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Climate and Environment

Companies

Meath manufacturing firm Turmec looks to enter American market with local acquisition

The company, which designs and manufactures major recycling plants, already has a presence here, in Britain and Australia
  • Ellie Donnelly
  • December 28, 2022
Agriculture

State privately admits ‘not feasible’ to cut methane by 30%

Internal government documents call into question agriculture sector’s ability reduce emissions by 25 per cent by 2030
  • Daniel Murray
  • December 9, 2022
Energy Crisis

EU to propose mandatory power-demand cut and levy on profits

Member states still need to sign off on steps after talks this week
  • Bloomberg
  • September 13, 2022
Energy Crisis

Contracted gas generators drop out of market, worsening projected power shortage

It comes as six data centres with a maximum power requirement of 677MW are to be connected to the electricity transmission grid this year
  • Daniel Murray
  • September 7, 2022
Energy

State-owned storage and non-commercial LNG terminal among energy security options

Long-awaited review to be published next week amid concerns for gas security across Europe
  • Daniel Murray
  • August 31, 2022
Climate & Environment

Pace of government climate policy ‘out of step with worsening conditions’

Friends of the Earth said that while the government’s performance in the areas of nature and transport had improved from last year, there was a decline in performance in energy, climate, water, and buildings
  • Daniel Murray
  • August 31, 2022
Podcasts

Five Degrees of Change: Jim Scheer

The head of data and insights at the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland spoke about speeding up clean energy projects and reconnecting with nature in the busy modern world
  • Daniel Murray
  • August 29, 2022
Five Degrees of Change

‘We are going to have to buy ourselves some time’ – Jim Scheer, SEAI

The head of data and insights for the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland is the latest interviewee for the Business Post’s energy and environment podcast, in which he sets out the personal and political changes that he’d like to see result in a greener world
  • Daniel Murray
  • August 27, 2022
Podcasts

Five Degrees of Change: Diarmuid Torney

Torney discussed how we can better equip the state to deliver on climate action, while explaining why he is cutting down on flying
  • Daniel Murray
  • August 22, 2022
Energy

Key European power prices hit fresh record as gas continues to surge

Countries across Europe are planning for possible power shortages this winter, with some considering rationing supplies to certain industries to ensure essential demand can be met
  • Bloomberg
  • August 16, 2022
Data Centres

Amazon granted permission for two new data centres in north Dublin

Existing grid connection allows cloud services company to expand facility at Clonshaugh
  • Daniel Murrayand
  • Killian Woods
  • August 15, 2022
Podcasts

Five Degrees of Change: Brian Caulfield

The sustainable transport expert proposed a cross party transport infrastructure plan, imposing parking limits in cities and prioritising the electrification of taxis and car shares
  • Daniel Murray
  • August 15, 2022
Energy

Up to 1,800 jobs could be created by developing green hydrogen in Ireland, report says

White paper proposes 20 hydrogen refuelling stations and more than 6,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles on the road by 2030
  • Sarah Taaffe-Maguire
  • August 8, 2022
Podcasts

Five Degrees of Change: Holly Cairns

The Social Democrat TD would like to see a science-led approach to agricultural policy and more incentives for planting forests
  • Daniel Murray
  • August 8, 2022
Podcasts

Five Degrees of Change – Bríd Smith

The People Before Profit TD for Dublin South Central discusses her policy and personal changes for a greener world
  • Daniel Murray
  • August 2, 2022
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
  • Daniel Murray
  • July 28, 2022
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
  • Daniel Murray
  • July 27, 2022

Ciarán Cuffe: Now is the time to enshrine a pathway to net zero in law for data centres

Ireland has to integrate decarbonisation plans into the data centre planning application process
  • Ciarán Cuffe
  • July 25, 2022

70 firms sign up to Low Carbon Pledge

New report shows signatory companies were shown to be making progress on setting targets and publishing data, but not yet on actually reducing their absolute emissions
  • Daniel Murray
  • June 23, 2022
energy

‘Green energy transition being hindered by lack of investment’

Spending deficit on renewable, clean energy sources risks future price spikes, according to the International Energy Agency chief economist
  • Sarah Taaffe-Maguire
  • May 18, 2022

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