irish-registered vessels.

€5bn of environment related tax were collected in 2019, a drop of 2.1% on 2018

A swarm of flying ants are not making their way to Ireland from Britain, according to a wildlife expert. Images from the UK Met Office over the weekend showed a swarm over south-east England, with similar patterns showing over Ireland.

Aldi Ireland claimed it will remove 9,874 tonnes of plastic packaging during the next five years, or the equivalent of 200m single items of plastic.

We seem to hope that the Sugar Plum Fairy might provide a solution before rationing begins, before vital industries close.

How do you like them apples? The credit union movement has backed an ambitious plan to plant 7,000 native trees across East Cork.

Protecting the environment.

They said the different lifespans of emissions are crucial to understanding their potential to warm the earth’s atmosphere.

The new government has promised a 2:1 ratio in capital spending between new public transport infrastructure and new roads.

Gates at the Phoenix Park that have been closed to traffic since the Covid-19 pandemic should stay that way, according to a Green Party Councillor.

Landowners in the UK should be able to claim payments for “rewilding” schemes under Britain's post-Brexit farming policy, environmentalists have urged.

Eliminating litter is a generational challenge but eliminating bottles and cans from litter is possible, writes Victoria White

Reopening the gates of the Phoenix Park to traffic will not go ahead as planned on Monday.

The Government may be set to avoid huge EU carbon-emitting fines of as much as €600m this year after the Covid-19 lockdown led to a slump in electricity demand and helped boost the share of power generated on the grid by wind rather than fossil fuels, a senior energy expert has said.

Kya deLongchamps talks to two drivers who have revved up their lives with electric cars.

A beach at Merrion Strand in Dublin has become the first in Ireland to be declassified as a bathing area due to persistent pollution issues.

I went to Hanford high school in the US, there is a joke that we all glow in the dark.

Scrap conditioner and eat porridge for breakfast — Maresa Fegan has a 24-hour guide to going green

Eve Kelliher talks to a dynamic duo with a passion for sustainability at home and in their workplace

Louise O'Neill says she doesn't remember anyone talking about global warming when she was a child

An EU Green Deal can be the motor for global economic recovery, writes Grace O’Sullivan.

Offshore oil and gas companies operating in Ireland say the current Government formation talks between Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Greens is undermining their sector and will put jobs at risk.