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EPA Licensing Has Significant Influence on Emission Reductions
A recent study by Trinity College, Dublin has found that pollution emissions from licensed industry have fallen due to regulation. Between 2001 and 2007 there were aggregate pollution reductions of 22%...
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Ireland Well Advanced Towards Achieving EU Waste Objectives
Ireland is well advanced in achieving most of the EU waste recovery and recycling targets, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Waste Report 2009. However, the report urges...
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Laura Burke is New Director General of the EPA
The Government has decided to appoint Laura Burke as the new director general of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). She succeeds Dr Mary Kelly, who took up a new role as chairperson of An Bord...
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Ireland on Track to Meet Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets
Provisional greenhouse gas emissions figures released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) include trends since 1990, and show Ireland’s status in meeting our obligations set under the Kyoto...
View ArticleIreland Below EU 2010 Limits For Three of Four Transboundary Air Pollutants
The EPA has published information on Ireland’s position in relation to meeting its 2010 obligations under the National Emissions Ceilings Directive (NEC Directive). The figures show the trends for four...
View ArticleIreland Meeting Most EU Waste Recovery and Recycling Targets
Ireland is well advanced in achieving most of the EU waste recovery and recycling targets, with the exception of end of life vehicle targets, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)...
View ArticleReport Identifies Many Benefits From Restoring Degraded Bogs
The final report of the EPA-funded ‘Carbon Restore’ project shows that breathing new life into cut-away and degraded boglands would provide climate, biodiversity, water and economic benefits. UCD based...
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