Participants in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme based in Ireland reported 5.4% more greenhouse gas emissions in 2016 than in 2015.

Ireland is committed to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 20% by 2020.

Ireland is not on target to reduce damaging greenhouse gas emissions in line with international obligations, the Environmental Protection Agency has warned. With a major carbon reduction deadline looming in five years’ time, the EPA says we may only deliver half the decrease demanded of us.

IT is not at all surprising that the Environmental Protection Agency has reported that we are unlikely to meet our target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020.

European leaders have agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the 28-nation bloc to at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030.

Greenhouse gas emissions rose in Europe last year, but the EU remains on track to meet international commitments to cut gases which cause climate change, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said today.

Environment Minister John Gormley has again accepted that Ireland faces huge challenges in meeting its targets on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Friends of the Earth has hit out at Environment Minister Dick Roche's reaction to an EPA report highlighting a rise in Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions last year.

Ireland is failing to meet its commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to the latest assessment by the Environmental Protection Agency.