Tagged: Environment & News
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Poor response from Irish public for Earth Hour 2011 News
29.03.2011 Saturday evening witnessed 134 countries switch off their lights for Earth Hour, but organisers of Ireland's Earth Hour expressed their disappointment at this year's poor...Categories: Government, Energy -
Earth Hour 2011 and its new online platform News
24.03.2011 Earth Hour is this Saturday, 26 March, at 8.30pm (local time) when lights will switch off for one hour all around the globe, but it’s also about extending the sustainability... -
Mobile Business - Why Irish bosses should embrace flexible working News
28.03.2011 Often the real reason why flexible working levels in Ireland are below international norms is because Irish bosses cling to Dickensian work ethics and still like to see their... -
Irish Wavebob to collaborate with Spanish Abengoa News
23.03.2011 Irish ocean wave power company Wavebob and Spanish technology company Abengoa will collaborate on a new project, working on the research, development and commercialisation of... -
An tSlí Ghlas to represent Ireland in the Global Cleantech Cluster Association News
22.03.2011 Richard Bruton TD, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, will announce at 9.30am in Dublin tomorrow that An tSlí Ghlas - The Green Way, Ireland’s first Green Economic...Tags: Green, Clean Tech, eco friendly, Environment, Business , Ireland, Dublin, Innovation, Richard Bruton, -
Environment ministers stress key role of green economy News
25.02.2011 Delegates to the UN forum stressed that a transition to a low-carbon “green economy” is vital for sustainable development. -
Minister launches €5m geological project in border counties News
15.02.2011 The Minister for Natural Resources Conor Lenihan TD today launched a €5m EU-funded geological project to map the natural resources of the border counties of Donegal, Sligo,... -
Affordable computer reuse scheme for Irish schools News
27.01.2011 The Environmental Protection Agency and Camara Education have launched the ‘Camara Ireland’ computer reuse project to help address the computer usage shortfall in Irish schools,...Categories: Sustainability, Internet, Green Computing, Green, Energy, Consumer Tech, Computers, Green Tech -
Ricoh makes the 2011 Global 100 for seventh year running News
03.02.2011 The most sustainable companies in the world have been revealed at the World Economic Forum in Davos, with players like Ricoh, Nokia, Philips, Intel, Vodafone and HP, Panasonic...Categories: Telecommunications, Sustainability, IT Organisation, Investments, Green, Energy, Green Tech, CIO -
Living the green dream News
20.01.2011 As the push for renewable energy takes on the dimensions of a new industrial revolution, SHANE HULGRAINE investigates where the pitfalls may lie on the road to a greener tomorrow.Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Infrastructure Management, Green, Government, Energy, Economy, Development -
Climate action – outcome of Cancún talks News
13.12.2010 The European Union has welcomed the results of the Cancún climate conference as an important step towards a global framework for climate action.Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Green Computing, Green, Government, Global CIO, Energy, Green Tech -
Tunisia gearing up for desert solar plant News
10.12.2010 A new tower type concentrated solar power plant has been planned in Tunisia targeting the desert solar energy market, which is currently dominated by European firms. -
Ireland pledges €23m to climate action in developing countries News
09.12.2010 Ireland will donate around €23m to developing countries that are working to meet the challenges of climate change. -
World bank to help developing countries enter carbon market News
08.12.2010 A new multi-million dollar fund that will help emerging market countries set up their own carbon target markets is set to launch. -
Top firms pledge to cool it on harmful refrigeration gasses News
30.11.2010 The controversial organic compounds used in industrial refrigeration technology, hydroflurocarbon (HFC) refrigerants, could soon be a thing of the past as more than 400... -
Transforming a WWII airfield into solar site News
29.11.2010 A World War II airfield in the UK is to be retrofitted in order to turn it into a solar feed - in a tariff site. -
Chevy Volt will achieve 60mpg, GM says News
26.11.2010 General Motors (GM) has said its plug-in hybrid - the Chevy Volt – will trump the Toyota Prius in its fuel economy rating. -
Court upholds GM legislation on crop separation News
25.11.2010 The law dictating that a protective zone between genetically modified (GM) crops and standard farmland has been upheld in a German court recently, saying the GM technology posed... -
More efficient method of oil extraction discovered News
25.11.2010 A team of international scientists has discovered how to treat carbon dioxide (CO2) in such a way that it can be used in efficient and environmentally friendly methods for... -
Scottish wind farm gets 200MW boost with new turbines News
24.11.2010 A Scottish wind farm is set to get a power boost of more than 200 megawatts (MW) with the addition of 75 extra turbines, as well as other works.