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The unpublished HSE EPA Air Quality in Ireland 2018 findings were presented at an October Environmental Protection agency conference but have not yet been made public.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

Clearance for the restriction on microbeads contained in the Microbeads (Prohibition) Bill 2019 was last night announced by Minister Eoghan Murphy. Further consideration of the bill will be facilitated in the Dáil at committee stage. What will [...]

The Environmental Indicators Ireland CSO report released this week shows that in 2017 Ireland generated 60.7 million tonnes of greenhouse gas, working out at 13.3 tonnes per capita of CO2 equivalent. These [...]

New 2017 data published by The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Ireland’s national pollutant and transfer register reveals a 69% decrease in emissions of harmful refrigerant gas in Ireland.   What is [...]

The European Commission’s recycling and recovery targets have were surpassed again in 2018 according to Repak. Ireland’s overall recycling rate for all materials is 68% which is 13% above the EU target. [...]

Carbon Action, part of the Chris Mee Group made a presentation this week to the Lagos Greenhouse Gas Inventory (L-GHGI) Project stakeholder group in Lagos, Nigeria. The stakeholder group was comprised of [...]

Planning to use a Carbon Footprint Calculator to measure your emissions? You can just fill in a questionnaire on one of the many Carbon Footprint Calculators available online.. Easy, right?  WRONG. There’s much [...]