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An Taisce has initiated an “impermissible attack” on a European Commission decision by asking the High Court to refer questions to the EU’s court regarding the validity of the nitrates derogation granted to Ireland, lawyers for the State have argued.

DCU’s Dr Éadaoin Carthy and Abrar Abdelsalam explain the health risks of human-made chemicals called PFAS and suggests ways to mitigate their use and abuse.

PFAS accumulate in bodily tissues and fluids without breaking down in a perpetual self-sustaining fashion

By Eadaoin Carthy, Dublin City University and Abrar Abdelsalam, Dublin City University | - (The Conversation) - Since their inception …

Recently published research is showing PFAS chemicals may be even more harmful than we thought.

(Note: All information presented is based on exclusive reporting by The Guardian newspaper in the UK and is relayed for informational purposes only. Click to read more...

Today, the European Commission published its Wind Power Action Plan and Communication on offshore renewable energy. The plan contains a number of good initiatives, such as the inclusion of criteria in wind auctions other than just the cost, a focus on skills and more efficient and transparent permitting processes, and better financing through the innovation fund. Unfortunately a lack of attention to reskilling fossil fuel workers and ongoing delays in the Commission guidance on how to accelerate...

​As part of an EU-mandated management plan aimed at safeguarding Malta’s inland and underground water resources, a new licensing system is being considered

Exclusive: No regulator is monitoring scale of impact of dangerous chemicals on wildlife or public health

Applications for grants through the Water Development Fund are now being invited