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Living in an area with high air pollution increases the chance of suffering from a major mental illness or depression,...

Pollution problems that have halted building in parts of Hampshire could be tackled by introducing oyster beds.  In June, five councils...

Long before it became fashionable, the Irish health sector (including the Health Service Executive/Environmental Health Service, in collaboration with other...

Ireland could be set to lose nearly 90pc of our bumblebees and a fifth of our butterflies by 2050 if...

A coalition of environmental campaign groups has called on the Government to commission a new national “land use plan” aimed...

It’s well-known that the cost on the environment of construction projects can be considerable. However, the work of construction begins...

A mysterious substance that has turned a tributary of a river in the West Country bright blue is being investigated...

Reclaiming Dublin Bay would help Ireland meet its climate targets, as well a providing much-needed housing for the city’s growing population, David Browne,...

Limerick City and County Councils have embarked on a three year project to control the spread of Giant Hogweed on...

Developers BAM intends to deal quickly with a request for an environmental report on the stalled Cork event centre, fuelling...

Economic pressures coupled with new and proposed regulations to reduce air emissions and regulate cooling water use and the management...

There have been no oil pollution events in the River Brosna in Mullingar since the spring, councillors were informed at...

Here’s a sentence for you: The Arctic is burning. Yes, that Arctic—the traditionally cold and wet one, large swaths of...

The Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment has published its Annual Report 2018. The Department's mission is to support...

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attacked the "environmental psychosis" of European leaders concerned over his administration's plans to develop the Amazon...

Minister Bruton last week announced the establishment of the Climate Action Delivery Board to drive the implementation of the Government's...

Contrary to what you see reported in the news, the environment is, bit by bit, getting better. The latest evidence...

Verde Environmental Consultants provide expert advisory, monitoring and assessment services from our offices in Wicklow, Cork, Mayo and Galway in soil, air, water, waste, energy, noise and ecology disciplines Our...

Ireland’s Climate Action Plan proposes a comprehensive and wide-ranging set of measures for agriculture, forestry and land use. In this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=472&v=BSHR4sUZpcw Soil is pretty remarkable stuff. It provides 95% of our food, helps regulate the Earth’s atmosphere and is a...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ignored EU rules by granting exemptions on nitrous oxide emissions to Irish Cement for...

Bees are vital for stable, healthy food supplies. They are key to the varied, colourful and nutritious diets we need...

Studies showing that many areas in Dublin have high levels of the air pollutant Nitrogen Dioxide. Levels are highest at...

Ireland has been found to be in breach of its international obligations in relation to access to information on the...

Nine commercial forests in the Dublin Mountains will be converted to primarily recreational and biodiversity use under the first project...

Engineers clearing a proposed Derbyshire housing site contaminated with industrial waste would have to wear protective clothing and masks.  They would...

Verde Environmental Consultants provide expert advisory, monitoring and assessment services from our offices in Wicklow, Cork, Mayo and Galway in soil, air, water, waste, energy, noise and ecology disciplines Our...

Long ago, during the European Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci wrote that we humans "know more about the movement of celestial...

Ammonia and nitrogen pollution, mostly from farms, is harming more than 60% of the UK’s land area and hitting the...

More than 500 species of plants have disappeared in the past 250 years - more than twice the number of...

The EU’s top court has said Ireland should be subject to large daily fines, already amounting to almost €4m, for...

A $10tn (£7.9tn) investor alliance has accused more than 700 companies, including Amazon, Tesco and ExxonMobil, of failing to reveal the...

Waste heat from towns and cities is a huge untapped energy source in Europe. The Life4HeatRecovery project is looking to...

Soil pollution is a direct result of agricultural, industrial, and societal growth. A lot of the common pollutants can be...

Natura 2000 is an ecological network composed of sites designated under the Birds Directive (Special Protection Areas, SPAs) and the Habitats Directive (Sites...

A local Fianna Fáil TD has written to the Minister for Communications, Climate Action, and Environment to express his concern...

The latest EPA report on air quality shows that Ireland is consistently above the WHO Air Quality Guideline value for fine particulate...

Increased use of energy from waste, recycling and composting as alternatives to landfill have helped reduce landfill tax receipts by...

An international expert in public health has warned water supplies at a school built on toxic industrial waste may be...

In the crop fields of Argentina, bees have been building nests for their young out of some strange materials. For...

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Andrew Doyle TD, has announced the publication of...

Climate change is the biggest challenge facing humanity right now, much of which is as a result of greenhouse gas...

Total greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union (EU) increased by 0.7 % in 2017, according to latest official data...

An Taisce has said the EU would be right to revoke Ireland’s nitrates derogation.  In a heavily critical submission on...

With 900 people from 38 countries coming to Cork next month for a major international wind energy science conference, it...

Shane Ross, TD Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport has welcomed the enactment of the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation...

Air pollution may be damaging every organ and virtually every cell in the human body, according to a comprehensive new global...

The European Council has adopted a directive which introduces new restrictions on certain single-use plastic products, which includes a ban...

A report from 2017 has revealed that Cork County Council was warned that pollution on Haulbowline had “the potential to...

Dr. Gary Canny BSc PhD, Technical Manager and Clare Whitely BA BEng, Project Manager, of Verde Environmental Group will present...

Verde Training Seminars The requirements imposed by environmental regulations on businesses are expanding and there is a need for managers...

It is not unusual for homeowners to suffer damage to their property from a neighbouring property that has had a...

A new report from BCC Research, “Bioremediation: Global Markets and Technologies to 2023" names Verde Environmental Group as a top leader in the...

An environmental group has brought a High Court challenge against the State over new regulations that allow for industrial extraction of...

The pollution of our oceans of oceans by marine litter and microplastics could be having an even worse affect on...

Verde’s Principal Environmental Consultant Malcolm Dowling, has been invited to speak at the Brownfield & Contaminated Land Conference in Belfast on May 1st on...

Ireland’s leading renewable energy organisation, the Irish Wind Energy Association, has welcomed the publication of the International Energy Agency’s 2019...

An ambitious experiment deep in the Amazon rainforest aims to find out how the ecosystem is likely to respond to rising levels...

“One of our most important solutions to the global challenge posed by climate change lies right under our feet.” That’s...

The EPA last week published the latest National Priority Sites List for Enforcement for Q1 Five sites are on the...

On 8 February 2019 the High Court delivered a helpful judgment in relation to mitigation measures in screening for Appropriate...

The UK Communities Secretary James Brokenshire has reminded developers of their legal obligation to consider the impact of their construction...

Toxic air will shorten the life expectancy of children by 20 months a major new study has revealed. Severe air pollution is rife across...

From diversity to the impact of real estate on people and the environment, the 26,000 delegates at MIPIM in Cannes...

The Birds Directive, one of the first pieces of environmental legislation in Europe, celebrates today its 40th anniversary. Protecting over 500...

A survey from the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England claims to have discovered that there is enough brownfield...

Several top Irish companies have been named and shamed for not reporting their greenhouse gas emissions.  CDP, a not-for-profit organisation which...

A new study in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry has found that the compounds in our medicines and personal care products can...

The Government is committing to raising the amount of electricity generated from renewable sources from 30% now to 70% by...

Contaminated land under Clydeside poses an immediate risk to human health because of toxic waste leaking into the River Clyde,...

Sir David Attenborough is to present an “urgent” new documentary about climate change, looking at the potential threats to our...

Thursday, 21 March was ‘International Day of Forests’ and Teagasc highlighted the multiple benefits of well-sited and sustainably managed forests...

Almost 14,000 objections have been lodged against Irish Water's proposed €500m waste water treatment centre in Clonshaugh, north Dublin. The...

On March 13, 2019, the European Commission (EC) published a fact sheet on the sustainability for biofuels specified. EC adopted...

Regulations governing liability for soil pollution (including the allocation, transfer and limitation of liability): Soil pollution is not comprehensively regulated...

Air pollution monitoring will be prioritised in Mayfield to assess the impacts of up to 1,000 Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs)...

After the Failure of Ringsend tank led to sewage discharge into Dublin Bay are you compliant with the regulations governing...

1. Why do we need a strategic approach on pharmaceuticals in the environment? Pharmaceuticals are used in human or veterinary...

Four residents living close to Tayto Park have put the brakes on plans for a new ‘iconic’ €14 million steel ride roller coaster...

A subsidy to encourage biomass burning alongside peat for electricity generation is allowing the “commercially unviable” industry to survive, environmentalists...

In Yellowstone National Park, lies the Heart Lake Geyser Basin. This area is home to pools of hot water, ranging from...

To mark Engineers Ireland’s Engineers Week 2-8 March, 2019, we shine the spotlight on environmental engineering and focus on Verde's...

When the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published their latest report in October, the message was stark: if the planet wants...

An estimated 385,000 people worldwide died prematurely in 2015 from air pollution caused by vehicle exhaust emissions, a US study...

A failure at one of the large processing tanks at Ringsend wastewater treatment plant occurred at the weekend, and caused a discharge...

Toxic green and black snow has covered several polluted Russian towns forcing panicked residents to wear masks.  Mass protests have erupted...

The bioremediation, wider soil treatment, arsenic removal and water monitoring markets are all forecast to grow strongly to 2025, say...

Verde Environmental Consultants offer a wide range of environmental services to the construction industry including: Environmental & Occupational Exposure Risk...

The Government is to scale up efforts to address widespread species loss in Ireland and to protect habitats details of which will...

Connected smaller bodies of waters act as both buffers and filters for larger rivers and streams.  The fact that something...

There has been fury locally for two months over the leak – but at last week’s meeting of the Mullingar...

Eating less meat, flying less, or opting for renewable energy can accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy. But why...

The Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action has held a series of public hearings on how Ireland’s carbon emissions can be...

A major new EU Pilot Project will monitor population trends of butterflies to assess the health of the environment and...

Since the Trump administration took office, it has been fighting what they call an “anti-growth” agenda put in place by...

As part of the debate on the future of Europe, launched with the Commission's White Paper of 1 March 2017, the European...

Pollution and other environmental hazards pose health risks to everyone, but have greater impacts on some people due to their...

Launching judicial reviews for strategic infrastructure developments The Planning and Development Act 2000 as amended provides for a special planning...

Research published last week by Pinergy, reveals how businesses are placing increased focus when it comes to monitoring their energy...

It has been known for a while that the amount of animal products being eaten is bad for both the...

An extension to Tourmakeady Sewerage Scheme is vital to protect the Lough Mask Regional Water Supply Scheme, which covers a...

Events D.C., the city’s conventions and sports authority, is raising the price tag of planned community sports fields at the RFK Stadium...

Ibec, the group that represents Irish business, has published - Better Planning: reforms for sustainable development - as part of its ongoing Better...

SCENTED candles are a danger and should be avoided, a Cork Chemistry professor has said.  Professor John Sodeau of the Centre...

Despite successes in addressing some of the most hazardous chemicals, more attention is needed to address the danger posed by...

Friends of the Earth has called on the Government to include the carbon tax in a series of decarbonisation measures...

Over 300 people attended a protest in Westmeath last weekend against plans to extract some nine million gallons of water a day...

Ireland now dumps more than €3m of food each day, new research has shown - and a new RTÉ documentary...

1. Accessible freshwater accounts for less than 1% of all water on the Planet. Water covers 70% of the Planet...

Commemoration events to mark the 40th anniversary of the tragic Whiddy Island disaster, which took the lives of 51 people,...

The European Union’s Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) (2010/75/EU) requires the following categories of activity to operate in accordance with a permit: energy...

After a wasteful Christmas, here are some suggestions to restore your impact on the environment in 2019: 1. Walk, run...

What do you think is the most pressing environmental issue today and why? Ireland recognizes that climate change, which interacts...

The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have reached a provisional political agreement on the ambitious new...

The average person generates about 25 per cent more waste than during the rest of the year and a new...

European Union (EU) Member States have an opportunity to set ambitious limits for pollutant emissions from power plants. According to...

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross TD, has published the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill, 2018 which appoints a...

The UN climate talks have received a much-needed injection as they enter their final hours, with an alliance of 27...