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EPA named a European leader in online access to pollution permit information

EPA named a European leader in online access to pollution permit information
Ireland’s environmental watchdog is a European leader is making information about highly-polluting activities easily accessible on its website, a new NGO report has found. The new European Environmental Bureau (EEB) report found that the Environmental Protection Agency, together with authorities in Norway and Bulgaria, offer their citizens “excellent access to information”. Researchers from the EEB…
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MEPs vote to ban the use of palm oil biodiesel by 2021

MEPs vote to ban the use of palm oil biodiesel by 2021
The decision of the European Parliament’s environment committee to phase out support for  biodiesel is welcome but doesn’t go far enough to ensure sustainability, a top European environmental NGOs has said. MEPs voted yesterday evening to ban the use of biodiesel from all vegetable oils by 2030 and of palm oil biodiesel as early as…
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Kildare Council passes motion calling on State to protect Irish soil

Kildare Council passes motion calling on State to protect Irish soil
Kildare County Council passed a motion calling on the Government to put pressure on the European Union to protect Irish soil yesterday afternoon. The motion put forward by Councillor Sorcha O’Neill requested that Kildare County Council writes to Environment Minister, Denis Naughten, TD asking him to push the EU to introduce a Soils Directive to “safeguard Irish…
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Proposed changes to the Nitrates Action Plan

Proposed changes to the Nitrates Action Plan
Farming is under the environmental spotlight. Close attention is being paid to water quality in our countryside, towns and cities. Now, there are rumours of proposed changes to the Nitrates Action Plan Farming is under the environmental spotlight. Close attention is being paid to water quality in our countryside, towns and cities. While concerns have…
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