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Bord
Gáis Energy launches 'Think Beyond' App for iPhone
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Energy
(Aug 30, 2010)
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Bord Gáis Energy (BGE) has launched its
'Think Beyond' App for the iPhone,
which is the first of its kind in Ireland
from an energy utility and is the first step
in Bord Gáis Energy’s commitment to develop
smart phone applications in line with customer
requirements.
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Try
the new CEO Climate Game
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Sustainability
(Aug 30, 2010)
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Try your green skills on running a major
international company with the CEO2
Climate Game by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
and Allianz.
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Wind
turbine plan for Cork proposed
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Energy
(Aug 30, 2010)
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Public consultation for a €30 million plan
to place seven 118m wind turbines along the
entrance to Cork Harbour will begin this week.
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Finavera
sell wind grid link for €8.4m
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Energy
(Aug 30, 2010)
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Finavera, the wind energy group based in
Dublin and with major projects in Canada,
has announced that it has sold a majority
interest in the grid connection for Ireland's
largest onshore wind project to Scottish and
Southern Energy for €8.4m.
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Dáil
committee invites energy regulator
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Energy
(Aug 30, 2010)
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The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Economic
Regulatory Affairs has invited the Commission
for Energy Regulation (CER) to an emergency
meeting this week.
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Revision
of Corrib licence advised
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Emissions
(Aug 30, 2010)
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
has recommended that a revised emissions licence
be awarded to Shell EP Ireland for the Corrib
gas terminal.
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Innovative
water filtering developed
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Water
(Aug 30, 2010)
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Northern Ireland
entrepreneur, Brian Lockhart,
a Director of Craigavon-based Wilson's Country,
has developed a unique water cleaning system
and has set up a new company - Lock-Hart Environmental
- to bring it to market.
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Teagasc
National Agri-environment Conference
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Agriculture
(Aug 30, 2010)
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The environmental challenges and opportunities
facing Irish farming will be the focus of
the Teagasc Agri-environment Conference, which
will take place in the Ballykisteen Hotel,
Co. Tipperary and afterwards at the Solohead
Research Farm on Tuesday, 7 September 2010.
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Fun
and learning at Lough Hyne
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Marine
(Aug 30, 2010)
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The Lough Hyne Research Team within the
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental
Sciences at University College Cork, has been
involved in two major community education
events within the last two weeks, aimed at
helping young and not so young to appreciate
the marine environment.
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Plans
to create first 'zero carbon' rural community
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Sustainability
(Aug 30, 2010)
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An Irish countryside community is aiming
to create the world’s first rural zero carbon
district under a plan that would see it switch
totally to green power, transport and production
within 10 years.
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Go-ahead
for €4.3m eco-park
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Biodiversity
(Aug 30, 2010)
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Upwards of 50 jobs are to be created during
the construction of €4.3 million eco-park
in Tralee, due to start next month.
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Gormley
welcomes five successful years of WEEE recycling
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Recycling
(Aug 30, 2010)
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Environment Minister, John Gormley marked
the fifth anniversary of the implementation
of the WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment) Directive in Ireland and congratulated
the Irish people in making the scheme such
a success and demonstrating their willingness
to tackle the problem of waste in a responsible
manner.
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Lenihan
reforms rules for public contracts
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Corporate
(Aug 30, 2010)
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The Government has introduced sweeping
changes for public bodies and state agencies
agreeing work and service contracts with private
companies, following a probe of its procurement
operations.
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Bord
na Móna on the water
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Corporate
(Aug 30, 2010)
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Bord na Móna is kicking off its first consumer
sponsorship activity in several years by linking
up with Rehab to back a two-week campaign
called the Great Irish Waterways Adventure.
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Kingspan
posts operating profit
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Corporate
(Aug 30, 2010)
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Construction firm Kingspan recorded its
first operating profit growth in the three
years in the first six months of 2010, despite
the impact of the severe weather earlier this
year.
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Planning
for power plant stalled again
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Energy
(Aug 30, 2010)
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Spanish energy giant Endesa must provide
more information on environmental issues as
part of its planning application for a €500
million gas-fired power plant at Tarbert.
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Wasting
no time
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Waste
(Aug 30, 2010)
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It is often true that when a product is
right for a market, gaining entry to that
market will not be too difficult.
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SFI
chief confirms departure from post
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Corporate
(Aug 30, 2010)
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The head of Ireland’s largest research
funding body - Science Foundation Ireland
(SFI) - is to resign his post and move to
take up a new appointment in Australia at
the beginning of next year.
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Trip
to Paris for millionth user of Dublin bike scheme
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Transport
(Aug 30, 2010)
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A Dublin shop assistant has been announced
as the lucky cyclist who took the one millionth
journey on the capital’s Dublinbikes scheme
- winning a trip to Paris including flights,
accommodation and €2,000 in cash.
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Concerns
over lake extraction plan
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Water
(Aug 30, 2010)
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Concern at the proposed extraction of 500
million litres of water daily at certain times
from Lough Derg has been expressed by a Tipperary
marine biologist.
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Sustainabilitylive!
- Call for papers
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Corporate
(Aug 30, 2010)
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The Sustainabilitylive! organiser
- Faversham House Group - has opened the call
for papers for the 2011 conference and seminar
programme.
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Happy
35th birthday, global warming!
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Climate Change
(Aug 30, 2010)
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Global warming has turned 35! - Not only
has the current spate of global warming been
going on for about 35 years now, but also
the term 'global warming' has celebrated
its 35th anniversary.
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Microsoft
opens up about Windows 7 energy savings
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Energy
(Aug 30, 2010)
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Microsoft has revealed that it is working
on a major project with Reading University
designed to highlight the energy savings that
companies can realise by switching to its
latest Windows 7 operating system.
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CapGemini
to open 'world's greenest' data center
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Sustainability
(Aug 30, 2010)
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Capgemini next month will open what it
calls the 'world's greenest' data center
in Swindon - and, appropriately enough, will
be hosting the UK's Environment Agency as
its first tenant.
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O2
slaps eco ratings on handsets
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Sustainability
(Aug 30, 2010)
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Mobile operator O2 is introducing an Eco
rating scheme for the phones it sells, enabling
buyers to see which handset is the most environmentally
friendly before purchasing.
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Biodegradable
and compostable food packaging overview
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Sustainability
(Aug 30, 2010)
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Shifting opinions on sustainability means
that biodegradable and compostable plastics
are no longer seen as destined to replace
all traditional packaging - but are now viewed
as one option among many, according to a new
report by industry experts.
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Statoil
- renewables must be profitable long-term
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Energy
(Aug 30, 2010)
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Statoil announced last week that renewable
energy projects must demonstrate their long-term
profitability for the Norwegian company and
other oil and gas producers to invest in them.
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New
solar streetlight runs three nights
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Energy
(Aug 30, 2010)
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We've been hearing a lot more about solar
powered streetlights recently, since, for
too long, these 'urban dwellers' have
just been hanging around, sucking energy off
the grid.
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Industry
recommendations unveiled to reduce household food waste
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Waste
(Aug 30, 2010)
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New research just published - 'Insights
around the domestic refrigerator' and
'Understanding consumer use of the freezer'
- suggests that better use of fridges and
freezers in the home could help reduce the
£12 billion worth of food and drink that is
needlessly thrown away each year.
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Wind
turbine giant picks Oregon as its new HQ
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Corporate
(Aug 30, 2010)
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Portland, Oregon continued its relentless
march in developing itself as a major green
tech hub in the United States by announcing
that Vestas, one of the largest wind turbine
builders in the world, would be placing is
North American headquarters in the city's
downtown region.
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Peak
oil alarm revealed by secret official talks
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Energy
(Aug 30, 2010)
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In the UK, speculation that government
ministers are far more concerned about a future
supply crunch than they have admitted has
been fuelled by the revelation that they are
canvassing views from industry and the scientific
community about 'peak oil'.
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Solar
waste recycling - can the industry stay green?
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Recycling
(Aug 30, 2010)
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In recent years the electronics industry
has gained notoriety for creating an endless
stream of disposable products that make their
way at life's end to developing countries,
where poor people without safety gear cut
and burn out valuable materials, spilling
contaminants into their water, air and lungs.
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Ban
says Mexico climate talks may not reach accord
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Climate Change
(Aug 30, 2010)
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UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has acknowledged
that a key UN conference on climate change
in Mexico at the end of this year might not
produce the definitive agreement the world
body is seeking.
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Cutting
the costs of waste in NHS construction
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Waste
(Aug 30, 2010)
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NHS building projects are the focus of
guidance launched this month aimed at minimising
construction waste and reducing the cost of
essential building work throughout the health
sector in the UK.
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Charging
an electric car without the plug
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Transport
(Aug 30, 2010)
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The new generation of electric cars that
are set to hit the market promise to help
end the world's dependence on fossil fuels
and clean the air.
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Weebuy
- your electronic trash for cash
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Recycling
(Aug 30, 2010)
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The UK’s first recycling website to offer
cash for all types of electrical waste has
been launched - and the Woodland Trust is
set to benefit.
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WRAP
at RWM 2010
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Corporate
(Aug 30, 2010)
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Business advisors from WRAP (Waste & Resources
Action Programme) will be available at this
year’s Recycling and Waste Management Exhibition
(RWM) to offer recyclers and reprocessors
free, practical assistance for their recycling
business.
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UN
probes 'huge carbon cash scam'
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Corporate
(Aug 30, 2010)
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The United Nations board that oversees
a £1.7 billion market intended to cut heat-trapping
gases may snuff out funding for a practice
said by European and US environmentalists
to be a huge scam.
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Identiplast
2010
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Corporate
(Aug 30, 2010)
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Identiplast 2010 takes place on 9-10th
November 2010 at the Cavendish Conference
Centre (Oxford Circus), London.
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CIF
Annual National Conference & Luncheon
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Corporate
(Aug 24, 2010)
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The Construction Industry Federation (CIF)
Annual National Conference & Luncheon will
take place on September 10th 2010 at the Convention
Centre Dublin, Spencer Dock, Dublin.
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