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Climate rules could scupper new FDI projects

IDA and Enterprise Ireland will have to weigh number of new jobs against environmental impact of investments, while new greenfield projects will be restricted to those that align with climate policy

Ecocem aiming to treble the size of business on back of new tech

Firm plans growth based on breakthrough technology that it says can decarbonise the production of cement by as much as 70 per cent

Commercial Property

Being sustainable doesn’t end with choosing a green building

To ensure optimum efficiency in a modern office structure, building systems must be operated and adequately maintained by qualified and experienced experts

Climate & Environment

CCAC warns urgent action needed on firms’ carbon emissions

EPA research shows we are on track to cut emissions by only 12.8 per cent by 2030 instead of government’s target of 35 per cent

Beef farmers may be paid to shrink herd numbers

Sector more open to scheme than dairy producers due to profit pinch

Electricity emissions need to fall by 18% a year, new data shows

To hit climate targets residential emissions will have to fall by 15% a year from next year while those in industry will need to be reduced by 14% annually

Dept of Environment asks AG’s advice on low-emission zones for vehicles in urban centres

Eamon Ryan’s department hopes to have the regulatory framework for such zones ready by early next year

Climate & Environment

John Gibbons: Empty carbon offsetting promises mean it’s business as usual for the polluters

Far from leading to tangible reductions in overall carbon pollution globally, for many, the practice increasingly looks like a PR initiative which does little to protect the planet

Green Party’s Leddin criticises ‘ridiculous’ TII report into lowering speed limits

Report from transport body suggested a reduction in speed limits on motorways and national roads would have only minimal impact on emissions while resulting in up to 35 more deaths a year

Lowering speed limits to cut emissions ‘would result in more deaths’

Green Party proposal would also have an economic cost of €3.8 billion over 30 years, according to research by Transport Infrastructure Ireland

Brian Keegan: Concerns of farmers serve as a magnifying glass on politics

The resolution of the agriculture emissions problem requires it to be seen for what it is: a problem of oversupply of a by-product

Rhetoric, tension and pressure but no revolt in coalition wrangle over farm emissions targets

Environment minister Eamon Ryan gave agriculture minister Charlie McConalogue a bowl of cherries from his garden, a gesture that may have helped to sweeten the atmosphere in the negotiations over reducing emissions in the agriculture sector

Climate & Environment

Emission targets lowered due to use of Moneypoint power station

Cuts for electricity sector drop from 81 per cent to 75 per cent due to increased use of the coal-powered station, along with reduced ambitions for building industry emissions

Thomas Duffy: When agents of misinformation sow distrust in farming community, it reaps real danger

If we want to keep hard-pressed food producers onside in the fight to save the planet, we need to check our own facts, address legitimate concerns, and maintain balanced media coverage of the issues

Lucinda Creighton: Sinn Féin sits back and enjoys the show as coalition ties itself in knots

The phony war over agricultural carbon emissions resulted in a damp squib of a deal that will please neither the minority of Greens, who won’t be happy until the whole country is vegan, nor traditional Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael voters who feel ignored

Climate & Environment

Farmers to be asked to reduce emissions by 25%

Negotiations over sectoral emissions ceilings had reached an impasse in recent weeks over agriculture’s proposed range of 22-30% emissions reductions by 2030 from 2018 levels

Climate & Environment

No cabinet decision on agricultural emissions as leaders meet to break impasse

Coalition leaders will continue to negotiate today in an effort to reach an agreement which can be approved at a later date

Dublin firm measures carbon footprint of online ads

Converge-Digital has invested over €100,000 in a tool to map out emissions caused by clients’ advertising, helping them to gauge how much needs to be offset

Climate & Environment

Farmers to get lower carbon target with review in 2025

The compromise target is likely to be agreed after backbench rural TDs threatened to resign their party whips, but it could be raised if methane-inhibiting technologies prove viable