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Posted 24/04/2013

Each quarter we pick one smartphone app which we believe enhances productivity or is particularly useful.

Environet has been using Evernote for the past 6 months or so. It can take some time to figure out how it can be useful, but after a while you begin to wonder how you managed without it.

Emissions Trading Scheme in Trouble

Posted 17/04/2013

On 16^th April 2013 the European Parliament decided to reject proposals which were needed to save the emissions-trading system (ETS) from collapse. The price of carbon fell by 40%.

EPA Launches Air Quality Index

Posted 16/04/2013

EPA Launches ALDER

Posted 17/01/2013

The EPA has recently announced the impending launch (on 21^st January 2013) of a new web portal called ALDER https://alder.edenireland.ie/. It stands for Application for Licensing Data and Environmental Reporting. All holders of IPPC and Waste Licenses will be required to submit monitoring and enforcement data through this portal.

App of the Quarter – CamScanner

Posted 14/01/2013

CamScanner

Each quarter we pick one smartphone app which we believe enhances productivity or is particularly useful.

This quarter its CamScanner.

Impact of the IED on Large Combustion Plants

Posted 02/01/2013

As reported here a number of months ago the Industrial Emissions Directive will revise and merge seven existing Directives, one of which is the Large Combustion Plants (LCP) Directive (2001/80/EC). LCP are those combustion plants with a rated thermal input ≥ 50 MW. Below is a summary of the main implications of the IED for LCP.

EPA issues Drinking Water Report – Lead Piping Still an Issue

Posted 12/12/2012

The EPA has issued its 2011 Drinking Water report. The main conclusions/recommendations are:

Public Drinking Water Supply under the direct control of Water Services Authorities

EEA issues Climate Change Report for Europe

Posted 23/11/2012

On November 21^st the Copenhagen based European Environment Agency released a major indicators based report on the current and predicted impact of climate change on EU countries. Some of the main conclusions are:

Ireland's Climate Change Targets

Posted 19/11/2012

Ireland has 2 main targets related to the reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, the Kyoto Protocol and EU 2020.

With regard to Kyoto, Ireland committed to reducing, by 2012, emissions to 13% above those in 1990. It appears that we will meet this commitment through a combination of the recession and the closure of many companies with a very large energy footprint such as IFI, Waterford Crystal and Irish Steel.

Tougher EIA Requirements On The Way

Posted 02/10/2012

As we reported in April 2012, Ireland has been under pressure for some years to fully implement the provisions of the EIA Directive.

A European Court of Justice Decision stated that the provisions of Irish planning legislation under the Planning and Development Act 2000 ‘are different from that, imposed by Article 3 of Directive 85/337 on the competent authority, of carrying out full environmental impact assessment’.