A CAP on carbon emissions and a compensation scheme for citizens hit by higher fuel costs have been proposed as a way of meeting greenhouse gas reduction targets.

Donal Hickey on sustainable communities and a low-carbon future.

YOU quote Prof Frank Convery (April 14) as saying ‘water is fast becoming the new oil’. This is nonsense. Oil is fossilised remains that were produced over millions of years; once used it cannot be replaced.

AS water becomes scarcer in Ireland, the clamour to charge domestic users for this most essential, though taken for granted, of substances is certain to rise.

Comhar - the Sustainable Development Council - has welcomed today’s Budget announcement that Motor Tax and VRT will be altered to favour cars with relatively low levels of carbon dioxide emissions.

IRELAND’S last National Sustainable Development Strategy was a failure and our challenge is to set and meet real targets, according to the Comhar, the sustainable development council.

Meeting Ireland's climate-change targets while ensuring economic growth will come under the spotlight today at a major conference in Dublin.

EVEN with dreaded climate change it’s a case of every cloud having a silver lining — for some.

Environmentalists today tried to force green issues centre stage as crunch talks to form a new Government entered their final phase.

People who drive gas-guzzling cars or put numerous bathrooms in their homes should be charged for the environmental impact, a Government advisor insisted today.

New measures to help Ireland meet targets on climate change have been announced by the Government today.

THE Government is considering banning incandescent light bulbs as one of a number of ways to fight climate change.

The Government is urging people to reduce energy consumption this Lent.

CARBON tax must be introduced and modelled on the highly successful plastic bag levy.