Are Paris Agreement targets unachievable?
Ireland is not alone in failing to meet climate goals, with even big EU countries well off target
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Keep your front garden intact and other nature-based solutions to urban flood risks
Slowing the runoff from heavy downpours into struggling Victorian drainage systems in urban areas protects property and water quality
Blaming Met Éireann for floods is wrong. Who rezoned the floodplains?
It is now over 20 years since I led the project to give the first scenario-based projections of Ireland’s future climate. We warned Ireland’s winters would become significantly wetter
Storm overflow pipe burst causes ‘brown sludge’ spill near blue-flag beach in Meath
Authorities informed after resident detected ‘horrendous stench’ while walking dog in the area
Storm Chandra: Does climate change make small streams and more frequent flooding new risks?
As Johan Keating dragged sodden possessions from his home this week, the little river that trickled uneventfully through his life had left scars previously unimaginable
The Silver River has been badly devalued but it could thrive again
A stretch of the Slieve Bloom river fails even minimal legal standards but other magnificent parts offer a glimpse of what could be
Companies face questions over water usage as new licence regulations take effect
Recent applicants are takings billions of litres of water annually from local rivers and lakes
Dr Tony Holohan claims public health ignored as Minister welcomes nitrates derogation
Former chief medical officer says opt-out from pollution restrictions is worrying for water quality
Tense negotiations, trad music sessions: How deal to extend nitrates derogation was done
EU Commissioner Jessika Roswall needed convincing to renew contested exemption for Irish farmers
The Irish Times view on nitrates and waterways: procrastinating towards disaster
Extending derogation is at odds with Ireland’s climate and biodiversity commitments
Judicial reviews are not the problem – and deregulation is no answer
We have seen before how cutting ‘red tape’ leads to disaster, especially in planning and housing
Permission granted for court challenge over manganese in Cork city drinking water
Action claims basis on which Uisce Éireann and EPA declare water containing the metal as safe to drink is mistaken
A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
European Court of Justice ruling raises questions about Government’s system of water charges
Ireland is making remarkable headway towards the circular economy
Studies consistently show that positive reinforcement drives more sustainable change than punishment
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