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Press release: Right to Know, Right to Act: Your rights as an European Citizen by Environmental Pillar, Co Cork
27 April 2017
Immediate Release The Environmental Pillar will hold a seminar with MEP Liadh Ni…
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Press Release: Draft National Mitigation Plan wholly inadequate to tackle climate change, say leading environmental organisations
26 April 2017
The Government’s long overdue draft National Mitigation Plan is almost wholly in…
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Press Release: 500 organisations sign open letter to Jean-Claude Juncker urging him to protect our soil
20 April 2017
500 organisations sent an open letter to the President of the European Commissio…
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Press Release: Environmental organisations welcome recommendation of Oireachtas Committee to ban fracking
12 April 2017
Environmental organisations welcome the recommendation of the Oireachtas’ enviro…
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Press Release: Environmental organisations deeply concerned at water charges debate
11 April 2017
Environmental organisations are deeply concerned at the absence of a set charge…
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Press Release: Over 80 Irish civil society groups, including unions, farmers and business owners, are calling on MEPs to reject the EU Canada trade deal
12 January 2017
A coalition of Irish farmers, environmentalists, trade unionists, global justice…
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Press Release: Over 450 European and Canadian civil society groups urge legislators to reject CETA
28 November 2016
PRESS RELEASE Over 450 public interest groups from across Europe and Canada tod…
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Press Release: Environmental groups concerned that EU Parliament will not be allowed to scrutinise the CETA trade deal with Canada
23 November 2016
PRESS RELEASE Today a resolution to seek an opinion from the European Court of J…
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Press Release: Climate change IS the challenge of our generation but Budget 2017 falls FAR short of what is needed
17 October 2016
Budget 2017 may have brought measures to move Ireland’s transport and energy sec…
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Taxing environmentally damaging practices and giving the money back through investment should be a key initiative of Budget 2017
1 September 2016
Environmental groups are calling on the government to tax environmentally damagi…
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Press Release: New European Climate Change targets let Ireland off the hook but they will not keep global warming below 1.5C target
20 July 2016
More regular flooding, aggressive storms and drought will be outcome of watering…
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New report shows Irish agriculture is neither 'climate-smart' nor sustainable
20 July 2016
Irish cattle less climate-efficient than European average and emissions per head…
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Environmental Pillar welcomes moves to place levies on disposable containers, but calls for further action.
19 July 2016
The Environmental Pillar welcomed the proposals by officials in the Department o…
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Environmental Pillar brings positive message to National Economic Dialogue.
27 June 2016
Representatives of the Environmental Pillar will speak at the National Economic…
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Press Release: Environmental Pillar tells National Economic Dialogue: A sustainable economy can only be built on environmentally sound foundations, and reminds Taoiseach that the Sustainable Development Goals apply to Ireland as well as developing countries.
26 June 2016
Speaking at the opening session of the National Economic Dialogue, Cillian Lohan…
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Press Release: Environmental groups welcome the decision to re-include 'environment' in the title of a government department but warn that protecting wildlife must move to the department too
2 June 2016
The Environmental Pillar welcomes the decision to include environment in the tit…
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Press Release: Taoiseach misses opportunity to reinstate the Department of the Environment
19 May 2016
Today the Government have failed to restore the Department of the Environment de…
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Press Release: Programme for Government falls far short of what Ireland needs to do to tackle climate change
13 May 2016
The Programme for Government lacks the key clear goals we need to move our peopl…
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Press Release: The loss of the Department of the Environment will damage Ireland's natural environment
6 May 2016
The loss of a department responsible for the ‘Environment’ will damage Ireland’s…
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Press Release: Using nature, stopping poor development, and long-term planning are key to tackling flooding
13 January 2016
The Environmental Pillar today publish a series of twenty measures which if impl…
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Press Release: Bill to ban fracking in Ireland welcomed by environmental groups
17 December 2015
The Environmental Pillar welcome the introduction of a bill today to ban frackin…
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Press Release: The Energy White Paper is an important step forward but we need to deliver a zero emission future faster
16 December 2015
The Environmental Pillar welcome the publication today of the Energy White Paper…
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Catastrophic winter flooding will increase with climate change unless we substantially change the way we use land
15 December 2015
The Environmental Pillar is calling on the government to bring in substantive la…
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Press Release: Taoiseach's stance that climate change is 'not a priority' is foolhardy and economically short-sighted
2 December 2015
The Environmental Pillar are calling on the Taoiseach Enda Kenny to retract his…
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Press Release: Environmental groups call for native woodland scheme to be expanded to balance farm emissions
13 November 2015
The Environmental Pillar welcome calls for the use of forestry on farms to balan…
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Press Release: An Taisce Dingle road appeal welcomed as decision could impact other cases
21 October 2015
The Environmental Pillar welcome the decision of An Taisce to challenge the High…
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Press Release: Budget 2016 is not future proof
15 October 2015
The Environmental Pillar welcome Budget 2016 but warn that a number of measures…
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Environmental Pillar welcome the passing of Climate Bill but warn real work still ahead
8 October 2015
The Environmental Pillar welcomes the passing of the Climate Bill but warns that…
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Press Release: Environmental Pillar calls for savings from Smoky coal ban to be re-invested in home insulation
29 September 2015
For immediate release The Environmental Pillar welcomes Minister Alan Kelly’s…
