Energy Energy regulator likely to ban ‘islanded’ data centresEnvironment minister says connection of fully gas-powered data centres to gas grid is against national climate policy
Climate council unveils carbon budgets with target to halve emissions by 2030 The plans create two five-year ceilings for emissions that are consistent with Ireland’s legal target to reduce emissions by 51 per cent by 2030 based on 2018 levels
Revealed: details of 2030 targets in new carbon budgetsEnergy, transport and housing all face large targets to cut emissions under terms of new carbon budgets
CCAC’s FitzGerald apologises for ‘serious lapse’ at meeting with ESRI researchersThe veteran academic apologised for what he described as ‘a serious lapse in professionalism on my part’
Transition to renewables will be ‘painful’, says CCACSenior member of the Climate Change Advisory Council says a large part of the burden will have to be shouldered by households