Archive for the Environment Category

Renewable energy target to be exceeded

Colin Broderick on 03 5, 2010 | No Comments

Renewable energy target to be exceeded

IRELAND IS set to overshoot its target for generating 40 per cent of its electricity needs from renewable energy by 2020, Minister for Energy Eamon Ryan revealed yesterday. Mr Ryan, addressing the

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130 objections lodged against Shell licence application

Colin Broderick on 02 26, 2010 | No Comments

130 objections lodged against Shell licence application

[caption id="attachment_432" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="source: www.corribgaspipeline.com"][/caption] THE DEPARTMENT of the Environment has received more than 130 submissions in res

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[IT] Gormley to reject remarks on incinerator

Colin Broderick on 01 10, 2010 | No Comments

[IT] Gormley to reject remarks on incinerator

MINISTER FOR the Environment John Gormley will express his “dismay” at a Cabinet meeting next week over remarks by Dublin city manager John Tierney on the controversial Poolbeg incinerator project

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County manager given ‘inaccurate’ information on shredded waste permit

Colin Broderick on 12 20, 2009 | No Comments

A SENIOR official of Wicklow County Council who ordered the destruction of a waste permit worth €400,000 repeatedly gave his county manager misleading information in relation to the permit, accordin

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Gormley publishes International Review of Waste Management Policy

Colin Broderick on 11 19, 2009 | No Comments

Landfill levy will increase to €30 per tonne, incineration levy will be €20-€38 per tonne; root and branch review of waste policy will benefit the environment and drive job creation, says Green

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Gormley’s claim over incinerator rejected

Colin Broderick on 11 17, 2009 | No Comments

THE DUBLIN city engineer has rejected claims by Minister for the Environment John Gormley that the taxpayer could face bills of €18 million a year for the next 20 years if the Poolbeg incinerator go

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10,000 EPA orders in two years

Colin Broderick on 11 17, 2009 | No Comments

A report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found its officials and local authorities issued 10,000 enforcement actions over the last two years. The study - Focus on Environmental Enfor

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Poolbeg capacity ’should be halved’

Colin Broderick on 11 16, 2009 | No Comments

The Irish Waste Management Association (IWMA) today claimed the proposed Poolbeg incinerator was "grossly oversized" relative to waste needs and called for an urgent review of the project. The IWMA

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Wind farms break 1,000MW barrier

Colin Broderick on 10 30, 2009 | No Comments

CHARLIE TAYLOR [singlepic id=6 w=320 h=240 float=left]The amount of electricity generated by Ireland’s wind farms broke the 1,000 megawatts (MW) barrier for the first time last weekend, providing e

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440,000 must buy septic tank licence – Gormley

Colin Broderick on 10 30, 2009 | No Comments

MORE than 400,000 homeowners will be forced to buy a licence for their septic tank under new laws planned for next year. Yesterday, Environment Minister John Gormley said he would introduce a

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