Cork City Council has recently replaced 76 diesel and petrol vans and cars, with electric vehicles, creating Ireland’s biggest local authority zero emissions fleet. The council installed 30+ additional charging points around [...]

Hosted on June 5th every year since 1974, World Environment Day is the most renowned day of the year for environmental action. A day that offers a global platform for inspiring positive [...]

Published last year, the government’s Climate Action Plan aims to reduce emissions by 35% by 2030 (3.5% average per annum). According to a report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 2019 saw [...]

Scientists claim that 2020 could see the largest drop in global Carbon dioxide emissions since World War II. With commuters being urged to stay at home and economies in a virtual standstill, [...]

Carbon Action are delighted to have been featured in the March edition of the Credit Management magazine. The Article “Treading Carefully, Practical advice for managing your carbon footprint” by Brian Murnane, discusses [...]

A new report published by Car Data Experts MotorCheck.ie found a 25.7% decrease in cars imported into Ireland from the UK in January 2020 in comparison to the same period in 2019. [...]

Banning the registration of new fossil fuel cars from 2030 and stopping the NCTs on all fossil fuel cars from 2045 are some of the ways that the Climate Action Amendment [...]

Ireland has hit a milestone in its transition to a low-carbon future with the first fully-electric bus taking to the streets of Dublin. Ireland’s first fully-electric Volvo shuttle bus will be operating [...]

Author: Fergal Mee, Environmental Director at Carbon Action, part of Chris Mee Group When an electric vehicle is running on electricity, it emits no tailpipe (also known as direct) emissions. When evaluated [...]

The unpublished HSE EPA Air Quality in Ireland 2018 findings were presented at an October Environmental Protection agency conference but have not yet been made public. The report show that poor air [...]