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NTA Allocates €240m to Councils for Walking and Cycling Infrastructure

By Jack Mullen
New Rural Active Travel Investment Programme Distributes over €70 Million in year one of a five-year plan. The National Transport Authority and Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan have today announced spending totalling €72.8m for 340 sustainable transport projects in 19 local authorities. The funding is in addition to the multi-annual active travel investment programme
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This Irish startup can work out your carbon footprint from your grocery receipt

By Jack Mullen
Picture above: Evocco Co-founders Hugh Weldon and Ahmad Mu’azzam, The production and distribution of food accounts for around a third of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions. But as a consumer, it’s difficult to measure the climate impact of what you eat. A Dublin-based startup called Evocco could soon make it much easier. “It lets you track,
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Important Local Authority Announcement – Public Consultation on the redesign of Ireland’s Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme

By Jack Mullen
Under the current Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme, energy suppliers must support energy efficiency projects in businesses and homes across Ireland. Image Courtesy of SEAI.ie Gov.ie Press Release: Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications Published on 04 March 2021 The European Commission’s Clean Energy Package, launched in November 2016, sets
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€1.35 million to be made available for local authorities – Biodiversity Grant Scheme

By Jack Mullen
Picture above: Malcolm Noonan. Image courtesy of Twitter Malcolm Noonan T.D., Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, has today, World Wildlife Day (March 3rd 2021), announced that over €1.35 million will be made available to local authorities in the Local Authority Biodiversity Grant Scheme for projects which tackle Invasive Alien Species (IAS) and […]
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‘Not Around Us’. Clare County Council launch Campaign Towards a Tobacco & Vape Free Clare

By Jack Mullen
Image courtesy of benefitsbridge.unitedconcordia.com On this National No Smoking Day (Wed, 17th February) County Clare is launching our ‘Not Around Us’ campaign. The initiative is being led by Clare County Council’s Healthy Clare team in partnership with a range of stakeholders including the HSE’s QUIT-Mid-West team, Clare Comhairle na nÓg, Clare Children and Young
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EPA continued to provide essential environmental enforcement activities during the Covid-19 pandemic using innovative approaches

By Jack Mullen
The EPA employed a range of tools to assess compliance at licensed sites during 2020 and throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, including the innovative use of Remote Compliance Assessments. Odour complaints about licensed facilities rose dramatically in 2020, peaking in April.  Overall, there was a 92% increase in complaints received by the EPA. The EPA continued […]