NEW research has shown that Irish consumers who are buying organically produced food are doing so primarily out of a growing concern for the environment.

Environmentalists today sent every TD elected to the new Dáil a copy of the global warming film An Inconvenient Truth.

A missionary priest turned eco-campaigner today branded Ireland’s environmental record as horrendous.

MONDAY last was World Environment Day, and only for Dick Warner’s article in the Irish Examiner, many people would not have known it.

THE designation of today as World Environment Day should serve to encourage people to seriously consider the extent to which natural resources are squandered and how lip service is generally paid to protecting the environment.

FROM Japan to Jamaica, millions marked World Environment Day yesterday by planting trees or staging rallies as the UN urged better “green” city planning to cope with runaway urban growth.

BIG companies in the Mid-West have agreed to give a helping hand to smaller ones in their area by sharing their expertise on how best to tackle waste management.

The Environment Minister, Martin Cullen, has announced a range of actions on water quality.

Environment Minister Noel Dempsey has hinted that the incoming Government might introduce taxes on chewing gum and take-away packaging following the success of the 15c plastic bag tax introduced earlier this year.