# EPA
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2020 environment
Irish performance on climate change 'very poor', says major EPA report
25 Nov 2020
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EPA
Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 4.5% in 2019 - the largest reduction since 2011
20 Nov 2020
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food waste
Bread is Ireland’s most wasted food with 41% of people admitting they throw it out
29 Sep 2020
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Rubbish
EPA warns 'single-use and throwaway culture' leading to significant waste levels and decline in recycling
16 Sep 2020
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EPA
Over a quarter of waste water systems inspected last year 'posed risk to human health'
22 Jul 2020
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Gas emission targets
EPA says Ireland greenhouse gas emissions to fall by 3% per year until 2030 (once government targets are met)
8 Jul 2020
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EPA report
Quality of Irish drinking water remains extremely high but one million people 'vulnerable' to systems failures
7 Jul 2020
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cable leaks
ESB failed to report 48 cases of underground cables leaking 'hazardous' oil
26 Feb 2020
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Troubled Waters
Water quality in almost half of Ireland's lakes and rivers deemed unsatisfactory
10 Dec 2019
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Study
Irish newspaper coverage of climate change low by European standards and 'predominantly political'
28 Nov 2019
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Emissions
Thousands of kilos of potent greenhouse gas leaked from an ESB station. The EPA wasn't told
12 Nov 2019
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Leixlip
'Small black particles' at Irish Water plant led to boil water notice for 600,000 people last week
31 Oct 2019
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boil water notice
Boil water notice: Series of events at Leixlip plant in March led to 'significant risk to safety of supply'
24 Oct 2019
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boil water notice
Dublin boil water notice to remain in place for at least another day
23 Oct 2019
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Leixlip Water Treatment Plant
Irish Water apologises to 600,000 customers affected by boil water notice
23 Oct 2019
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Limerick
'A toxic decision': Protest planned after EPA gives green light for Irish Cement Ltd to burn waste
19 Sep 2019
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Odour
Bad smells at waste sites led to hundreds of complaints to the EPA last year
18 Jul 2019
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Pollution
Levels of dangerous air pollutant NO2 possibly exceeding limits on M50 and on Dublin streets
9 Jul 2019
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dublin bay
Warning of 'odour' near Ringsend as EPA says plumes to continue until waste water plant upgrade
3 Jul 2019
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watchdog warning
Ireland set to miss greenhouse emissions targets unless action taken, EPA warns
6 Jun 2019
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rté investigates
Internal documents show up to one million litres of oil leaked from ESB underground cables
5 Jun 2019
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downstream
Water quality in Irish rivers and lakes is more often getting worse, not better
30 Nov 2018
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Unacceptable
Raw sewage from 38 towns and villages flowing into our environment, report says
23 Oct 2018
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Remedial Action
Irish Water to write to 140,000 homes and businesses with 'at risk' supplies
3 Oct 2018
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Opposition
Decision to grant Irish Cement licence to burn alternative fuels delayed after 3,500 objections
25 Sep 2018
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No regrets
Trump's environment chief quits amid investigations into first-class flights and $50-a-night apartment lease
6 Jul 2018
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Water Supply
Ireland's drinking water due to comply with EU standards by 2020, 16 years after deadline
13 Jun 2018
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something in the air
The EPA says the air quality in Dublin is fine - despite warnings that it was 'hazardous'
12 Jun 2018
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treatment plants
Irish Water fined €6,000 for delaying works needed to reduce cancer-linked pollution levels
4 Apr 2018
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Funding
County breakdown: Here's how much is being spent tackling illegal dumping
18 Mar 2018
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smelly
'I've had enough': Hundreds of complaints about foul odours across the country
30 Dec 2017
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