Monday, 07 September 2009 10:34
Deadline for Green Awards applications approaches
Written by News Desk
Irish companies and public bodies interested in recognition for their contribution to the environment have less than two weeks to apply for a Green Award. The deadline for entering this year's Green Awards has been extended to 18 September. Construct Ireland will sponsor the Green Building category for the first time this year.
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A vital meeting in Copenhagen this weekend that will help shape the agenda for the most important climate change talks since the Kyoto protocol has been hijacked by some of the biggest polluters in the world, critics claimed today.
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Wednesday, 15 April 2009 13:48
Ireland predicted to escape global warming catastrophe
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IRELAND WILL be one of the few countries left that will be habitable
when global warming leads to a planet-wide catastrophe, one of the
world’s best known scientists has predicted
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Thursday, 09 April 2009 13:51
Emissions lower in 2008 for carbon trading companies
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Data supplied to the EU Commission by the Environmental Protection Agency shows that the verified emissions of greenhouse gases in 2008 for companies in Ireland covered by the Emissions Trading Scheme are lower than the previous year
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Thursday, 26 March 2009 11:58
Obama may delay signing Copenhagen climate change deal
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Barack Obama may be forced to delay signing up to a new international agreement on climate change in Copenhagen at the end of the year.
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Tuesday, 17 March 2009 14:46
Gore optimistic that world will agree deal on climate change
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Al Gore, the former US vice-president, delivers an upbeat assessment of the global response to climate change today, saying he believes a "political tipping point" has been reached which will enable leaders to avert environmental catastrophe.
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Thursday, 12 March 2009 12:31
Experts urge engineering solutions to cool the planet
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CLIMATE EXPERTS have urged scientists and engineers to find radical answers to global warning, suggesting they might even explore a way of refreezing the North and South Poles.
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More bad news on climate change is expected as more than 2,000 climate scientists gather in Copenhagen. They will be trying to pull together the latest research on global warming ahead of political negotiations later in the year.
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More carbon dioxide needs to be absorbed than emitted by 2050 in order to prevent catastrophic climate change.
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Tuesday, 02 September 2008 12:31
O'Connell Bridge 'is falling down due to global warming'
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AN
independent expert has been called in to examine O'Connell Bridge over
fears the Dublin landmark is falling apart because of global warming.
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Monday, 28 July 2008 13:54
Government invests e40m to help Ireland meet its Kyoto targets
Written by News Desk
THE GOVERNMENT has invested almost €40 million to date in
carbon-reduction projects that will help Ireland meet its Kyoto
commitments.
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An ice shelf about the size of Connecticut is breaking up and "hanging by a thread" from the Antarctic Peninsula because of global warming, the British Antarctic Survey said on Tuesday.
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The fourth meeting of the "Gleneagles dialogue" on global warming ended
last week with no sign of a consensus on a new global climate policy
after the Kyoto protocol on greenhouse gas emissions expires in 2012.
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Tuesday, 22 January 2008 12:00
Guide book hits out at our lack of eco-awareness
Written by News DeskIRELAND'S 40 shades of green does not include the all-important "eco-green" and that is severely tarnishing its reputation with tourists according to travel bible, the Lonely Planet.
After 200 days of research by seven contributors including the main author, Fionn Davenport, the latest edition on Ireland, released yesterday, provides the usual mix of reviews, some complimentary others critical, of Ireland's main tourist hotspots.
Yet again Bundoran, Co Donegal, comes in for criticism. In 2006, the guide described it as "a kitsch assortment of half-baked fairground rides, flashing arcades, fast-food diners and overpriced B&Bs".
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The country is facing wetter winters, drier summers and
more flooding over the coming decades.
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Wednesday, 22 August 2007 22:37
"Volcano Cure" for Warming? Not So Fast, Study Says
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A
controversial theory proposes mimicking volcanoes to fight global
warming. But throwing sulfur particles into the sky may do more harm
than good, a new study says.
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