It is hoped Ministers will be able to agree so-called sectoral emissions ceilings ahead of the summer recess

The group wants the drills moved further south to waters 'well outside of our EEZ, beyond our 200 mile limit'

The new green transition scheme will provide funding of up to €1m to individual manufacturing companies

Every local authority in Ireland will have a biodiversity officer within three years but it’s up to each of us to get involved, spend time in nature, forge connections, and demand that those in power step up to the challenges at hand

Independent councillor Karen Coakley said there are very few outdoor staff left between Skibbereen and Rosscarbery, as those who retire are not being replaced

Parts of the two countries are sweltering in temperatures of more than 30°C, with Paris to hit 35°C by Thursday

Fresh air, great views, biodiversity habitats — but would the bogmen of old approve?

National Biodiversity Conference hears that all farmers will have to be part of a shift to an agricultural sector that works for biodiversity 

A new report outlines stark deficiencies in our protection of both our coasts and vast areas of water beyond the shoreline.

Within a decade, nuclear power, alongside wind and solar, could undermine the global gas market, writes Nick Butler

Treemetrics will use data analytics and satellite imaging technology to enable climate-smart forest management and forest carbon certification

Landscape designer Nicola Haines shares some tips for gardening with young people 

Encouraging biodiversity in your outdoor room supports nature and you don’t need expert skills or an enormous plot 

Colourful, charismatic dragonflies and damselflies are on the wing now

Consultation period opens as the company sets out a detailed long-term plan to provide more reliable supply to 594,000 customers in the region

Permission to extend building is passed by just one vote — and some councillors say the city is losing public space and getting nothing in return 

In the second part of an in-depth interview with the Irish Examiner, Environment and Transport Minister Eamon Ryan talks about the Green Party in Government, its perceived successes and failures, the future of agriculture, and regional balance.

As we’ve seen with dereliction, the problems only arise when those flaws are accepted as normality, writes Michael Moynihan

A top Irish gardener has spoken of her delight at being part of the team whose rewilding garden design, inspired by nature’s eco-engineers, the beaver, has won gold at the prestigious RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

Eamon Ryan, the environment minister, has ruled out nuclear power as an option in the transition from fossil fuel, despite mounting calls from environmental voices to consider it.

The climate minister tells Pádraig Hoare he is not out of touch with rural Ireland but we are in an ecological crisis and there is an urgency to what must be achieved

Carrigtwohill one of the beneficiaries of multi-million euro plan to upgrade commuter rail service in Cork

My mother says I was the first person in the family to get paid for showing off

Latest report on climate change is the latest in a series of dire warnings we seem determined to ignore, writes John Gibbons

The past seven years have been the hottest seven years on record.

Warmer waters linked to climate change may have been the reason the whale was off the Irish coast

Ireland is not in the cloud’s sights, but south-east England is expected to be affected, as well as large swathes of France, Spain, and Portugal

Irish Water is steadily reducing the staggering 38% of water lost in Ireland’s leaky pipe network — and is encouraging households to cut waste too

Until State-driven environmental initiatives learn to appreciate ‘public’ concerns, official policies are doomed and popular support will wither away

Proposal is for a 15-acre infill site off the N71 Port Road, opposite the Killarney National Park

The average water use of one person a day is around 133 litres but some simple actions could help reduce that

Last Sunday— the first in May as it always is — we celebrated International Dawn Chorus Day which is now marked in 80 countries since its launch in Birmingham, England, more than 40 years ago.

Micheál Martin clarifies scope of new regulations in the wake of Eamon Ryan's controversial suggestion in the Dáil 

Fianna Fáil's Barry Cowen slammed the minister for raising the prospect of a possible ban of peat  briquettes during the debate on the proposed ban on the sale of turf

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil TDs unite in criticism of minister who chose 'active travel and public transport' over proposed Limerick Northern Distributor Road

Heritage Minister Malcolm Noonan admitted he was surprised at just how much reform was needed when he was appointed to his position.

Noise is regarded as the second biggest environmental factor causing health problems, according to a World Health Organization report

The announcement of a €55m package for the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) should finally give it the respect it deserves, as well as a personal victory for Heritage Minister Malcolm Noonan.

Four of the waterways included in the project, which focuses on rivers rich in biodiversity, are in Munster 

The challenge is to make our urban environment more livable — and the solutions are well within our reach. Congestion charges, parking controls, and ‘gamification’ of travel must be considered, writes Catherine Conlon

Study by the EPA it found low levels of knowledge among households about the environmental and health risk associated with the burning of solid fuels.

Cork's flourishing urban wildlife reminds us that, rather than being some exotic elsewhere, biodiversity is part of all our lives

There are 165 million frogs in Ireland and they feed on slugs and flies 

'Silent Spring' is as relevant as ever. And, sixty years on, we can't plead ignorance: We simply have no more excuses not to protect our precious environment